11 Brockton High School students completed an MLSC-funded after school biotechnology lab-training program and are now heading to regional life science employers for internships.

• The percentage of life sciences degree graduates who identify as Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino has remained stagnant over the past five years, with those who identify respectively as Black or African American at 6% and Hispanic or Latino at 9%.
• Over the last decade, Massachusetts’ life sciences industry has grown its employment base by 50% to exceed 121,000 jobs which includes biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing, medical device and equipment production, and the biomedical research workforce embedded within Massachusetts’ hospitals and the state’s colleges and universities.
• Talent deficits in Massachusetts will exceed 11,000 jobs over the next five years compared with the supply of new degree candidates.
• The industry represents a steady and reliable economic growth engine for Massachusetts. Despite challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, industry employment grew by 5.4% while the state’s private sector lost 6.5% of its employment base—a 11.9 percentage point performance differential.
• Growth in degree graduates has slowed, only increasing by 3% over the 2018-2020 period. The 5% decrease among those earning doctoral degrees in life sciences since 2018 is another factor impacting the life sciences job pipeline.