What are the most common jobs in Cambridge, MA?

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Zippia Team · Accepted Answer

Ask anyone to rattle off the first three jobs that come to mind and they'll probably mention teachers or police officers. And while those are some of the most common jobs kids want to be when they grow up, they aren't actually one of the most common jobs in Cambridge.

So we asked our data scientists at Zippia to identify what the most common jobs in Cambridge, MA actually are. Using data aggregated from public sources including the BLS and Census, they came back with an answer. The most common job in Cambridge, MA is an internship with 1,621 current interns and 25 open positions.

The top ten most common jobs in Cambridge, MA are:

How we determined the most common jobs in Cambridge

Using the Zippia database of several million resume, job, and salary records from various sources including the BLS, Census, and H1B visas, we were able to identify the most common professions in Cambridge.

We started from a set of over 10,000 job titles and narrowed it down to the job titles with the most observations in Cambridge, MA. We ordered them from the most to least with the job title having the largest number of observations being the most common jobs.

Detailed List Of The Most Common Jobs In Cambridge, MA

Rank	Job Title	Count	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Internship	1,621	$36,424	$22,000
2	Research Assistant	1,391	$43,064	$25,000
3	Sales Associate	972	$37,160	$19,000
4	Administrative Assistant	960	$38,314	$29,000
5	Cashier	677	$28,626	$22,000
6	Research Associate	621	$60,610	$38,000
7	Consultant	477	$82,046	$54,000
8	Researcher	415	$65,028	$37,000
9	Customer Service Representative	390	$32,274	$25,000
10	Server	379	$32,104	$24,000
11	Scientist	377	$85,020	$54,000
12	Office Assistant	355	$32,536	$22,000
13	Executive Assistant	321	$58,984	$38,000
14	Manager	308	$102,407	$66,000
15	Project Manager	307	$95,327	$61,000
16	Research Internship	306	$42,813	$23,000
17	Teaching Assistant	305	$40,421	$23,000
18	Assistant Manager	294	$45,047	$25,000
19	Security Officer	288	$33,240	$25,000
20	Volunteer	284	$27,764	$16,000
21	Marketing Internship	268	$32,333	$19,000
22	Associate	265	$54,628	$25,000
23	Software Engineer	258	$79,139	$57,000
24	Associate Scientist	250	$70,956	$45,000
25	Staff Assistant	238	$58,768	$31,000
26	Office Manager	227	$43,811	$30,000
27	Senior Software Engineer	227	$99,782	$73,000
28	Assistant	222	$60,487	$31,000
29	Medical Assistant	218	$34,342	$22,000
30	Receptionist	217	$31,211	$25,000
31	Teacher	217	$55,109	$36,000
32	Teaching Fellow	214	$59,091	$39,000
33	Certified Nursing Assistant	202	$33,045	$23,000
34	Store Manager	196	$52,470	$28,000
35	Research Fellow	192	$51,182	$32,000
36	Research Scientist	188	$75,307	$49,000
37	Residential Counselor	181	$31,981	$22,000
38	Director	178	$93,740	$45,000
39	Senior Scientist	174	$99,952	$66,000
40	Registered Nurse	171	$71,780	$45,000
41	Fellow	170	$60,050	$36,000
42	Barista	165	$27,490	$20,000
43	Senior Research Associate	164	$82,983	$53,000
44	Supervisor	161	$51,813	$31,000
45	Doctoral Fellow	160	$49,399	$34,000
46	General Manager	160	$83,768	$47,000
47	Systems Administrator	156	$73,335	$55,000
48	Senior Administrative Assistant	155	$46,158	$30,000
49	Instructor	153	$54,823	$30,000
50	Hostess	152	$26,937	$19,000
51	Program Coordinator	150	$38,414	$28,000
52	Accounts Payable Clerk	149	$41,933	$32,000
53	Operations Manager	148	$77,078	$44,000
54	Postdoctoral Associate	146	$49,136	$33,000
55	Laboratory Assistant	143	$36,681	$23,000
56	Quality Assurance Engineer	143	$71,630	$53,000
57	Staff Accountant	143	$51,781	$39,000
58	Laboratory Technician	142	$44,790	$27,000
59	Staff Nurse	138	$72,161	$43,000
60	Team Leader	136	$77,934	$35,000
61	Account Manager	128	$68,466	$35,000
62	Associate Director	128	$117,571	$67,000
63	Coordinator	128	$43,561	$27,000
64	Senior Project Manager	127	$110,869	$73,000
65	Sales Representative	126	$74,516	$36,000
66	Vice President	126	$188,581	$106,000
67	Program Manager	125	$85,479	$49,000
68	Business Analyst	124	$68,525	$51,000
69	Technical Support Specialist	123	$59,999	$36,000
70	Data Analyst	118	$74,224	$50,000
71	Graduate Research Assistant	115	$55,855	$32,000
72	Research And Development Internship	115	$31,616	$18,000
73	Human Resources Coordinator	113	$41,209	$25,000
74	Project Coordinator	112	$54,334	$36,000
75	Line Cook	110	$31,967	$26,000
76	Manufacturing Associate	110	$34,830	$23,000
77	Graphic Designer	106	$53,243	$33,000
78	Student Teacher	106	$71,924	$46,000
79	Senior Consultant	104	$101,711	$70,000
80	Analyst	103	$71,571	$49,000
81	President	103	$198,668	$99,000
82	Teacher Assistant	102	$34,581	$21,000
83	Account Executive	101	$61,478	$32,000
84	Bartender	100	$23,261	$16,000
85	Graduate Research Student	100	$52,745	$31,000
86	Sales Associate And Cashier	99	$29,036	$21,000
87	Editor	98	$68,855	$38,000
88	Software Developer	95	$85,393	$61,000
89	Co-Founder	92	$107,160	$62,000
90	Tutor	92	$48,856	$28,000
91	Waitress	91	$27,902	$21,000
92	Manufacturing Technician	90	$38,334	$25,000
93	Senior Technician Specialist	90	$105,979	$69,000
94	Assistant Store Manager	89	$40,124	$27,000
95	Bartender Server	89	$22,721	$15,000
96	Youth Worker	89	$27,461	$21,000
97	Pharmacy Internship	88	$61,177	$35,000
98	Shift Supervisor	87	$32,017	$22,000
99	Office Administrator	85	$34,144	$24,000
100	Program Assistant	82	$36,243	$23,000

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