10 Office Buildings for Sale in Philadelphia, PA

4.2 million square feet of Philadelphia office space accommodated the life sciences sector as of May 2022. This volume made up nearly 2% of the local office market, which represented the ninth-largest such market share among the entries in our ranking.

Wrapping up the top five is Philadelphia, which scored a total of 9.79 points. The 38,000 STEM workers here make up 5.2% of the local employment and are 33.8% women—the second-best ratio in the region. And, while the size of the local sector has remained roughly the same since 2015, wages have increased. Specifically, the median income for a Steel City STEM employee grew 19.2% in those five years, although the median income for female STEM workers increased 15.5% during the same timeframe. Nevertheless, the most recent data shows that women working in STEM occupations in Philadelphia had the fifth-highest median income in the northeastern region.