Existing Workforce
Framingham has a culturally and economically diverse population, with a total population of about 67,000 and an employment base that draws from a regional workforce of 100,000. The MetroWest Economic Research Center (MERC) at Framingham State University describes the MetroWest workforce as:
“…exceptionally well educated with career experience in those occupations and industries that promise growth in the 21st century. In addition, a combination of high labor-force participation rates, high-wage occupations, and low unemployment results in households with incomes substantially above state and national averages.”