City of Baltimore / Police Department (389) / Secretary III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employees hold this title in Police Department (389). Median total compensation for the role is $48,955, below the department median of $142,757.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 29,780 people — is $49,220. Police Department (389) pays a median base salary of $48,955 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 49th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police Department (389)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Police Department (389)’s median base salary is 3% above that national figure, about the 53rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Police Department (389) is $48,955, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Secretary III is held in 72 City of Baltimore departments. In Police Department (389), the median of $48,955 ranks #28 of 72.
Median total compensation for the Secretary III role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 27 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $38,859 ranks #18 of 27. See Secretary across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Secretary roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Secretary III/Police Department (389)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (389), Terry Wilson Hamilton serves as a Secretary III. Hired in 1986, they have about 30 years of service. Their 2016 pay totaled $48,955.