Role across City of Baltimore

Cdl Driver

Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.

981 people hold the Cdl Driver role across 82 departments in City of Baltimore, with a median total compensation of $59,516.

Employees: 981
Median pay: $59,516
Departments: 82
Cross-jurisdiction: #1 of 1

Compared with the local labor market

Cdl Driver pay vs. the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area

Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — about 15,580 people — is $59,460. City of Baltimore pays a median base salary of $60,406 for this role, 2% above that figure — about the 52nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where City of Baltimore sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$43,580

$49,690

$59,460

$69,310

$78,770

City of Baltimore median · $60,406

The bar is the range of annual wages for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 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 City of Baltimore’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — about 2,062,040 people — is $58,640. City of Baltimore’s median base salary is 3% above that national figure, about the 54th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$40,140

$47,960

$58,640

$69,120

$79,380

City of Baltimore median · $60,406

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 927 of 981 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 City of Baltimore is $59,516, 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.

Within City of Baltimore