Employees in Baltimore, Maryland make an average salary of $56,196. Trends in wages are up 0.2 percent as of Q2 2018. The cost of living in Baltimore is 16.7 percent higher than the national average. Popular jobs in Baltimore include Administrative Assistant, Operations Manager, and Software Engineer which pay between $38,944 and $78,333 annually. The most popular industries in Baltimore are Health Care, Education, and Aerospace and Defense. Baltimore's most popular employers are Johns Hopkins University, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Under Armour, Inc..