Baltimore Job Search

By: Matt, October 25th, 2008

Baltimore, named for Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, is the largest city in Maryland and is generally considered the financial and economic hub of the state. Ethnically diverse, the city also features a great diversity of nicknames and is alternately known as Charm City, Mob Town, B-more and “The Greatest City in America,” among others. The city itself is steeped in history, as it was temporarily the capital of the United States (1776-1777), the home of many who encouraged the colony of Maryland to join the resistance against British taxation policies (eventually leading to the American Revolution), and the site of a British attack in 1814 that led Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner, the U.S. national anthem.

Baltimore has been a major shipping and manufacturing city almost from its founding, due primarily to the protected harbor now known as the Baltimore “Inner Harbor” and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Companies like Bethlehem Steel and General Motors had been mainstays of the Baltimore economy for decades during the mid-20th Century, but the city’s economy is increasingly shifting to service industries. The city has a flourishing health services industry and is home to such companies as T. Rowe Price, Black & Decker, Constellation Energy, and Under Armour, among others. With the shift in employment demographics has come a gentrification of old blue collar neighborhoods, with places like Canton, Federal Hill, Locust Point and Fell’s Point seeing a great deal of development during the past decade.

Famously portrayed in the HBO series “The Wire,” Baltimore was presented onscreen as a city with corrupt officials, vicious drug dealers and dilapidated neighborhoods. In reality, the city does exhibit the problems presented on the show, though those issues are much more limited in scope than suggested. The downtown area, in particular, has served as a model for other cities and was fully redeveloped during the 1980s and 1990s. Among the highlights include new stadiums for the Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles, the famous Inner Harbor, and a thriving convention center and tourist trade. There are many famous Baltimoreans, among them Babe Ruth, Nancy Pelosi, Cal Ripken and many others.

Top Baltimore Employers

H & S Bakery
603 S. Bond St.
Baltimore, MD 21231-2812

Northrop Grumman
7323 Aviation Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21240

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21244-1849

Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe St., #B110
Baltimore, MD 21287-0005

Sinai Hospital
2401 W. Belvedere Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215-5270

St. Agnes Hospital
900 Caton Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21229-5299

Union Memorial Hospital
201 E. University Pkwy
Baltimore, MD 21218-2891

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Baltimore Employment & Labor Markets

Though the economy of Baltimore was traditionally focused on manufacturing and labor positions, changes throughout the 1980s and 1990s continue until this day and a vast shift has taken place into the service, healthcare and information technology fields. Among the fastest growing industries in the area are those noted, with positions such as home health aides, network systems analysts, physical therapists, database administrators, medical assistants and physician assistant growing quickly.

Of the 25 fastest growing industries in the city, only three job titles are not focused on health care or IT, with those exceptions being paralegals, teachers and masons. In addition to a vast number of employment opportunities in Baltimore, there is a large network of colleges and universities in the immediate area and Maryland as a state is among the states with the highest percentage of college graduates in the country. The combination of a vital economy and a ready and able workforce make the area a hotbed of employment activity.

Baltimore Unemployment Rate: 4.8% (August, 2008)
Mean Commute Time to Work: 31.1 Minutes

Popular Area Job Listings Sites

Insourced
Indeed
Craigslist
Baltimore Sun Classifieds
Baltimore Business Journal
City of Baltimore

Baltimore Colleges & Universities

University of Baltimore
Goucher College
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Johns Hopkins University
Loyola College

Entertainment & Things to Do in Baltimore

Inner Harbor
Fell’s Point
Walter’s Art Museum
Baltimore Aqarium
Port Discovery Museum
Preakness
B&O Railroad Museum
Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Orioles

Population & Demographics