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Cambridge (MA)

Cambridge (MA) hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Massachusetts.

Postings · May 2026−33%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
1 low3-mo avg: 23.3333 high
Rank · US
#17of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
0%−73 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.2%1 of 518
3-Mo momentum
Falling−33% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the US baseline.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearPeak year
All-time postings
2,847since 2011 · 182 months
+52% YoY2025 vs 2024
196
'22
115
'23
31
'24
47
'25
9
'26
All-time total
2,847182 months
↑ Best year
2021336
↓ Worst full year
202431
Latest full year
2025+52% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Not enough disclosed pay yet.

Too few Cambridge (MA) postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.

Only 4 postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Cambridge (MA) accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model

46 points less remote-friendly than the US baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
25%
−46 ptsvs US · 71%
Remote
7%
Hybrid
18%
Onsite-only
75%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
88% rem.
'12
69% rem.
'13
62% rem.
'14
37% rem.
'15
16% rem.
'16
21% rem.
'17
27% rem.
'18
22% rem.
'19
33% rem.
'20
42% rem.
'21
56% rem.
'22
88% rem.
'23
97% rem.
'24
93% rem.
'25
56% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Cambridge (MA) vs US
Cambridge (MA)25% remote-friendly
US average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

UX/UI tops Cambridge (MA)'s skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 28 Cambridge (MA) hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillUX/UI
10mentions↑ 864%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '2536% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01UX/UI+864%10
02Make−36%8
03Python−58%7
04Android−58%5
05Django−58%5
06Jetpack Compose−58%5
07Kotlin−58%5
08Next.js−58%5
09React−64%5
10SwiftUI−58%5
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01UX/UI+864%
  • 02Amazon Web Services (AWS)+93%
  • 03Cloud Run+93%
  • 04Google Cloud+93%
Cooling↘
  • 01PostgreSQL−83%
  • 02Machine Learning−77%
  • 03TypeScript−66%
  • 04React−64%

82% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

Role mix · Cambridge (MA) vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Cambridge (MA)US baseline
Data Ml
over-indexed
22%
12%
+10 pts1.8×
Design
match
2%
3%
−0 pts0.9×
Engineering
match
71%
69%
+2 pts1.0×
Executive
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
2%
3%
−0 pts0.9×
Operations
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Other
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.5×
Product
under-indexed
1%
4%
−4 pts0.2×
Sales
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
About this page

Cambridge (MA) postings are extracted from monthly HN Who's Hiring? threads using location string matching against a curated city dictionary.

Caveats
  • ·Trust annual totals over single months — monthly counts can be small, and partial years (hatched) cover only part of the calendar.
  • ·Compensation bands use a trailing 3-year window; levels appear only when n ≥ 10.
  • ·Comparisons against the US baseline use the same time window on both sides — trailing 12 months for work model, the past 3 years for role mix.