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Labor Market Reports
Opportunities increased by the end of the first quarter, according to BioSpace data.
Women and nonwhite racial/ethnic groups are still earning less in the life sciences. An industry consultant discusses the pay disparities, ways to fix the gaps and why change is needed.
BioSpace’s Biopharma Job Market Report reveals early signs of recovery for 2026. A rise in job postings, a surge in contract roles and strong M&A and IPO activity point to future hiring growth and shifts in hiring strategy.
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Looking for a new role in and around San Francisco? Check out these companies hiring across all disciplines.
Biopharmas that announced Series B financing this year and are looking for employees as they grow include two companies that received $100 million or more. One has partnerships with three Big Pharmas.
Looking for a job in Boston? Here’s a list of 7 companies on BioSpace currently hiring biopharma roles in Boston–plus a few more hiring in Waltham and Weston.
Career Advice
Controlling CEOs, manipulative middle managers and high-performing jerks can damage employees’ trust in employers and motivate them to hit the job market. Kaye/Bassman’s Michael Pietrack discusses the problematic behaviors executives must watch for in the workplace.
THE LATEST
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.
Nearly one-third of biotech and pharma professionals are thinking about leaving the U.S. to find biopharma jobs, according to a BioSpace LinkedIn poll. Career coaches discuss why people are considering relocating and what they should do before heading for the exit.
Looking for a biopharma job in New York? Check out the BioSpace list of eight companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.
Genentech is letting go of 118 employees in South San Francisco. The news comes about two months after the biotech ended a partnership with Adaptive Biotechnologies.
Of the 25 companies receiving tax incentives in Massachusetts, 23 will add jobs outside of Boston and Cambridge. Medtronic, which is receiving the largest award, will create 220 roles in Billerica. Other recipients include AbbVie, Dyne Therapeutics and Viridian Therapeutics.
Biopharma professionals have become increasingly likely to be dishonest when interviewing for jobs, based on BioSpace interviews with three talent acquisition experts. The experts discuss the reasons why as well as the types of fraud happening, including people posing as applicants.
Looking for a job in regulatory? Check out the BioSpace list of eight companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.
Seven in 10 U.S. hiring managers say their company usually considers employing overqualified applicants, according to a survey from Express Employment Professionals and The Harris Poll. However, 75% of employers believe such hires struggle to stay motivated in lower-level roles.
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.
Due largely to CSL, Merck and Novo Nordisk’s reorganizations that could total about 19,350 people, Q3 cuts rose significantly year over year and quarter over quarter, based on BioSpace tallies.