City of Baltimore / Department of Transportation, Traffic / Highway Maintenance Supervisor
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Transportation, Traffic. Median total compensation for the role is $80,967, above the department median of $36,995.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers — about 7,670 people — is $77,690. Department of Transportation, Traffic pays a median base salary of $80,967 for this role, 4% above that figure — about the 54th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 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, Traffic’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers — about 812,210 people — is $79,920. Department of Transportation, Traffic’s median base salary is 1% above that national figure, about the 51st 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, Traffic is $80,967, 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
Highway Maintenance Supervisor is held in 17 City of Baltimore departments. In Department of Transportation, Traffic, the median of $80,967 ranks #2 of 17.
Median total compensation for the Highway Maintenance Supervisor 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 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $72,160 ranks #2 of 2. See Highway Maintenance Supervisor across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Highway Maintenance Supervisor 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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Highway Maintenance Supervisor/Department of Transportation, Traffic
Source-specific fields
Isaac Stalk Jr works as a Highway Maintenance Supervisor for Department of Transportation, Traffic. Their tenure dates to 1978, about 36 years. Isaac earned $80,967 in 2014.