Jobs & Economy in Brockton
Brockton's economy runs on a real, genuinely diversified base that has moved well beyond its historic 'Shoe City' shoe-manufacturing origins into healthcare and retail.
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Learn moreHealthcare is the clear largest sector
Health Care & Social Assistance employs approximately 12,834 workers in Brockton -- the city's clear largest employment sector, anchored by Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital.
An honest industrial heritage, genuinely diversified
Brockton was historically a major American shoe-manufacturing center, nationally known as "Shoe City" -- manufacturing today employs a real, smaller 3,650 workers, a genuine, honest remnant rather than the city's current dominant sector.
Real, disclosed commercial clusters
The City of Brockton's own economic-development materials identify real, established commercial clusters spanning food production, life sciences, electronics, and minority-owned and small businesses.
Key takeaways
- Brockton employs approximately 50,600 workers, with healthcare the clear largest sector (12,834 workers).
- Brockton's historic 'Shoe City' manufacturing identity has genuinely diversified into a smaller, honest remnant sector.
- Brockton's own economic-development materials disclose real commercial clusters beyond healthcare.
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