Supply Chain Jobs in Baltimore, MD

Local government wage data shows a real split inside this category: Baltimore-area logisticians had a 2025 median of $102,700 and transportation, storage, and distribution managers had a 2025 median of $103,540, while procurement clerks averaged $54,800, or $26.35 per hour. Recent posted-pay signals are directionally similar but broader, with salaried postings centering on about $79k to $115k and hourly postings centering on about $20 to $24 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 173 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $70,500 at the 25th percentile, $87,500 at the median and $130,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Baltimore is still a workable market for operations, supply chain, and logistics job seekers, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.9% in August 2026, and observed category hiring included more than 650 postings across more than 350 companies over the last 90 days. The catch is that broad logistics demand looks selective rather than broad-based: Baltimore metro Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment was down -3.2326% year over year in August, while Maryland operations, supply chain, and logistics employment was essentially flat year over year. That makes this a better market for candidates with clear on-site, inventory, warehouse, healthcare, or defense-linked experience than for generalists hoping the market will sort out their story for them.

Best positioned: The best odds right now go to candidates who can work on-site and show inventory management, Excel or data analysis, warehouse operations, or safety discipline, especially for employers in retail, hospitals and health care, wholesale, and defense-related industries.

Main caution: Do not treat this like a remote-friendly corporate-operations market: about 90% of observed postings were on-site, about 5% were hybrid, and less than 5% were remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 216 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Ryder System, Inc.: 7 open roles
2. CVS Health Corporation: 6 open roles
3. Northrop Grumman: 6 open roles
4. PetSmart: 5 open roles
5. Anchorhomeinc: 3 open roles
6. Baltimore County Public Schools: 3 open roles
7. Compass Group: 3 open roles
8. Dynamic Solutions Technology LLC: 3 open roles
9. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC: 3 open roles
10. Lineage, Inc.: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Baltimore: 55
• Jessup: 17
• Hanover: 12
• Columbia: 12
• Linthicum Heights: 10
• Glen Burnie: 9
• Towson: 8
• Annapolis: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 190 (90%), hybrid 19 (9%), remote 3 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across several employer types rather than one dominant cluster. In recent postings, hiring was fragmented across employers, and the most-active industries were retail at about 20%, hospitals and health care at about 15%, aerospace and defense at about 15%, defense and space manufacturing at about 10%, and wholesale at about 10%. The named employer mix matches that pattern, with Walgreens Co., Lineage, Inc., MedStar Health, Leidos, CACI International, Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen, and Under Armour, Inc. all showing up among the consistently active employers over the last 90 days. That matters because Baltimore is really several submarkets at once. Retail, wholesale, and Lineage-style logistics employers are the better fit for warehouse, inventory, fulfillment, and cold-chain profiles, while hospitals and defense-linked employers are better for candidates who can handle regulated processes, documentation, and cross-functional coordination. The new grain transloading facility at the Port of Baltimore and Holly Poultry's expansion both reinforce the physical-operations side of the market, while the metro decline in Trade, Transportation, and Utilities means you should target concrete niches instead of assuming broad logistics demand.

• Retail distribution and pharmacy operations (high): Retail accounts for about 20% of observed local category demand, and Walgreens Co. appears among the most active employers, making this one of the clearest lanes for inventory, fulfillment, and shift-based operations work.
• Hospital and health system operations (high): Hospitals and health care make up about 15% of observed local demand, and MedStar Health is among the active employers, which favors candidates who can handle regulated workflows, materials flow, and documentation discipline.
• Defense and aerospace support operations (moderate): Aerospace and defense plus defense and space manufacturing account for about 25% combined in the observed mix, with Leidos, CACI International, Northrop Grumman, and Booz Allen among active employers.
• Wholesale, cold-chain, and port-linked logistics (moderate): Wholesale is about 10% of the observed mix, Lineage, Inc. is active, and the port's new grain transloading facility adds another practical logistics node for Baltimore-area freight and material handling work.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site roles that sit at the intersection of inventory control, regulated workflow, and physical distribution, especially in healthcare, defense-related manufacturing, wholesale, and retail supply chains.

