300+ Data & Analytics Jobs in Boston, MA

Government data gives Boston a high-pay backdrop: average wages across all occupations were $43.09 an hour in May 2025 versus $33.54 nationally. For this category specifically, local posted salary ranges center on about $125k to $190k, Massachusetts new-opening pay averaged about $126,957 in August 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=1,457), and a Boston-or-New York Forward Deployed Data Scientist opening at Layer Health listed $150,000–$180,000.

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Advertised pay

Across the 290 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $101,250 at the 25th percentile, $145,000 at the median and $172,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Boston is still a strong market for Data, Analytics & AI, but it is not an easy one. Massachusetts postings for this job family were up 20.4% year over year in August 2026 according to Revelio Public Labor Statistics, and the local sample still showed more than 350 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days. Local labor conditions are still fairly tight, with Boston metro unemployment at 4.3% in July 2026 after a 0.4 percentage-point year-over-year improvement through June. The catch is selectivity: about 45% of sampled openings were senior and about 15% were lead+, while only about 10% were entry level.

Best positioned: Mid-career and senior candidates with Python, SQL, and machine-learning depth plus domain fluency in biotech, healthcare, or financial services have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming Boston's AI buzz means broad entry-level hiring; only about 10% of sampled roles were entry level, and routine analyst tasks are increasingly being automated.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 348 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. State Street Corp: 14 open roles
2. PySpark: 8 open roles
3. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company: 6 open roles
4. Alignerr Corp.: 5 open roles
5. Flagship Pioneering, Inc.: 5 open roles
6. Take a Seat Tech: 5 open roles
7. Boston While Black: 4 open roles
8. L.E.K. Consulting LLC: 4 open roles
9. Manulife-Sinochem Life Insurance Co., Ltd.: 4 open roles
10. Northeastern University: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Boston: 165
• Cambridge: 42
• Quincy: 16
• Waltham: 15
• Somerville: 11
• Canton: 7
• Danvers: 7
• Framingham: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 161 (48%), hybrid 153 (46%), remote 22 (7%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 350 postings across more than 200 companies, and hiring was fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one giant buyer. The most active industries were biotech & pharmaceuticals (about 20%), healthcare (about 15%), technology (about 15%), financial services (about 10%), and software development (about 10%), with active employers including Capital One, Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC, Pfizer Inc, and MORSECORP, Inc. That industry mix matters. Boston is especially attractive if your analytics work can plug into regulated, research-heavy, or operations-heavy environments—clinical data, scientific ML, experimentation, forecasting, or risk—rather than generic dashboard maintenance. Recent local signals also point to fresh demand from AI and science startups: MassVentures awarded $4.5 million to 26 startups in August, and Cambridge startup Transfyr launched with $25 million while hiring AI researchers. The weaker part of the market is broad, entry-level BI-style work. National hiring commentary says AI, machine learning, and data science roles are climbing while general analytics and BI postings are down by double digits, and local postings show only about 10% entry-level share.

• Healthcare AI and clinical analytics (high): Health systems and health AI startups look especially promising, with Mass General Brigham Incorporated in the active-employer set and Layer Health advertising a $150,000–$180,000 Forward Deployed Data Scientist role.
• Biotech, pharma, and scientific ML (high): Biotech & pharmaceuticals make up about 20% of the local mix, with Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC and Pfizer Inc among active hirers and Transfyr plus local grant-backed startups adding science-heavy AI signals.
• Financial services and decision analytics (moderate): Financial services account for about 10% of local postings, and Capital One is among the most active named employers.
• Generic junior BI and reporting work (limited): This is the toughest pocket: only about 10% of sampled roles are entry level, and national signals say general analytics and BI postings have dropped by double digits.

Where to focus: Focus your search on healthcare, life sciences, and other domain-rich teams where Python, SQL, machine learning, and stakeholder communication all matter, and treat generic junior analyst titles as a backup plan.

