# Massachusetts Posted 211 New Roles This Week, Up From 111 — But Slower Than the National Board

*September 23, 2026, by Ben Garves*

Massachusetts picked up **211 new job postings** in the last seven days across the employer boards we track, up from **111** the week before. That is exactly 100 more roles, a 90% increase, and it places the state ninth out of the 12 states with new openings this week.

It also, quietly, means Massachusetts lost a little ground. The whole board added **11,603** new roles this week against **5,838** the prior week — a 99% jump. So the national week roughly doubled and Massachusetts didn't quite keep up. The state's share of new postings slipped from 1.9% to 1.8%.

![Massachusetts vs. the whole board, week over week](https://career.thegoodapps.co/posts/visuals/155c40f0-9722-4eb1-a4cb-dd206886bac4.png)

## Where Massachusetts sits among the states

Of the 12 states with new openings this week, [Massachusetts](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/massachusetts) sits in the middle of a tight cluster. Four states landed between 202 and 211 new roles: Massachusetts at 211, [Minnesota](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/minnesota) at 209, [Illinois](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/illinois) at 206, and [New Jersey](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-jersey) at 202. A nine-posting gap separates first place in that group from last. Week to week, those four will trade positions on noise alone.

The real distance is above them. [California](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/california) added 1,045 new roles — five times the Massachusetts number — followed by [Texas](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/texas) at 614, [Florida](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/florida) at 444 and [New York](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york) at 443.

![New postings by state this week](https://career.thegoodapps.co/posts/visuals/a9116455-586d-4a97-931d-8edeec30fc8e.png)

On growth rate rather than volume, Massachusetts is also mid-pack. [Tennessee](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/tennessee) went from 47 new postings to 277, the steepest climb on the list. Florida went 172 to 444, [Ohio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/ohio) 125 to 318, and [North Carolina](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/north-carolina) 83 to 230 — all of them more than doubling. Massachusetts' 90% gain is closer to New York's 49% and Illinois' 38% than to the runaway states.

## The wider week

The board-level picture is worth holding alongside the state number. There are **58,496 open listings** from **684 employers hiring** right now. But **23,268 postings closed** in the last seven days against 11,603 opened — roughly two closures for every new role. The 30-day view is flatter than this week's doubling suggests: 28,429 new roles in the last 30 days versus 30,067 in the 30 before that, a slight step down.

So the week-over-week surge reads more like a rebound from a thin prior week than a sustained acceleration, in Massachusetts and everywhere else. You can follow the day-by-day shape on [US hiring trends, day by day](https://career.thegoodapps.co/trends).

One more note for anyone filtering: only **4%** of new postings this week were remote. If you're searching Massachusetts, you are overwhelmingly searching for on-site work.

## Who is driving the national week

The biggest posters board-wide this week were [VF Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/vf-corporation) with 654 new roles (897 open), [AdventHealth](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/adventhealth) with 559 (991 open), [Ranger Boats](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/ranger-boats) with 399 (748 open), [Cleveland Clinic](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cleveland-clinic) with 320 (885 open) and [Citigroup](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/citigroup) with 313 (472 open). [U.S. Bank](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/u-s-bank) carries the largest single open book at 1,010 roles. Those are board-wide totals, not Massachusetts counts.

The live Massachusetts list is on the [Jobs in Massachusetts](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/massachusetts) page, and everything else runs through [Job search](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs).

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