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Direct support professional jobs in Maryland

11 open direct support professional jobs in Maryland at 5 employers. BLS measures a median of $18.29 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Maryland, opens in a new tab) for home health and personal care aides here.

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Where the direct support professional jobs are in Maryland

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What direct support professionals earn in Maryland

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

By metro area

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Home Health and Personal Care Aides; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring direct support professionals in Maryland

What the job takes

A high school diploma; employers train on the job.

  • Certification

    DSP certification

    National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals. Voluntary

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Direct support professional jobs in Maryland: common questions

How much do direct support professionals make in Maryland?

Too few open direct support professional jobs in Maryland post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $18.29/hr ($38,040 a year) for home health and personal care aides in Maryland (May 2025), against $17.21 nationally, 17th highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in Maryland are the most direct support professional jobs?

Westminster (6), Arnold (1), Baltimore (1), Bel Air (1) and Bethesda (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring direct support professionals in Maryland?

By open jobs on this board: Arc of Carroll County (5), Abilities Network (2) and Providence of Maryland (2). In all, 5 employers have direct support professional jobs open in Maryland.

What do you need to work as a direct support professional in Maryland?

A high school diploma; employers train on the job. DSP certification (National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals; voluntary). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Maryland's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Maryland, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the hourly rates jobs here state, shown when at least eight jobs from three employers state one. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Maryland, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 21, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
  5. DSP certification: National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional jobs in Maryland. Data as of October 21, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/direct-support-professional/maryland

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