SOC 39-1022 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is $50,640. The 10th percentile is $32,910 and the 90th percentile is $79,240. Employment is 2,010.

Median annual wage

$50,640

10th percentile
$32,910
25th percentile
$39,990
Median
$50,640
75th percentile
$61,110
90th percentile
$79,240
Mean
$55,040

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers, the published 10th percentile is $32,910 and the 90th percentile is $79,240. The difference is $46,330, which is 91.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,990 to the 75th at $61,110, covers $21,120.

The mean annual wage is $55,040, which sits above the median of $50,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $48,590 for First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,465, which is 0.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.7% lower than the Maryland median of $51,510.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers at $48,465 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

31 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 9th of 32 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • York-Hanover, PA is 44 miles away, with a median of $47,280 and employment of 260. That median is 6.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,250, against $48,465 here.
  • Gettysburg, PA is 53 miles away, with a median of $47,190 and employment of 60. That median is 6.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,476, against $48,465 here.
  • Lancaster, PA is 53 miles away, with a median of $51,930 and employment of 310. That median is 2.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,851, against $48,465 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (2,010 of 1,356,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (114,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.02 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is $50,640. The 10th percentile is $32,910 and the 90th percentile is $79,240. Employment is 2,010.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers?

The local median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $48,590.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $50,640 is $48,465. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers?

York-Hanover, PA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 44 miles away, at $47,280. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 9th of 32 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.