City ProfileCambridge (MA) · Massachusetts · US
Cambridge (MA)
Cambridge (MA) hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Massachusetts.
Postings · Aug 2026+100%3-mo momentum
4
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
1 low3-mo avg · 23 high
Rank · US
#11of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+29 pts vs US
Share of US postings
1.7%4 of 296
3-Mo momentum
Rising+100% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Lagging the US baseline this cycle.
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
§ 01Compensation
Not enough disclosed pay yet.
Too few Cambridge (MA) postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.
Only 3 postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Cambridge (MA) accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model
15 points less remote-friendly than the US baseline.
Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1188% rem.
'1269% rem.
'1362% rem.
'1437% rem.
'1516% rem.
'1621% rem.
'1727% rem.
'1822% rem.
'1933% rem.
'2042% rem.
'2156% rem.
'2288% rem.
'2397% rem.
'2493% rem.
'2556% rem.
'2671% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Cambridge (MA) vs US
Cambridge (MA)56% remote-friendly
US average70% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Machine Learning tops Cambridge (MA)'s skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 27 Cambridge (MA) hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
81% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)
Role mix · Cambridge (MA) vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Cambridge (MA)US baseline