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Boston

Deep tech and life sciences make Boston structurally different from other top US markets. Proximity to MIT, Harvard, and a dense university cluster sustains a research-to-commercialization pipeline that shows up clearly in the hiring mix.

Postings · Jun 2026−45%3-mo momentum
13
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 → Jun '26
11.3333 low3-mo avg · 2025.6667 high
Rank · US
#6of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
90%+22 pts vs US
Share of US postings
3.4%13 of 511
3-Mo momentum
Falling−45% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

A consistent top-six US market with lower variance than coastal peers.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearAll-time peak
All-time postings
10,255since 2011 · 183 months
+15% YoY2025 vs 2024
862
'22
350
'23
211
'24
242
'25
96
'26
All-time total
10,255183 months
↑ Best year
20161162
↓ Worst full year
2024211
Latest full year
2025+15% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Pays 7% under Seattle for senior eng — and 4% over Austin.

Median bands from the 27 Boston postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Senior eng · median · 2023–Present
USD167K
−7%vs Seattle+4%vs Austin
Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Junior— n=2
Senior$140k – $188k n=11
Staff+— n=8

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median. Junior & Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Senior eng median · US peer cities · 2023–Present
Where Boston sits in the US distribution
CityMedianvs Boston
01
Seattle
$180k+7.8%
02
Washington DC
$180k+7.8%
03
Chicago
$169k+1.1%
04
Bostonyou are here
$167k—
05
Austin
$160k−4.2%
06
Denver
$160k−4.2%

2023–Present disclosed pay only

§ 02Work Model

7 points more remote-friendly than the US baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
77%
+7 ptsvs US · 71%
Remote
9%
Hybrid
68%
Onsite-only
23%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
70% rem.
'12
50% rem.
'13
51% rem.
'14
52% rem.
'15
32% rem.
'16
30% rem.
'17
23% rem.
'18
28% rem.
'19
41% rem.
'20
65% rem.
'21
85% rem.
'22
93% rem.
'23
87% rem.
'24
71% rem.
'25
75% rem.
'26
79% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Boston vs US
Boston77% remote-friendly
US average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Deep tech and life sciences — not a consumer market.

Keywords counted across 230 Boston hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
136mentions↓ 6%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2559% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python−6%136
02TypeScript+37%128
03React−11%86
04UX/UI+60%67
05Machine Learning+202%65
06Amazon Web Services (AWS)+489%57
07Google Cloud−4%57
08Go−20%44
09Rust+28%44
10Docker+74%43
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01MongoDB+830%
  • 02PyTorch+644%
  • 03Amazon Web Services (AWS)+489%
  • 04Linux (non-WSL)+365%
Cooling↘
  • 01Django−56%
  • 02Playwright−39%
  • 03Bitbucket−38%
  • 04IoT−32%

86% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)

Role mix · Boston vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
BostonUS baseline
Data Ml
over-indexed
22%
12%
+10 pts1.8×
Design
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.6×
Engineering
match
61%
69%
−8 pts0.9×
Executive
match
3%
2%
+2 pts2.0×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.6×
Operations
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.6×
Other
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.6×
Product
match
6%
4%
+2 pts1.5×
Sales
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×