Maine / Department of Corrections: Central Office / Office Specialist I
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
2 employees hold this title in Department of Corrections: Central Office. Median total compensation for the role is $77,195, below the department median of $92,692.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 11,260 people — is $45,300. Department of Corrections: Central Office pays a median base salary of $52,831 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 79th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Corrections: Central Office’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Department of Corrections: Central Office’s median base salary is 17% above that national figure, about the 71st 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 Maine range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 2 of 3 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Corrections: Central Office is $68,655, 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
Office Specialist I is held in 29 Maine departments. In Department of Corrections: Central Office, the median of $77,195 ranks #1 of 29.
Median total compensation for the Office Specialist I role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $44,042 ranks #3 of 5. See Office Specialist across all of Maine →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Specialistroles 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.
Record list
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Office Specialist I/Department of Corrections: Central Office
Source-specific fields
Kathryn Pelotte holds the role of Office Specialist I at Department of Corrections: Central Office. In 2024, their total compensation was $85,735.
Office Specialist I/Department of Corrections: Central Office
Source-specific fields
Jenna Heald is a Office Specialist I at Department of Corrections: Central Office. 2024 total compensation came to $68,655.