City of Baltimore / Public Works - Administration / Solid Waste Driver
Job-title file
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
3 employees hold this title in Public Works - Administration. Median total compensation for the role is $66,781, below the department median of $80,131.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors — about 1,370 people — is $46,040. Public Works - Administration pays a median base salary of $66,781 for this role, 45% above that figure — about the 88th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 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 Public Works - Administration’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors — about 147,240 people — is $49,690. Public Works - Administration’s median base salary is 34% above that national figure, about the 80th 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 Public Works - Administration is $66,781, 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
Solid Waste Driver is held in 12 City of Baltimore departments. In Public Works - Administration, the median of $66,781 ranks #2 of 12.
Median total compensation for the Solid Waste Driver role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Solid Waste Driver/Public Works - Administration
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Bernard Stokes works as a Solid Waste Driver for Public Works - Administration. They have served since 2020 (about 5 years). Bernard earned $70,408 in 2025.
Solid Waste Driver/Public Works - Administration
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James White holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Public Works - Administration. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. In 2025, their total compensation was $66,781.
Solid Waste Driver/Public Works - Administration
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Eric S Farmer works as a Solid Waste Driver for Public Works - Administration. They have served since 2013 (about 12 years). Eric earned $56,799 in 2025.