City of Baltimore / Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly) / Commercial Driver's License Driver I
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Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
12 employees hold this title in Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly). Median total compensation for the role is $54,027, below the department median of $59,953.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 12 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 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — about 15,580 people — is $59,460. Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly) pays a median base salary of $64,032 for this role, 8% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 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 - Solid Waste (Weekly)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — about 2,062,040 people — is $58,640. Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 63rd 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.
Computed over the 56 of 57 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly) is $64,758, 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
Commercial Driver's License Driver I is held in 12 City of Baltimore departments. In Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly), the median of $54,027 ranks #6 of 12.
Median total compensation for the Commercial Driver's License Driver I role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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Orlandus Christian is a Commercial Driver's License Driver I at Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly). Their tenure dates to 2004, about 17 years. 2021 total compensation came to $94,259.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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At Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly), Van Heckstall serves as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I. Their tenure dates to 1997, about 24 years. Their 2021 pay totaled $62,960.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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Latasha Johnson works as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I for Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly). Hired in 2003, they have about 18 years of service. Latasha earned $60,196 in 2021.
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Denise Beale-Badru is a Commercial Driver's License Driver I at Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly). They have served since 2007 (about 14 years). 2021 total compensation came to $58,317.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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Leroy Bradford works as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I for Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly). Hired in 1988, they have about 33 years of service. Leroy earned $57,328 in 2021.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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Terrell Legrand is a Commercial Driver's License Driver I at Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly). They have served since 2006 (about 15 years). 2021 total compensation came to $54,641.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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At Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly), Bryant Watkins serves as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I. Their tenure dates to 2007, about 14 years. Their 2021 pay totaled $53,413.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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At Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly), Torrence Westbrook serves as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I. Their tenure dates to 2004, about 17 years. Their 2021 pay totaled $53,094.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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Larry Crowder works as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I for Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly). Hired in 2004, they have about 17 years of service. Larry earned $52,920 in 2021.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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At Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly), James Tucker serves as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I. They have served since 1999 (about 22 years). Their 2021 pay totaled $51,630.
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Barry Pittman is a Commercial Driver's License Driver I at Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly). They have served since 2012 (about 9 years). 2021 total compensation came to $50,198.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly)
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At Public Works - Solid Waste (Weekly), Anwaar Ali El serves as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I. They have served since 2004 (about 17 years). Their 2021 pay totaled $48,996.