City of Baltimore / Transportation - Highways / Cement Finisher
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
5 employees hold this title in Transportation - Highways. Median total compensation for the role is $44,107, below the department median of $75,541.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers — about 1,390 people — is $51,950. Transportation - Highways pays a median base salary of $44,884 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 12th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 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 Transportation - Highways’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers — about 206,170 people — is $57,020. Transportation - Highways’s median base salary is 21% below that national figure, about the 21st 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 Transportation - Highways is $44,884, 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
Cement Finisher is held in 18 City of Baltimore departments. In Transportation - Highways, the median of $44,107 ranks #3 of 18.
Median total compensation for the Cement Finisher 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 10 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $40,153 ranks #8 of 10. See Cement Finisher across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Cement Finisher 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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Cement Finisher/Transportation - Highways
Source-specific fields
At Transportation - Highways, Lenneth Brewer serves as a Cement Finisher. Their tenure dates to 1991, about 30 years. Their 2021 pay totaled $45,317.
Cement Finisher/Transportation - Highways
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At Transportation - Highways, Montice Massenburg serves as a Cement Finisher. Hired in 2019, they have about 2 years of service. Their 2021 pay totaled $44,452.
Cement Finisher/Transportation - Highways
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Earl Townes is a Cement Finisher at Transportation - Highways. Hired in 1988, they have about 33 years of service. 2021 total compensation came to $44,107.
Cement Finisher/Transportation - Highways
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At Transportation - Highways, Donte Long serves as a Cement Finisher. They have served since 2002 (about 19 years). Their 2021 pay totaled $42,302.
Cement Finisher/Transportation - Highways
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At Transportation - Highways, Terry Alston serves as a Cement Finisher. Hired in 2019, they have about 2 years of service. Their 2021 pay totaled $41,669.