Job Trends
Labor Market Reports
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.
BioSpace’s 2025 Q4 U.S. Life Sciences Job Market update highlights early signs of stabilization in biopharma hiring, with modest gains in job postings, slowing layoffs, and cautiously improving sentiment heading into 2026.
BioSpace’s Q3 2025 U.S. Life Sciences Job Market Report reveals a turbulent quarter for biopharma hiring, with record declines in job postings, rising layoffs, and cautious employer sentiment shaping the industry’s employment landscape.
Now Hiring
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.
Looking for a biopharma job in Boston? Check out the BioSpace list of nine companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.
Looking for a biopharma job? Check out the BioSpace list of 12 top companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.
Career Advice
While you should never rely solely on AI tools when applying for jobs, they can greatly benefit the application process. Recruiting expert Bryan Blair discusses how using large language models can set you apart from the competition and includes a prompt framework to get you started.
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Have you ever considered relocating for your career? If you have, you aren’t alone. According to a recent BioSpace Community Survey, 78% of life science professionals would be open to relocation for the right job opportunity.
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A recent report by CBRE Research analyzing U.S. life science clusters, found that Houston, Texas is the third-fastest growing life science market from 2014 to 2017. One doesn’t typically think of Texas, let alone Houston, as being a center for the life sciences. Oil, energy and tech, yes, but not life sciences.
It’s not a secret to say that tax incentives play a significant role in a municipality’s ability to attract new businesses. In Massachusetts, a state with a heavy biotech presence, tax incentives have been able to help small towns compete with large biotech and pharma hubs, like Cambridge.
The vast majority of Americans are happy at their jobs, according to a new survey conducted by CNBC and Survey Monkey. A BioSpace poll shows that a lot of people in the life sciences industries are not happy at work.
The Novartis subsidiary said it plans to offer jobs to the 150 employees currently working at the Colorado facility and add additional headcount there in the future.
MD Anderson Phase II trial shows drug well tolerated with high response rates for marginal zone lymphoma
ClinOne, a mobile clinical trial management solution, named Top 10 eClinical Company for 2019.
According to a recent BioSpace survey, 69% of employers indicated “finding quality talent” will be a significant challenge in 2019. Are you the quality talent life science employers are looking for? Don’t delay, apply now and show these employers you possess the quality skills they need!