Baltimore County’s top administrator is getting a nearly $48,000 raise, pushing her annual salary to $310,721 and making her the second-highest-paid county administrator in Maryland. The Baltimore County Council approved the increase in a 6-1 vote on Monday, with the lone dissent coming from a councilman who called the jump a “very high number of an increase.”
The raise brings D’Andrea Walker’s salary up from $263,000, where it has sat since she took the administrative officer post in March 2024, according to Capital Gazette. The new figure won’t kick in until June 2027. As administrative officer, Walker is appointed by the county executive and oversees daily operations across every county government department and agency, per the same outlet.
Nino Mangione, a Sparks Republican, cast the only vote against the change. He told Capital Gazette he found the raise to be a very high number of an increase, a rare note of dissent in a vote that otherwise sailed through the council.
Why the Timing Barely Dents This Year’s Budget
Because the new salary doesn’t take effect until June 2027, the county’s fiscal analysis found the increase will add only about $4,000 to salary costs in the current fiscal year, as The Baltimore Sun reported ahead of the vote. The newspaper describes the overall bump as an 18% raise once it fully phases in…