12 Worcester Business Journal | December 29, 2025 | wbjournal.com
How are you budgeting
for your company's 2026
revenue in comparison
to 2025?
Economic Forecast 2026: WBJ Reader Survey
Do you plan to hire additional staff next year?
How concerned are you that you'll be able to find people with the right skills
for when you hire for any job openings?
2023 2022 2021 2020
Increase
Remain flat Decrease
2025 2024
0
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
What do you expect housing prices to do next year?
0
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Mildly concerned
Very concerned Not at all concerned
2025 2024
0
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
'23 '21 '22 '20 '19 '17 '18 '16 '15 '13 '14 '12 '25 '24
Increase
1-10%
No change
Increase
11-20%
Decrease
11-20%
Decrease
more
than 20%
Increase
more
than 20%
19%
Decrease
1-10%
47%
10%
15%
4%
3%
2%
