City of Baltimore / Transportation - Highways / Public Works Inspector I
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
6 employees hold this title in Transportation - Highways. Median total compensation for the role is $62,725, 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 Construction and Building Inspectors — about 1,400 people — is $73,840. Transportation - Highways pays a median base salary of $78,330 for this role, 6% above that figure — about the 60th 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 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. Transportation - Highways’s median base salary is 5% above that national figure, about the 55th 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 110 of 112 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 Transportation - Highways is $78,330, 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 Transportation - Highways, the median of $62,725 ranks #1 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/Transportation - Highways
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At Transportation - Highways, David Hopkins serves as a Public Works Inspector I. Their tenure dates to 1979, about 42 years. Their 2021 pay totaled $84,510.
Public Works Inspector I/Transportation - Highways
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Lamont Butler works as a Public Works Inspector I for Transportation - Highways. They have served since 2005 (about 16 years). Lamont earned $65,347 in 2021.
Public Works Inspector I/Transportation - Highways
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Thomas Conroy is a Public Works Inspector I at Transportation - Highways. Hired in 1985, they have about 36 years of service. 2021 total compensation came to $63,994.
Public Works Inspector I/Transportation - Highways
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Calvin Williams works as a Public Works Inspector I for Transportation - Highways. Their tenure dates to 2000, about 21 years. Calvin earned $61,456 in 2021.
Public Works Inspector I/Transportation - Highways
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John Scales holds the role of Public Works Inspector I at Transportation - Highways. Hired in 2019, they have about 2 years of service. In 2021, their total compensation was $52,117.
Public Works Inspector I/Transportation - Highways
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At Transportation - Highways, Michael Okon serves as a Public Works Inspector I. Hired in 2018, they have about 3 years of service. Their 2021 pay totaled $50,644.