Columbia, MD jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Columbia
- Sr. System Administrator/System Engineer - LinuxCDIT
- System Administrator -TS/SCI Security Clearance RequiredPower3 Solutions
- IT System Administrator (TS/SCI with Polygraph)Red Alpha
- Systems Administrator, Mid LevelCybersecurity Jobs
- Recruiting Coordinator High-Volume Govt ContractingTalos Mission Solutions
- Director Clinical InformaticsUniversity Of Maryland Medical System
- Senior Integration Programmer - RemoteUniversity Of Maryland Medical System
- IT Help Desk Specialist IIIUniversity Of Maryland Medical System
- Application Sys Analyst IIUniversity Of Maryland Medical System
- Business Development ManagerChubb
Employers hiring most in Columbia
- HII Mission Technologies35 open roles
- Grace Therapeutics15 open roles
- AT&T11 open roles
- CACI International10 open roles
- Medstar Health10 open roles
- Bigbear8 open roles
- Trinzic8 open roles
- Caci International7 open roles
- Synergy ECP7 open roles
- Johns Hopkins Medicine6 open roles
Columbia layoffs
2
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
99
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Partners Management Services, LLCTakes effect Dec 7, 2026 | Columbia | 39 | Mass Layoff - No Recall | State record | |
| Grassroots Crisis Intervention CenterTakes effect Sep 29, 2026 | Columbia | 60 | Mass-Layoff - No Recall | State record |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Howard County Workforce Center
Columbia · Comprehensive · 410-290-2600
Monday - Friday 8:30am-4:00pm
Howard County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
183,834
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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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Maryland’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.