Maryland Jobs and Employment Trends: Top 20 Best High Demand Jobs

The Largest Employers in Maryland employ hundreds of thousands of workers every year. These top companies include a combination of the fastest-growing private sector industries, government agencies, and the US Military and its installations.

The Healthcare Industry and Information Technology (IT) are the leading industry sectors in Maryland, sometimes combining in occupations form each, such as Biomedical Engineering, Number 20 on the Top 20 list of fast-growing Maryland occupations. Teachers, skilled workers and paralegals are also in high demand.

This list contains company name and location within Maryland, ranked according to size of staff from largest to smaller.

1. University Of Maryland - College Park
2. Us Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt
3. Godard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt
4. National Institutes Of Health - Bethesda
5. Washington County Recreation - Hagerstown
6. National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) - Greenbelt
7. Northrop Grumman - Baltimore
8. Titan Steel Corp - Baltimore
9. University Of Maryland Medical System - Baltimore
10. Johns Hopkins University – Aerospace - Laurel
11. US Health & Human Services Dept. - Baltimore
12. CareFirst Inc - Owings Mills
13. Convergence Marketing - Millersville
14. Fort Detrick – Military - Frederick
15. Hydro Aluminum North America - Linthicum Heights
16. US Post Office - Capitol Heights
17. Millennium Inorganic Chemicals - Cockeysville
18. Applied Physics Laboratory - Laurel
19. Greater Baltimore Medical Center - Towson
20. Johns Hopkins Bayview Med Center - Baltimore
21. Johns Hopkins School Of Medicine - Baltimore
22. Union Memorial Hospital - Baltimore
23. Peninsula Regional Medical Center - Salisbury
24. GEICO Insurance - Chevy Chase
25. Laurel Regional Hospital - Laurel

1. Registered Nurses (RN)
2. Automotive Technicians
3. Physical and Occupational Therapists
4. Retail Store Managers
5. Software Engineers
6. Project Managers
7. Salespeople
8. Pharmacy Technicians
9. Sr. /Systems Engineers
10. Sr./ Software Engineers
11. Business Analysts
12. Sr. /Network Engineers
13. Mechanical Engineers
14. Electrical Engineers
15. Database Engineers

• Native American Indian Resource Information - Maryland Area
• Center for American Indian Health, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
• Baltimore American Indian Center of Maryland

Maryland Native American Nations

• Accohannock Tribe (Maryland)
• Assateague Peoples
• Nanticoke Indian Ancestry
• Nanticoke Tribe
• Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians; 16816 Country Lane; Waldorf, Maryland 20601
• Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes; La Plata, Maryland 20646
• Pocomoke Indian Nation
• Shawnee Indians
• Susquehannock History (Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia)

• Allegany College of Maryland: Cumberland, also Somerset, Everett PA
• Anne Arundel Community College: Arnold
• Baltimore City Community College
• Baltimore Hebrew University
• Baltimore International College
• Bowie State University: Bowie, Maryland (a USM Institution)
• Capitol College: Laurel
• Carroll Community College: Westminster
• Cecil Community College: North East
• Chesapeake College: Wye Mills
• College of Notre Dame of Maryland: Baltimore
• Columbia Union College: Takoma Park, Maryland
• Community College of Baltimore County: Catonsville, Dundalk, Essex, Hunt Valley, Owings Mills, White Marsh
• Coppin State College: Baltimore, Maryland (a USM Institution)
• Frederick Community College: Frederick
• Frostburg State University: Frostburg, Maryland (a USM Institution)
• Garrett Community College: McHenry
• Goucher College: Baltimore
• Hagerstown Community College: Hagerstown
• Harford Community College: Bel Air
• Hood College: Frederick
• Howard Community College: Columbia, Maryland
• Johns Hopkins University: Baltimore, Maryland.
• Loyola College in Maryland: Baltimore
• Maryland Institute College of Art: Baltimore
• McDaniel College: Westminster, Maryland
• Montgomery College: Takoma Park, Rockville, Germantown
• Morgan State University: Baltimore
• Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary: Emmitsburg
• Prince George's Community College: Largo
• Salisbury University: Salisbury, Maryland (a USM Institution)
• Sojourner-Douglass College: Baltimore, Annapolis, Hurlock, Lanham, Salisbury, also Nassau, Bahamas
• St. John's College: Annapolis, also Santa Fe, NM
• St. Mary's College of Maryland: St. Mary's City
• The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: Bethesda, Maryland
• Towson University: Towson, Maryland (a USM Institution)
• United States Naval Academy: Annapolis
• University of Baltimore: Baltimore, Maryland (a USM Institution)
• University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Villa Julie College: Stevenson
• Washington Bible College / Capital Bible Seminary: Lanham
• Washington College: Chestertown
• Wor-Wic Community College: Salisbury

Maryland State Sport: Jousting

• Maryland Jousting Tournament Association
• National Jousting Association

Maryland State Team Sport: Lacrosse

• Baltimore Bayhawks
• Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame.

Horse Racing

• Pimlico Race Track
• Maryland Jockey Club

Motor Sports

• 75-80 Dragway
• Budds Creek Motocross Park
• Capitol Raceway
• Cecil County Dragway
• Maryland International Raceway
• Mason-Dixon Dragway
• Monrovia Raceway
• Potomac Speedway

College and High School Sports Teams

• Goucher Gophers - Baltimore
• Maryland Terrapins - Baltimore
• Mount St Mary's Mountaineers - Emmitsburg
• Naval Academy Midshipmen - Annapolis
• Towson Tigers - Towson

League Teams

• Baltimore Blast (NPSL) - Baltimore
• Bowie Bay Sox (AA) - Bowie
• Delmarva Shorebirds(A) - Salisbury
• Hagerstown Suns(A)
• Washington Freedom - Women's Soccer

Professional Sports Teams

• Arbutus Big Red Football (Mason-Dixon Football League).
• Baltimore Orioles (MLB)
• Baltimore Ravens (NFL)
• Bowie Baysox
• Delmarva Shorebirds
• Frederick Keys
• Hagerstown Suns
• Washington Redskins (NFL) play at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.
• Women's Professional Football: Baltimore Burn (WPFA) plays at the Community College of Baltimore County.

Arenas and Stadiums: Maryland Stadium Authority