City of Baltimore / Police Department (420) / Typist III
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Police Department (420). Median total compensation for the role is $57,298, above the department median of $35,080.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Word Processors and Typists is $47,110. Police Department (420) pays a median base salary of $57,298 for this role, 22% above that figure — about the 87th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Word Processors and Typists 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 (420)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Word Processors and Typists — about 35,010 people — is $49,280. Police Department (420)’s median base salary is 16% above that national figure, about the 74th 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 (420) is $57,298, 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
Typist III is held in 34 City of Baltimore departments. In Police Department (420), the median of $57,298 ranks #1 of 34.
Median total compensation for the Typist 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 3 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $34,425 ranks #2 of 3. See Typist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Typistroles 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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Typist III/Police Department (420)
Source-specific fields
Debbie Crockett works as a Typist III for Police Department (420). They have served since 1996 (about 19 years). Debbie earned $57,298 in 2015.