City of Baltimore / Police Department / Secretary III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
9 employees hold this title in Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $59,400, below the department median of $118,854.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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 pays a median base salary of $57,238 for this role, 16% above that figure — about the 70th 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’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’s median base salary is 20% above that national figure, about the 73rd 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 is $57,238, 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 70 City of Baltimore departments. In Police Department, the median of $59,400 ranks #8 of 70.
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.
Same department
Record list
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Denise Mcneill works as a Secretary III for Police Department. Their tenure dates to 1979, about 35 years. Denise earned $72,183 in 2014.
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Deanne Rzeczkowski is a Secretary III at Police Department. Hired in 1973, they have about 41 years of service. 2014 total compensation came to $71,281.
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Karen Alleyne is a Secretary III at Police Department. Their tenure dates to 1987, about 27 years. 2014 total compensation came to $69,517.
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Myrna Milburn works as a Secretary III for Police Department. Hired in 1980, they have about 41 years of service. Myrna earned $62,107 in 2021.
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Jacqueline Hollis-Clinton holds the role of Secretary III at Police Department. They have served since 1988 (about 26 years). In 2014, their total compensation was $59,400.
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Terry Wilson Hamilton holds the role of Secretary III at Police Department. They have served since 1986 (about 35 years). In 2021, their total compensation was $55,076.
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Sherie Sample holds the role of Secretary III at Police Department. They have served since 2013 (about 8 years). In 2021, their total compensation was $48,665.
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Jacqueline Hollis holds the role of Secretary III at Police Department. Hired in 1988, they have about 23 years of service. In 2011, their total compensation was $47,443.
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Barbara Kropp is a Secretary III at Police Department. Their tenure dates to 2004, about 8 years. 2012 total compensation came to $40,300.