Average Office And Administrative Support Workers, All Other Salary in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Office And Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD earn a median annual salary of $48,010, which is +5.1% compared to the national median. There are 11,050 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (metro area).

$48,010

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median annual wage

$23/hour median

+5.1%

Difference vs national median

National median is $45,670

11,050

Local employment

8.1 jobs per 1,000 workers

6.59

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $31,240
25th: $37,360
Median: $48,010
75th: $62,400
90th: $79,420

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

104.5%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$45,948

Goods: 102.4%
Services: 110.2%
Rents: 118.2%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$72,830	Compare	150
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$67,490	Compare	60
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$66,710	Compare	1,340
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$65,060	Compare	40
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$64,440	Compare	1,140
Napa, CA	$62,630	Compare	70

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Radiologists	$581,510	N/A
Anesthesiologists	$418,010	N/A
Surgeons, All Other	$391,540	1.02
Orthodontists	$361,040	N/A
Emergency Medicine Physicians	$344,170	0.84
Cardiologists	$337,230	N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$322,890	3.58
Psychiatrists	$318,110	0.98

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD has salary data for 660 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Radiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Office And Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Office And Administrative Support Workers, All Other are projected to change by -7.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 21,300 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.