City of Baltimore / Public Works - Water & Waste Water / Chemist I
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
5 employees hold this title in Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Median total compensation for the role is $48,746, below the department median of $76,741.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Chemists — about 610 people — is $118,880. Public Works - Water & Waste Water pays a median base salary of $67,202 for this role, 43% below that figure — about the 12th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chemists 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 - Water & Waste Water’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chemists — about 82,770 people — is $91,240. Public Works - Water & Waste Water’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 22nd 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 - Water & Waste Water is $67,202, 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
Chemist I is held in 4 City of Baltimore departments. In Public Works - Water & Waste Water, the median of $48,746 ranks #1 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Chemist I 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 16 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $59,004 ranks #13 of 16. See Chemist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Chemist 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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Chemist I/Public Works - Water & Waste Water
Source-specific fields
At Public Works - Water & Waste Water, Haleigh Martin serves as a Chemist I. Their tenure dates to 2019, about 2 years. Their 2021 pay totaled $54,688.
Chemist I/Public Works - Water & Waste Water
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Alaya Rhymer works as a Chemist I for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Their tenure dates to 2019, about 2 years. Alaya earned $52,740 in 2021.
Chemist I/Public Works - Water & Waste Water
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Ronika Mcnair is a Chemist I at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 2006 (about 15 years). 2021 total compensation came to $48,746.
Chemist I/Public Works - Water & Waste Water
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Grace Taylor is a Chemist I at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 2020 (about a year). 2021 total compensation came to $26,642.
Chemist I/Public Works - Water & Waste Water
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Odani Bowen works as a Chemist I for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Hired in 2020, they have about a year of service. Odani earned $26,029 in 2021.