150+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Baltimore, MD

Observed local pay is respectable but not elite at the broad trade level: construction and extraction workers averaged $30.48/hour and installation, maintenance, and repair workers averaged $31.47/hour in May 2025, while electricians had a median annual wage of $65,590. Proxy posting data is higher because it mixes in supervisors, project roles, and salaried jobs: posted salary ranges centered on about $85k to $121k, and hourly-paid postings centered on about $25 to $34 / hour.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 145 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $46,800 at the 25th percentile, $54,080 at the median and $68,890 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable but mixed market right now. Baltimore metro unemployment was 4.2% in July 2026, but total nonfarm employment was down -0.3697% year over year in June and metro manufacturing employment was down -1.5254% year over year, so the backdrop is stable rather than booming. At the Maryland level, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services postings up 3.9% year over year in August 2026 while employment in the same job family was down 1.9%, which points to replacement hiring and selective openings more than broad expansion. In the local posting sample, we observed more than 2,500 postings across more than 900 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer.

Best positioned: Licensed or clearly skilled candidates who can show safety compliance, blueprint reading, troubleshooting, and some project-management depth have the best odds, especially in construction, facilities, and field service lanes.

Main caution: Do not assume the whole category is equally strong: manufacturing made up about 5% of recent local postings, and metro manufacturing employment was down -1.5254% year over year.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 184 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Katalyst HealthCares & Life Sciences Inc.: 9 open roles
2. Cbre: 6 open roles
3. ION Solar, LLC: 5 open roles
4. Cogent Analytics: 4 open roles
5. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 4 open roles
6. Northrop Grumman: 4 open roles
7. Altium Packaging: 3 open roles
8. Core Natural Resources, Inc.: 3 open roles
9. EssilorLuxottica: 3 open roles
10. Liberty Military Housing: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Baltimore: 64
• Hunt Valley: 12
• Annapolis: 9
• Owings Mills: 7
• Elkridge: 7
• Jessup: 7
• Middle River: 7
• Dundalk: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 175 (97%), hybrid 5 (3%), remote 1 (1%)

Where the demand is

The clearest opportunity cluster is construction-led work tied to project delivery, site coordination, and engineering-adjacent field execution. In the local posting mix, construction accounts for about 55% of category openings, and the most common hard skill is project management at about 20%, followed by safety compliance, blueprint reading, troubleshooting, plumbing, and quality control at about 10% each. That makes Baltimore a better market for candidates who can pair craft knowledge with coordination, documentation, and problem-solving than for applicants offering only undifferentiated labor. A second cluster sits in facilities, institutional maintenance, and engineering-service employers. The most active named employers in the recent sample include WSP Global Inc., Dexterra Group, Jacobs Engineering Group, The Johns Hopkins University, AECOM Corporation, and Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates, Inc., and about 90% of postings are on-site. That favors candidates comfortable with campus, healthcare, utility, and site-based work rather than remote-only job seekers. Pure manufacturing looks thinner than the category name suggests. Manufacturing is only about 5% of the local posting mix, and metro manufacturing employment was 58.1 thousand in June 2026, down -1.5254% year over year. If your background is mainly plant-floor production, widen your search to maintenance, field service, quality, and technical repair roles.

• Construction project delivery and site supervision (high): This is the largest opportunity pool because construction represents about 55% of local postings and project management is the top cited hard skill at about 20%.
• Facilities, institutional maintenance, and engineering services (high): Large on-site employers such as The Johns Hopkins University, Dexterra Group, WSP Global Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, and AECOM Corporation are active in the sample, which supports a steady lane for maintenance and field support candidates.
• Electrification and retrofit work (moderate): The Jetson Master Electrician posting focused on heat-pump installs and gas-to-electric conversions, showing a current niche where electrical and HVAC-adjacent capability can stand out.
• Pure manufacturing production (limited): Manufacturing is only about 5% of recent postings locally, and metro manufacturing employment was down -1.5254% year over year.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site construction, facilities, and technical maintenance openings where you can show safety, troubleshooting, and blueprint-reading ability, and treat pure factory production as a secondary lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technician: It is a natural adjacent path for candidates with troubleshooting, maintenance, quality, or electrical-mechanical crossover experience, and the local wage profile is stronger than the electrician anchor used in this report.
• CAD or drafting technician: Blueprint reading and AutoCAD already show up in the local skill mix, so experienced tradespeople can move toward a design-support lane without abandoning construction knowledge.
• Facilities operations coordinator: Institutional and service employers such as The Johns Hopkins University and Dexterra Group are active locally, and the market is heavily on-site, which creates a bridge from field execution into building operations coordination.
• Quality technician or inspector: Quality control is a recurring local skill signal, and it gives manufacturing and maintenance workers a way to stay close to physical operations while moving into a more process-driven role.