Roles worth searching next

• Manufacturing production supervisor: Manufacturing employment in the Baltimore metro was up 1.5437% year over year in August, and local expansions such as Holly Poultry's facility support plant-linked leadership paths.
• Quality assurance coordinator: Hospitals, food processing, and defense-linked employers are active in the current mix, so documentation-heavy quality roles can be a realistic bridge from operations experience.
• Project coordinator: Project titles sit outside this category, but operations people already used to vendors, schedules, issue tracking, and cross-functional follow-through can pivot there.
• Customer service team lead: Agora plans to grow its Baltimore customer-service team from 15 to 45 by spring 2027, creating a nearby path for candidates with order-flow and service-operations experience even though those roles are not logistics jobs.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (table_stakes | immediate): Inventory management appears in about 25% of observed local postings, making it the clearest baseline skill across warehouse, retail, hospital, and distribution roles. Who: Everyone in this category, especially entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• Microsoft Excel (differentiator | immediate): Microsoft Excel shows up in about 10% of observed postings and is one of the simplest proof points that you can move from task execution into reporting, coordination, and exception handling. Who: Entry-level candidates aiming for coordinator roles and mid-career applicants who want analyst-leaning jobs.
• Data analysis (differentiator | near-term): Data analysis appears in about 10% of local postings, and 35% of surveyed employers nationally said they wanted business and analytical skills, so this is one of the better ways to stand out above pure execution work. Who: Mid-career candidates, career switchers from office roles, and anyone targeting planning or coordinator work.
• Warehouse operations (table_stakes | immediate): Warehouse operations appears in about 10% of observed local postings and lines up with Baltimore's strong mix of on-site retail, wholesale, and logistics demand. Who: Entry-level candidates and workers targeting fulfillment, receiving, or distribution roles.
• Safety compliance (differentiator | immediate): Safety compliance appears in about 10% of local postings, which matters because many active employers sit in physical, regulated, or high-accountability environments. Who: Warehouse, plant, healthcare, and supervisor-track candidates.
• Forklift certification (table_stakes | immediate): Forklift certification is the most commonly named certification locally, even if only about 5% of postings spell it out, so it can remove an early screening barrier for floor-based roles. Who: Entry-level applicants, warehouse workers, and career switchers targeting physical operations.

Questions about this market

What do Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Local government wage data shows a real split inside this category: Baltimore-area logisticians had a 2025 median of $102,700 and transportation, storage, and distribution managers had a 2025 median of $103,540, while procurement clerks averaged $54,800, or $26.35 per hour. Recent posted-pay signals are directionally similar but broader, with salaried postings centering on about $79k to $115k and hourly postings centering on about $20 to $24 / hour. This is not one salary market. Professional planning and management tracks can get into low six figures, but many accessible openings still sit closer to warehouse, coordinator, or clerical pay levels.

Where is demand for Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across several employer types rather than one dominant cluster. In recent postings, hiring was fragmented across employers, and the most-active industries were retail at about 20%, hospitals and health care at about 15%, aerospace and defense at about 15%, defense and space manufacturing at about 10%, and wholesale at about 10%. The named employer mix matches that pattern, with Walgreens Co., Lineage, Inc., MedStar Health, Leidos, CACI International, Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen, and Under Armour, Inc. all showing up among the consistently active employers over the last 90 days. That matters because Baltimore is really several submarkets at once. Retail, wholesale, and Lineage-style logistics employers are the better fit for warehouse, inventory, fulfillment, and cold-chain profiles, while hospitals and defense-linked employers are better for candidates who can handle regulated processes, documentation, and cross-functional coordination. The new grain transloading facility at the Port of Baltimore and Holly Poultry's expansion both reinforce the physical-operations side of the market, while the metro decline in Trade, Transportation, and Utilities means you should target concrete niches instead of assuming broad logistics demand.

Which employers are hiring the most Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics talent in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from Walgreens Co. (10 postings), Leidos (10 postings), CACI International (10 postings), Northrop Grumman (10 postings), Lineage, Inc. (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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