Massachusetts · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Massachusetts

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Massachusetts, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Massachusetts had about 3,630,900 people on their payrolls across roughly 294,910 establishments, with average annual pay of $100,080.

Total employment in Massachusetts grew 9.2% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Massachusetts are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

3,630,900Employment, 2025
294,910Establishments
$100,080Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Massachusetts	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	12,341	0.3%	0.43	est. · 1.00
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	957	0.0%	0.07	est. · 0.97
23	Construction	178,420	4.9%	0.91	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	226,395	6.2%	0.77	pub.
22	Utilities	16,858	0.5%	0.82	est. · 1.00
42	Wholesale Trade	117,548	3.2%	0.83	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	322,195	8.9%	0.89	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	130,838	3.6%	0.74	est. · 0.99
51	Information	96,562	2.7%	1.39	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	167,523	4.6%	1.13	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	48,139	1.3%	0.84	est. · 1.00
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	361,549	10.0%	1.43	est. · 1.00
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	76,468	2.1%	1.26	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	180,401	5.0%	0.85	est. · 1.00
61	Educational Services	380,414	10.5%	1.22	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	676,978	18.6%	1.16	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	72,531	2.0%	1.02	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	298,960	8.2%	0.90	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	118,556	3.3%	1.08	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	147,289	4.1%	0.80	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	3,630,930	294,910	$100,083	0.4%	pub.
2024	3,644,805	283,752	$96,109	0.2%	pub.
2023	3,636,169	292,076	$91,512	1.1%	pub.
2022	3,595,632	290,030	$89,800	4.0%	pub.
2021	3,456,004	276,708	$87,752	4.0%	pub.
2020	3,324,192	262,946	$83,738	8.6%	pub.
2019	3,636,617	261,238	$75,404	1.4%	pub.
2018	3,586,034	257,444	$72,606	1.2%	pub.
2017	3,543,383	252,761	$69,929	1.4%	pub.
2016	3,494,553	246,651	$67,432	1.9%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Massachusetts	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	329,730	9.1%	1.29
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	289,714	8.0%	1.19
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	154,787	4.3%	1.27
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	75,428	2.1%	1.24
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	75,078	2.1%	2.20
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	82,300	2.3%	1.33
23-0000	Legal occupations	33,431	0.9%	1.10
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	251,803	6.9%	1.19
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	50,026	1.4%	1.04
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	249,668	6.9%	1.09
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	197,085	5.4%	1.07
33-0000	Protective service occupations	81,862	2.3%	0.94
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	287,392	7.9%	0.90
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	104,499	2.9%	0.98
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	82,999	2.3%	1.10
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	285,685	7.9%	0.92
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	382,293	10.5%	0.89
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,764	0.1%	0.27
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	131,600	3.6%	0.88
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	105,849	2.9%	0.75
51-0000	Production occupations	141,945	3.9%	0.70
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	234,991	6.5%	0.73

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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