What postings ask for

• Project management (premium | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local sample at about 20%, which signals that employers often want people who can run work, not just perform tasks. Who: Mid-career tradespeople, foremen, site leads, and candidates targeting salaried construction or facilities roles.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance shows up in about 10% of local postings, which makes it one of the clearest baseline filters across construction and field service work. Who: Everyone in the category, especially entry-level and career-switching applicants.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): Blueprint reading appears in about 10% of postings and helps separate candidates who can work from plans, coordinate with crews, and reduce supervision needs. Who: Electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs, maintenance candidates, and switchers moving into site-based roles.
• Troubleshooting (differentiator | immediate): Troubleshooting is requested in about 10% of postings and is especially valuable in maintenance, repair, and technical field service roles. Who: Maintenance techs, field service workers, and manufacturing candidates trying to pivot into repair-heavy work.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): A valid driver's license is the most commonly cited credential in the local sample, and that fits a market where about 90% of work is on-site. Who: Entry-level applicants, service techs, helpers, and anyone targeting route-based or multi-site work.
• AutoCAD (differentiator | near-term): AutoCAD appears in the local skill mix and is one of the clearest signals that better-paid roles often blend field knowledge with design, drafting, or project coordination. Who: Construction managers, estimators, coordinators, and experienced tradespeople moving toward office-field hybrid responsibilities.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Observed local pay is respectable but not elite at the broad trade level: construction and extraction workers averaged $30.48/hour and installation, maintenance, and repair workers averaged $31.47/hour in May 2025, while electricians had a median annual wage of $65,590. Proxy posting data is higher because it mixes in supervisors, project roles, and salaried jobs: posted salary ranges centered on about $85k to $121k, and hourly-paid postings centered on about $25 to $34 / hour. That means hands-on trade pay is solid, but the highest posted ranges are more likely to sit in licensed, supervisory, or project-led roles than in general labor or entry helper work. Baltimore pay also has to be read against a cost of living index of 116.8 and local inflation of 2.7%.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD concentrated?

The clearest opportunity cluster is construction-led work tied to project delivery, site coordination, and engineering-adjacent field execution. In the local posting mix, construction accounts for about 55% of category openings, and the most common hard skill is project management at about 20%, followed by safety compliance, blueprint reading, troubleshooting, plumbing, and quality control at about 10% each. That makes Baltimore a better market for candidates who can pair craft knowledge with coordination, documentation, and problem-solving than for applicants offering only undifferentiated labor. A second cluster sits in facilities, institutional maintenance, and engineering-service employers. The most active named employers in the recent sample include WSP Global Inc., Dexterra Group, Jacobs Engineering Group, The Johns Hopkins University, AECOM Corporation, and Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates, Inc., and about 90% of postings are on-site. That favors candidates comfortable with campus, healthcare, utility, and site-based work rather than remote-only job seekers. Pure manufacturing looks thinner than the category name suggests. Manufacturing is only about 5% of the local posting mix, and metro manufacturing employment was 58.1 thousand in June 2026, down -1.5254% year over year. If your background is mainly plant-floor production, widen your search to maintenance, field service, quality, and technical repair roles.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from WSP Global Inc. (50 postings), Dexterra Group (20 postings), Jacobs Engineering Group (20 postings), The Johns Hopkins University (20 postings), AECOM Corporation (20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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