Elkridge, MD jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Senior Substation Engineer 2 - GridSargent & Lundy
- Lead Structural Engineer 2 - NuclearSargent & Lundy
- Manager Quality 1Northrop Grumman
- Senior Structural Engineer 2 - NuclearSargent & Lundy
- Senior Electrical Engineer 2 - NuclearSargent & Lundy
- Lead EHV Transmission Line Engineer 2 - GridSargent & Lundy
- Senior Transmission Line Engineer 2 - GridSargent & Lundy
- Senior Electrical Engineer 1 - NuclearSargent & Lundy
- Lead EHV Engineer 2 - GridSargent & Lundy
- Senior Structural Engineer 2 - GridSargent & Lundy
Employers hiring most in Elkridge
- Sargent & Lundy13 open roles
- Northrop Grumman5 open roles
- Saval Foodservice4 open roles
- Amazon2 open roles
- Insight Global2 open roles
- Johns Hopkins Medicine2 open roles
- Northrop Grumman Systems2 open roles
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings2 open roles
- Aerotek1 open role
- Alamo Group1 open role
Elkridge layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
33
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRB Systems, Inc.Takes effect Jul 27, 2026 | Elkridge | 33 | Plant Closure | State record |
Howard County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 4.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,694 jobs), professional & technical (+1,061 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−825 jobs), manufacturing (−661 jobs)
Local job-market news
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- Provider Partners Management Services To Lay Off 39 Employees in MarylandLatestLY · Oct 11, 2026
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Howard County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
185,084
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
333,916
people in Howard County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$146,982
median household income
Source: Census ACS
66%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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