City of Baltimore / Department of Transportation, Highways (310) / Custodial Worker I
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Transportation, Highways (310). Median total compensation for the role is $33,736, below the department median of $40,304.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 19,050 people — is $36,460. Department of Transportation, Highways (310) pays a median base salary of $33,736 for this role, 7% below that figure — about the 24th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 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 Department of Transportation, Highways (310)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 2,209,760 people — is $36,840. Department of Transportation, Highways (310)’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 33rd 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 Department of Transportation, Highways (310) is $33,736, 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
Custodial Worker I is held in 3 City of Baltimore departments. In Department of Transportation, Highways (310), the median of $33,736 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Custodial Worker 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 14 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $31,098 ranks #10 of 14. See Custodial Worker across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Custodial Worker 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.
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Record list
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Custodial Worker I/Department of Transportation, Highways (310)
Source-specific fields
Darlene Douglass is a Custodial Worker I at Department of Transportation, Highways (310). They have served since 2003 (about 17 years). 2020 total compensation came to $33,736.