Research Publications

This series profiles Boston's 7 top industries including: Retail, Educational Services, Healthcare, Culture Sports and Tourism, Finance Insurance and Real Estate (FIRE), Industrial, and Professional Services. Each profile includes data on employment, earnings, establishments, associated real estate, and more.

• Industry Profiles 2025: Retail, Food Services, and Other Services Industry
• Industry Profiles 2025: Culture, Sports, and Tourism Industry
• Industry Profiles 2025: Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Industry
• Industry Profiles 2025: Educational Services Industry
• Industry Profiles 2025: Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry
• Industry Profiles 2025: Professional, Technical, and Scientific Services Industry
• Industry Profiles 2025: Industrial Industry

Boston's Economy 2025 covers trends in employment, wages, mobility, travel, consumer spending, housing prices, and real estate.

This report provides an overview of NIH funding awarded to Boston researchers in fiscal year 2024, highlighting the City’s continued leadership in biomedical research and innovation. Boston received nearly $2.5 billion across 4,194 grants, the second-highest total nationwide. The majority of this funding supported world-renowned institutions such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital, reflecting the strength of Boston’s hospitals, universities, and life sciences sector in advancing groundbreaking medical research.

This presentation and report present the Research Division's study on the Brazilian scientific diaspora in Greater Boston. Using labor market data analysis from LinkedIn profiles, this study identifies and maps Brazilian professionals contributing to the Greater Boston Area's scientific and innovation ecosystem. View the presentation by clicking here or on the thumbnail. View the report here.

Women in Boston comprise about half of Boston's workforce. This presentation examines the gender pay ratio in Boston at two points in time, 2000 and 2022, to shed light on who the pay ratio has changed for, and what factors contribute to its persistence.

Boston's Economy 2024 covers trends in employment, wages, housing prices, and real estate.

This presentation explores the industries and the people that run Boston at night, comparing Boston's nighttime economy with peer cities and the nation. A summarizing infographic is available here.

This presentation explores detailed industry trends in Boston's business establishments, tracking numbers of employer and non-employer businesses in particular sectors over time by size and neighborhood while also analyzing broader shifts in business dynamics coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This presentation explores citywide trends in business establishments in Boston, providing some pre-pandemic background on business dynamics by firm age and size and giving an overview of the effects of COVID-19 on businesses by neighborhood, size, and industry.

This presentation provides an analysis of the latest data on Boston's labor market, focusing in particular on how tight labor markets have driven strong post-pandemic wage growth.