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BioSpace’s 2026 U.S. Life Sciences Employment Outlook examines the state of the biopharma workforce amid ongoing funding pressure, elevated layoffs and cautious hiring sentiment, while highlighting early signals of stabilization and cautious optimism for the year ahead.
Labor Market Trends
BioSpace data show job postings live increased quarter over quarter, while layoffs fell year over year.
Biopharma professionals need to understand today’s job market and how they can stand out to position themselves for success. Three talent acquisition and recruiting experts discussed these topics in a BioSpace webinar, from the importance of contract work to the value of an advocate.
Last month, biopharmas let go or projected they would let go of less than 500 people combined, based on BioSpace estimates, down almost 1,000 from January 2025. Still, competition for open jobs remains strong, with employed and unemployed biotech and pharma professionals eyeing their next roles.
BioSpace has named 50 life sciences companies to its 2026 Best Places to Work list. AbbVie, Amneal Pharmaceuticals and BridgeBio executives share what makes their organizations special.
BioSpace’s third report on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in life sciences examines dramatic shifts in attitude around diversity initiatives.
BioSpace has created guidelines on how biopharma organizations, large and small, can effectively support employee resource groups (ERGs), encouraging both their creation and ongoing participation.
In the final instalment of our Diversity in Life Sciences series, BioSpace provides life sciences organizations with practical solutions and benchmarking data to strengthen their DEI initiatives.
How does age affect employees’ experiences in the workplace? This report examines the intersection of age along with gender and other demographics.
RECRUITING
The latest Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that employment for healthcare workers is slowly but surely returning to its pre-pandemic levels.
Forrester Consulting partnered with Sterling and found that, while the pandemic is the top concern for healthcare employers, overcoming the healthcare talent shortage is a close second.
A report by CBRE shows that finding life sciences research talent may prove extremely difficult for employers. However, there are steps you can take to find top talent for these roles.
Researchers surveyed 60,000 Microsoft employees and found that remote workers are more productive than their in-office counterparts in the short-term, but less productive long term.
Sales and marketing roles in the life sciences field are in high demand. To help with your job search, we’ve compiled a guide to sales and marketing jobs in the life sciences industry.
In order to stay afloat while maintaining a competitive edge, many life science companies are going to have to get creative in order to keep up with rising salaries and inflation.
WEBINARS
This discussion features DEIB leaders from California Life Sciences, MassBio, Eli Lilly and Takeda. We explore changing attitudes in the life sciences workforce, if organizations are adjusting either their DEIB or communication strategies, and how evolving philosophies around DEIB are impacting human resources and talent acquisition activities.