Baltimore City Council slams mayor for not sharing salary data: ‘I think you don’t care’

What led to the lively moment was a request by Councilman Paris Gray that the Baltimore Department of Human Resources (DHR) release its salary studies. These biennial reports compare city salary ranges with those in other cities, allowing candidates to set their expectations appropriately during the application process.

“I find it frustrating and somewhat disingenuous,” Cohen said of the refusals. “Literally yesterday, my deputy chief of staff asked the mayor’s chief of staff whether we could share the salary study with my colleagues because … it puts me and this council in a very difficult position.”

Cohen added that he “personally asked” Scott’s chief of staff, Calvin Young, twice for DHR’s 2023 salary study but has still not received it. The City Council president explained that acting on “asymmetric information” between official salary studies and data entered into Workday, the city’s human resources software, makes it difficult to help constituents and staff members apply for city jobs. 

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Originally Published: June 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM EDT