Metro North Quarterly Job Seeker Report
This quarterly job seeker report aims to provide insightful analysis of the current labor market trends in the metro north region. Whether you are a business leader, job seeker, or community member, you’ll find valuable information to help you understand and navigate the local employment landscape. We cover key topics such as unemployment trends, top occupations, job posting data, and the most sought-after skills.
Labor Market Information
MassHire Metro North Workforce Board supports municipalities and workforce development, education, and economic development partners across our region. One way in which we do this is providing labor market data to help inform programs, planning, and grant applications. Partners who need labor market data, reports, or help accessing data can complete the Labor Market Data Request Form, and a member of our team will follow up.
We can provide information such as:
• Unemployment and labor force trends
• Job posting analysis, including in-demand occupations, salary information, required skills, and top employers hiring
• Occupation and industry projections for the next 2, 5, and 10 years
We can deliver this information in the format that works best for you, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, or a virtual or in-person presentation to your team.
Check out these past examples of requests we’ve completed:
Evaluation of Youth Labor Market in Metro North
Metro North Youth Career Pathways Guide
Prepared by Liana Gracia, MNWB Data & Impact Manager
Data Source: Lightcast.io
March 2026
This Youth Career Guide is designed to help teens and young adults explore careers, understand local job opportunities, and plan pathways into the workforce. Whether you’re searching for your first job, exploring potential career paths, or preparing for long-term success, this guide provides clear information on occupations in demand and industries that offer strong pathways for advancement.
E2C Research and Data Hub
The Massachusetts Education-to-Career (E2C) Research and Data Hub brings together data and research about how children and students progress from early education and care settings, through their K-12 education, and into higher education and the workforce. The Hub Serves educators, families, policymakers, and researchers by making data and research easier to find, use, and understand. In doing so, the goal of the Hub is to increase evidence-based decision making and promote practices that lead to better and more equitable outcomes.
Greater Boston Regional Planning Blueprint
With direction from the Governor’s Workforce Skills Cabinet, the Greater Boston Regional Planning Blueprint outlines workforce priorities for the Metro North, Metro West, and City of Boston workforce regions. Educational, workforce, and economic development stakeholders in all three regions developed the blueprint.
WIOA Local 4-Year Plan
The MassHire Metro North Workforce Board is posting for public comment a draft WIOA 4 year plan. The draft 4 year plan will be available for public comment from June 12, 2025 to July 12, 2025. A final draft incorporating any public comments will be submitted to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the conclusion of the public comment period.
All comments must be submitted in writing via email to: admin@masshiremetronorth.org no later than July 12, 2025.
View the plan below.
Metro North & WIOA Partners Umbrella Memorandum of Understanding
Metro North MOU Partners Umbrella MOU and related documents are below.
Metro North Demographic Data
Click here to access the latest refresh of demographic data for the Metro North region.
Career Pathway Tools
My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. Users can find careers through keyword search; by browsing industries that employ different types of workers; or through the O*NET Interest Profiler, a tool that offers personalized career suggestions based on a person’s interests and level of work experience.