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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.
Labor Market Trends
In 2025, made or projected biopharma workforce cuts affected about 42,700 employees, according to BioSpace tallies. BioSpace takes a deep dive into which companies and locations were impacted and speaks to experts about what to expect ahead—and why.
For the second month in a row, job postings on BioSpace increased in key biopharma disciplines. However, application rates also increased.
Biopharma professionals will probably find decreasing employment opportunities this month and next even as layoffs continue, based on BioSpace data. However, hundreds of open roles are expected this year in Massachusetts, and a job market turnaround could start late next year.
BioSpace has named 50 biopharma companies to its 2025 Best Places to Work list, including Moderna and Sutro Biopharma, whose 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
When it comes to specific attributes, having the opportunity to do interesting and meaningful work, securing a competitive salary and having access to quality health benefits were the most important. Here are some differences when it comes to generational priorities.
Hiring top talent in the life sciences industry is extremely competitive, with 70% of employers increasing the number of open roles in their organizations in 2019.
What makes an organization a desirable employer? Do they need to be a large company with a recognizable name? Should the organization pay their employees more than others?
In the latest Ideal Employer Survey, BioSpace readers chimed in their thoughts on which companies across the biotech and biopharma industries were doing the most interesting and meaningful work.
Here are some criteria used to identify the highest-quality life sciences candidates and some insight on how you can pick the cream of the crop for your organization.
According to the 2019 BioSpace Ideal Employer Report, health benefits are now one of the top three most important attributes life science professionals consider when looking for an employer.
BioSpace’s 2024 Salary Report explores the average salaries and salary trends of life sciences professionals.
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.