Max Mello
Director of Physician & APP Recruitment
Healthcare Recruiting · Maryland
Physician, PA & NP recruiting in Maryland, grounded in the market's real numbers.
We track Maryland's provider workforce from federal data that updates every month, the same numbers we use when we take a search. Here is the current picture, and what it means if you are hiring.
Provider supply
Who practices in Maryland today
Individual providers with an active Maryland practice address, from the federal NPI registry (August 2026).
25,432
Physicians
10,108
Nurse practitioners
4,389
Physician assistants
Over the last 12 months, Maryland added 574 newly enrolled nurse practitioners, 106 physicians, and 199 physician assistants to the registry. New NP enrollments outpaced new physicians: the advanced-practice workforce is growing faster than the physician base, and hiring plans that ignore that mix are competing for the scarcer pool.
Source: CMS NPPES registry, August 2026.
Demand
Employment is growing on both sides of the market
Federal quarterly employment data for Maryland healthcare employers.
Hospitals
112,770 employed, up 3.6% year over year. Average wages up 2.4% over the same period.
Ambulatory care
167,953 employed across 14,293 sites, and the site count itself is up 2.5% year over year: more locations competing for the same clinicians.
Source: BLS QCEW, statewide, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025.
Compensation
What Maryland pays
Mean annual wages from the federal occupational employment survey. Offers below these lines explain their own vacancy.
| Role | Employed in Maryland | Mean annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Family medicine physicians | 1,050 | $279,010 |
| Nurse practitioners | 6,710 | $133,360 |
| Physician assistants | 2,950 | $139,740 |
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
Shortage pressure
398 federally designated primary care shortage areas in Maryland.
143 of them score in the high-need range. If your facility sits in or near one, you are not imagining it: the supply math is against you, and every open req is competing with 398 other designated areas for the same clinicians. That is the search we run every day.
Source: HRSA HPSA primary care detail file.
Tell us about the openingFor employers
Hiring in Maryland? Physician, NP and PA search, on your terms.
Facilities find us under a lot of names: physician recruiter, physician search firm, NP and PA staffing agency. What we do in Maryland is the same under any of them. Practicing clinicians run the search, screen for scope and fit, and bring you providers who have already said yes to a conversation about your organization.
Contingency or retained
Contingency or retained, your choice. Retained searches are exclusive; contingency searches are not.
First candidates within a week
First vetted candidates within a week of the brief.
Every placement guaranteed
Every placement carries a guarantee. The specifics are set in the fee agreement and differ between the legal and healthcare desks.
Questions hiring facilities ask us
How does a physician or APP search with Voll work in Maryland?+
It starts with a 15-minute call to take the brief: the specialty, the schedule and call expectations, the compensation range, and what has not worked so far. Our recruiters are practicing clinicians, so the screen covers scope and fit, not just credentials. You see the first vetted, genuinely interested candidates within a week, and we handle scheduling, feedback and the offer negotiation from there.
Do you work on contingency or retained?+
Both, and you choose. Most physician, nurse practitioner and physician assistant searches run on contingency: you pay nothing unless you hire our candidate. Hard-to-fill or confidential searches can be retained. A retained search is exclusive to us; a contingency search is not.
What does it cost to use a physician recruiter?+
On contingency, nothing until you hire our candidate. We work on standard contingency terms, agreed in writing before you see anyone's identifying details. If your organization has its own agreement, we sign yours.
Is there a guarantee if the provider leaves early?+
Yes. Every placement carries a guarantee. The specifics are set in the fee agreement, and if your organization has its own agreement the guarantee follows its terms.
Do you place locum tenens?+
No. We place permanent physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. If you need locum coverage while a permanent search runs, we will say so on the first call rather than sell you the wrong thing.
Tell us about the seat
Or call 409-292-8655 or email hire@vollrecruiting.com. A recruiter, not an autoresponder, within one business day.
Cities
Metros we cover in Maryland
Provider supply and demand down to the metro level. Pick a city for its local numbers.
Hiring in Maryland?
Tell us about the role. We'll give you an honest read on the market for it: who's movable, what they expect, and a realistic timeline.