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Labor Market Reports
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.
BioSpace data show biopharma professionals faced increased competition for fewer employment opportunities during the second quarter of 2025, with increased pressure from further layoffs.
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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.
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The 2021 Salary Report is significant in more ways than one. This year, BioSpace analyzed salary data through two key lenses: the impact of the pandemic, and for the first time, race and ethnicity.
BioSpace’s 2022 Salary Report explores the average salaries and salary trends of life sciences professionals. Though movement in the labor market slowed during the pandemic, recovery has been swift and employers are once again having to cope with a highly competitive talent market.
BioSpace’s annual Salary Report explores the average salaries and salary trends of life sciences professionals.
BioSpace is exploring PTO trends and federal holidays granted to life sciences professionals.
In a recent study of the U.S. states with the best and worst job markets, nine came out on top. Read on for details about the life sciences industry and jobs available in each state.
At almost 80,000 square feet, the addition will allow the Japan-based to create jobs for in-office and hybrid workers in the region.
A total of nine U.S. cities stood out in terms of total NIH funding in 2022.
A Kenilworth, NJ, R&D campus that formerly served as Merck’s global headquarters is now set to reopen and become the Northeast Science and Technology (NEST) Center.
Bioversity plans address two key pain points in the industry: the current system cannot produce enough talent to keep up with demand, and the workforce as a whole lacks diversity.
Despite oft-reported news of layoffs, the life sciences industry continues to have golden spots of expansions in terms of jobs, year-on-year revenue and in building new facilities and programs.