City of Baltimore / Public Works - Water & Waste Water / Public Works Inspector III
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
19 employees hold this title in Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Median total compensation for the role is $86,474, above the department median of $76,741.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 19 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 Construction and Building Inspectors — about 1,400 people — is $73,840. Public Works - Water & Waste Water pays a median base salary of $76,360 for this role, 3% above that figure — about the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Construction and Building Inspectors 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 Construction and Building Inspectors — about 146,720 people — is $74,690. Public Works - Water & Waste Water’s median base salary is 2% above that national figure, about the 52nd 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 43 of 44 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 - Water & Waste Water is $77,401, 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
Public Works Inspector III is held in 16 City of Baltimore departments. In Public Works - Water & Waste Water, the median of $86,474 ranks #1 of 16.
Median total compensation for the Public Works Inspector 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 4 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $66,407 ranks #2 of 4. See Public Works Inspector across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Public Works Inspector 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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Public Works Inspector III/Public Works - Water & Waste Water
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Gary Cooper works as a Public Works Inspector III for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1975 (about 46 years). Gary earned $132,341 in 2021.
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Charles Adcock holds the role of Public Works Inspector III at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1985 (about 36 years). In 2021, their total compensation was $110,060.
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Matthew Ferguson holds the role of Public Works Inspector III at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 2011 (about 10 years). In 2021, their total compensation was $104,892.
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Darryl Thomas is a Public Works Inspector III at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Their tenure dates to 1988, about 33 years. 2021 total compensation came to $98,679.
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At Public Works - Water & Waste Water, Bernard Evans serves as a Public Works Inspector III. Their tenure dates to 1984, about 37 years. Their 2021 pay totaled $97,333.
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John Scarpulla works as a Public Works Inspector III for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Their tenure dates to 2000, about 21 years. John earned $93,091 in 2021.
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Michael Santoro works as a Public Works Inspector III for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1990 (about 31 years). Michael earned $91,467 in 2021.
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Jeffrey Schmidbauer works as a Public Works Inspector III for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1997 (about 24 years). Jeffrey earned $89,415 in 2021.
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Ronald Bailey works as a Public Works Inspector III for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1991 (about 30 years). Ronald earned $87,474 in 2021.
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Stephon Martin is a Public Works Inspector III at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. Their tenure dates to 1998, about 23 years. 2021 total compensation came to $86,474.
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Michael Brown is a Public Works Inspector III at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1991 (about 30 years). 2021 total compensation came to $84,505.
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Francis Ziegler is a Public Works Inspector III at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1996 (about 25 years). 2021 total compensation came to $82,959.
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Jocelyn Bush works as a Public Works Inspector III for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1990 (about 31 years). Jocelyn earned $82,018 in 2021.
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Charles Biondo appears in Public Works - Water & Waste Water payroll as a Public Works Inspector III, with $81,636 reported in 2021 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.
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At Public Works - Water & Waste Water, Richard Burke serves as a Public Works Inspector III. Hired in 2002, they have about 19 years of service. Their 2021 pay totaled $79,019.
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Anthony Jackson works as a Public Works Inspector III for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 2001 (about 20 years). Anthony earned $78,811 in 2021.
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Lanny Boddy is a Public Works Inspector III at Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1996 (about 25 years). 2021 total compensation came to $78,442.
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Brian Hartman works as a Public Works Inspector III for Public Works - Water & Waste Water. They have served since 2012 (about 9 years). Brian earned $75,187 in 2021.
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At Public Works - Water & Waste Water, Larkin Little serves as a Public Works Inspector III. Their tenure dates to 2019, about 2 years. Their 2021 pay totaled $56,986.