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Baltimore Construction Labor Market.

Hopkins-led healthcare, federal demand, and post-Key Bridge port and infrastructure rebuild have concentrated leadership scarcity into a single mid-Atlantic corridor.

Baltimore, Maryland Drivers: Healthcare (Johns Hopkins, U-MD), federal (NSA/Ft. Meade), port/logistics rebuild, life sciences, infrastructure. Updated 2026-05-19 Vintage Q2 2026

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Market Snapshot

Baltimore labor pressure.

Labor Pressure Score
70/100
Severe · ▲ 4 pts QoQ
Composite of demand, supply, compensation velocity, contractor growth, and time-to-fill. Directional, calibrated weekly.
Avg. Time-to-Fill (leadership) 66 days ▲ 4 days YoY Internal High confidence
Compensation Acceleration +5.3% YoY ▲ 0.9 pts Estimated Directional confidence
Active Major Projects 10 ▲ 2 QoQ Internal High confidence
Open roles vs. qualified pool
Leadership · ratio 1.8:1
Open leadership reqs 150
Qualified, reachable candidates 82
Estimated open leadership reqs vs. qualified, reachable candidates across PM, super, and estimating.
Hiring velocity
Avg. time-to-fill · 6-period trend (days)
Momentum: Accelerating — Federal pipeline and Key Bridge rebuild extend scarcity into 2028.
Top hiring contractors
Anonymized cohorts
Federal GCsCleared PM + estimating hiring ▲
Healthcare GCsSustained preconstruction demand ▲
Heavy civil + port contractorsBridge + infrastructure rebuild ▲
Contractor growth & award signals
Headcount · awards · migration
Contractor headcount growth ▲ +5% YoY
Project award activity ▲ Elevated
In-migration of talent Moderate
Award activity curated from public filings; growth + migration are AlphaHire estimates.
Role scarcity heatmap
0–100 hiring difficulty by role
Federal/Cleared PM
78
Healthcare PM
74
Heavy Civil PM
76
Superintendent
70
Life Sciences PM
72
Feeds the AlphaHire Labor Scarcity Index. Construction volume: Elevated — Federal, healthcare, and heavy civil backlog stack into a single tight market.
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