Roles worth searching next

• Business operations analyst / Revenue operations analyst: This is a sensible bridge if you are stronger in SQL, reporting, metrics, and stakeholder work than in model-building, because those core analytics skills are already well represented in local postings.
• Marketing analytics / growth insights analyst: If your background is experimentation, segmentation, funnels, or customer dashboards, this is a clean pivot into a neighboring category with overlapping tools.
• AI governance / model risk analyst: 2026 demand is putting more weight on data governance, provenance, and ethical AI judgment, which makes compliance-oriented analytics a credible pivot in regulated Boston sectors.
• Clinical informatics analyst: Boston's healthcare and biotech concentration makes clinical-data and informatics roles a practical bridge for candidates with health-domain knowledge.

What postings ask for

• Python (table_stakes | immediate): Python appears in about 70% of local postings and is still a table-stakes tool for analytics work in 2026. Who: Everyone in this category, especially analysts trying to move upmarket.
• SQL (table_stakes | immediate): SQL shows up in about 45% of local postings and remains core even as AI can draft queries, because employers still need people who can validate joins, logic, and data quality. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone with weak data extraction skills.
• Machine learning and PyTorch (differentiator | near-term): Machine learning appears in about 30% of local postings and PyTorch in about 15%, which matches the market's tilt toward higher-end data science over basic BI work. Who: Mid-career analysts moving toward data science and candidates targeting AI-heavy teams.
• Cloud platforms, data infrastructure, and MLOps (differentiator | near-term): AWS appears in about 10% of local postings, and local and national signals both point to cloud platforms, data infrastructure, prompt writing, and MLOps as rising requirements for applied analytics teams. Who: Mid-career candidates who want to escape pure dashboard work.
• Data visualization and written communication (table_stakes | immediate): Data visualization appears in about 15% of local postings, Boston is hosting IEEE VIS 2026 through November 13, 2026, and BLS still lists written communication among core data-science skill areas. Who: All candidates, especially technical people whose resumes undersell communication.
• AI literacy and prompt engineering (differentiator | immediate): Nearly half of data and analytics postings now reference AI, and employer surveys highlight AI literacy, prompt engineering, workflow automation, and human-AI collaboration as sought-after skills in 2026. Who: Everyone, but especially analysts competing against automation risk.

Questions about this market

What do Data, Analytics & AI roles pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Government data gives Boston a high-pay backdrop: average wages across all occupations were $43.09 an hour in May 2025 versus $33.54 nationally. For this category specifically, local posted salary ranges center on about $125k to $190k, Massachusetts new-opening pay averaged about $126,957 in August 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=1,457), and a Boston-or-New York Forward Deployed Data Scientist opening at Layer Health listed $150,000–$180,000. Boston can support six-figure data careers, especially once you move beyond junior reporting work into machine learning, client-facing analytics, or domain-heavy science and healthcare applications.

Where is demand for Data, Analytics & AI roles in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 350 postings across more than 200 companies, and hiring was fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one giant buyer. The most active industries were biotech & pharmaceuticals (about 20%), healthcare (about 15%), technology (about 15%), financial services (about 10%), and software development (about 10%), with active employers including Capital One, Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC, Pfizer Inc, and MORSECORP, Inc. That industry mix matters. Boston is especially attractive if your analytics work can plug into regulated, research-heavy, or operations-heavy environments—clinical data, scientific ML, experimentation, forecasting, or risk—rather than generic dashboard maintenance. Recent local signals also point to fresh demand from AI and science startups: MassVentures awarded $4.5 million to 26 startups in August, and Cambridge startup Transfyr launched with $25 million while hiring AI researchers. The weaker part of the market is broad, entry-level BI-style work. National hiring commentary says AI, machine learning, and data science roles are climbing while general analytics and BI postings are down by double digits, and local postings show only about 10% entry-level share.

Which employers are hiring the most Data, Analytics & AI talent in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Recent postings show the most activity from Boston While Black (10 postings), Capital One (10 postings), MORSECORP, Inc. (5 postings), Mass General Brigham Incorporated (5 postings), Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Data, Analytics & AI roles in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 45% hybrid, with 45% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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