City of Baltimore / Public Works - Water & Waste Water / Data Entry Operator III
Job-title file
Collect and analyze data to inform decisions, produce reports, and identify trends.
1 employees hold this title in Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Median total compensation for the role is $56,802, 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 Data Entry Keyers — about 860 people — is $38,340. Public Works - Water & Waste Water pays a median base salary of $56,802 for this role, 48% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Data Entry Keyers 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 Data Entry Keyers — about 127,080 people — is $41,340. Public Works - Water & Waste Water’s median base salary is 37% above that national figure, about the 87th 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 $56,802, 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
Data Entry Operator III is held in 4 City of Baltimore departments. In Public Works - Water & Waste Water, the median of $56,802 ranks #1 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Data Entry Operator 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 5 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $33,823 ranks #3 of 5. See Data Entry Operator across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Data Entry Operator 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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Data Entry Operator III/Public Works - Water & Waste Water
Source-specific fields
Patricia Wall holds the role of Data Entry Operator III at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Hired in 1989, they have about 32 years of service. In 2021, their total compensation was $56,802.