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Cambridge (MA)

Cambridge (MA) hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Massachusetts.

Postings · Jun 2026−63%3-mo momentum
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 Jun '26
1 low3-mo avg · 23.3333 high
Rank · US
#13of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+32 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.5%2 of 511
3-Mo momentum
Falling−63% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the US baseline.

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
2,849since 2011 · 183 months
+52% YoY2025 vs 2024
196
'22
115
'23
31
'24
47
'25
11
'26
All-time total
2,849183 months
↑ Best year
2021336
↓ Worst full year
202431
Latest full year
2025+52% YoY
§ 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

36 points less 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
35%
−36 ptsvs US · 71%
Remote
15%
Hybrid
19%
Onsite-only
65%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
88% rem.
'12
69% rem.
'13
62% rem.
'14
37% rem.
'15
16% rem.
'16
21% rem.
'17
27% rem.
'18
22% rem.
'19
33% rem.
'20
42% rem.
'21
56% rem.
'22
88% rem.
'23
97% rem.
'24
93% rem.
'25
56% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Cambridge (MA) vs US
Cambridge (MA)35% remote-friendly
US average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Make tops Cambridge (MA)'s skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 26 Cambridge (MA) hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillMake
8mentions 28%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2531% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Make−28%8
02Python−53%7
03UX/UI+115%6
04Android−53%5
05Django−53%5
06Jetpack Compose−53%5
07Kotlin−53%5
08Next.js−53%5
09React−60%5
10SwiftUI−53%5
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)+546%
  • 02CI/CD+331%
  • 03UX/UI+115%
  • 04Cloud Run+115%
Cooling
  • 01PostgreSQL−81%
  • 02Machine Learning−75%
  • 03TypeScript−62%
  • 04React−60%

81% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)

Role mix · Cambridge (MA) vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Cambridge (MA)US baseline
Data Ml
over-indexed
24%
12%
+11 pts1.9×
Design
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×
Engineering
match
69%
69%
−0 pts1.0×
Executive
match
0%
2%
−1 pts0.0×
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
3%
3%
+0 pts1.0×
Operations
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Other
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.6×
Product
under-indexed
1%
4%
−3 pts0.2×
Sales
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×