Cambridge Jobs

Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of Cambridge, England. Cambridge is most famous for the two prominent universities that call it home: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 101,355. It is the fifth most populous city in the state. Cambridge is a county seat of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, along with Lowell. Though the county government was abolished in 1997, it still exists as a geographical and political region. The employees of Middlesex County courts, jails, registries, and other county agencies now work directly for the state.

Although manufacturing was an important part of the late 19th and early 20th-century Cambridge economy, today long-established educational institutions are its biggest employers; Harvard employs over 10,000 people and MIT over 9,500 as of 2006. As a famous cradle of technological innovation, Cambridge is also home to legendary technology firms, including Analog Devices, VMware, Akamai, BBN, Lotus Development Corporation , Polaroid, and Thinking Machines. Over the years, as companies have grown, prospered, and then either moved away or gone out of business , Cambridge's large-scale employment has shifted tremendously. In 1996, Polaroid, Arthur D. Little, and Lotus were all top employers with over 1,000 people in Cambridge, and all declined or disappeared a few years later. As of 2005, alongside Harvard and MIT, health care and biotechnology dominate the Cambridge economy, with Genzyme, Biogen Idec, and Novartis the biggest players. Biotech's geographical locus is Kendall Square and...more

Among the most common occupations in Cambridge are Management, professional, and related occupations, 65%; Sales and office occupations, 16%; and Service occupations, 9%. Approximately 77 percent of workers in Cambridge, Massachusetts work for companies, 10 percent work for the government and 8 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Cambridge, Massachusetts are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 36%; Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 18%; and Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services, 7%. Simply Hired's Cambridge job listings indicate that the following industries in Cambridge are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Cambridge, Massachusetts is $51,298, and the median income of households in Cambridge was $59,746.

According to our Cambridge Trends data, the number of Cambridge, Massachusetts jobs has decreased by 10% since October 2011.

Population of Cambridge Total population 81,260 Male 48.78% Female 51.22% Median age 33.7     Cambridge Housing Owner-occupied homes 38.0% Median cost of a home $527,200 Median mortgage payment $1,404 Renter-occupied homes 62.0% Vacant housing 8.9% Median monthly rent $1,265     Average Income Median for all workers $37,920 Median for all male full-time $52,037 Median for all female full-time $50,559     Household Income Less than $10,000 11% $10,000 to $14,999 5% $15,000 to $24,999 9% $25,000 to $34,999 8% $35,000 to $49,999 10% $50,000 to $74,999 19% $75,000 to $99,999 14% $100,000 to $149,999 12% $150,000 to $199,999 6% $200,000 or more 7%

Education Less than 9th grade 3% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3% High school graduate 12% Some college, no degree 9% Associate's degree 3% Bachelor's degree 26% Graduate degree 44%     Marital Status Never married 47% Currently married 38% Separated 1% Widowed 4% Divorced 8%     Race White 71% Black or African American 12% Asian 14% Other 3%     Cambridge Commute Carpool 4.8% Public transportation 24.9% Average travel time 25 minutes