City of Baltimore / Department of Transportation, Highways / Public Works Inspector I
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
17 employees hold this title in Department of Transportation, Highways. Median total compensation for the role is $43,699, above the department median of $576.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 17 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. Department of Transportation, Highways pays a median base salary of $54,211 for this role, 27% below that figure — below the 10th 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 Department of Transportation, Highways’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. Department of Transportation, Highways’s median base salary is 27% below that national figure, about the 19th 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 83 of 86 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 Department of Transportation, Highways is $54,077, 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 I is held in 9 City of Baltimore departments. In Department of Transportation, Highways, the median of $43,699 ranks #6 of 9.
Median total compensation for the Public Works Inspector 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 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.
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Record list
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Public Works Inspector I/Department of Transportation, Highways
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At Department of Transportation, Highways, Ernest George serves as a Public Works Inspector I. Hired in 1986, they have about 28 years of service. Their 2014 pay totaled $68,038.
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David Powers is a Public Works Inspector I at Department of Transportation, Highways. Their tenure dates to 1979, about 32 years. 2011 total compensation came to $57,126.
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Thomas Conroy is a Public Works Inspector I at Department of Transportation, Highways. They have served since 1985 (about 29 years). 2014 total compensation came to $54,609.
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David Hopkins is a Public Works Inspector I at Department of Transportation, Highways. They have served since 1979 (about 35 years). 2014 total compensation came to $54,211.
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At Department of Transportation, Highways, Nelson Waldman serves as a Public Works Inspector I. Hired in 1990, they have about 24 years of service. Their 2014 pay totaled $47,122.
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Sharon Harlan holds the role of Public Works Inspector I at Department of Transportation, Highways. Their tenure dates to 1987, about 25 years. In 2012, their total compensation was $45,234.
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At Department of Transportation, Highways, Nathaniel Brunson serves as a Public Works Inspector I. Their tenure dates to 1988, about 26 years. Their 2014 pay totaled $44,614.
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Henslee Campbell holds the role of Public Works Inspector I at Department of Transportation, Highways. Hired in 2006, they have about 8 years of service. In 2014, their total compensation was $44,580.
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At Department of Transportation, Highways, Larry Rose serves as a Public Works Inspector I. They have served since 2006 (about 8 years). Their 2014 pay totaled $43,699.
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Leshawn Bell works as a Public Works Inspector I for Department of Transportation, Highways. They have served since 2002 (about 12 years). Leshawn earned $42,543 in 2014.
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At Department of Transportation, Highways, Kevin Greenfield serves as a Public Works Inspector I. They have served since 2013 (about a year). Their 2014 pay totaled $41,573.
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Warren Greenberg works as a Public Works Inspector I for Department of Transportation, Highways. Hired in 2004, they have about 10 years of service. Warren earned $41,368 in 2014.
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Wayne Scott holds the role of Public Works Inspector I at Department of Transportation, Highways. Hired in 2007, they have about 7 years of service. In 2014, their total compensation was $37,491.
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William Ellinger works as a Public Works Inspector I for Department of Transportation, Highways. Hired in 2013, they have about a year of service. William earned $26,940 in 2014.
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Darell Erwin holds the role of Public Works Inspector I at Department of Transportation, Highways. Their tenure dates to 2013, about a year. In 2014, their total compensation was $23,453.
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Khalil Wood works as a Public Works Inspector I for Department of Transportation, Highways. Their tenure dates to 2013, about a year. Khalil earned $23,367 in 2014.
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Amal Abid is a Public Works Inspector I at Department of Transportation, Highways. Hired in 2013, they have about a year of service. 2014 total compensation came to $20,037.