I have no idea about finance, marketing or banking jobs but the engineering job market is very good as long as you live within commute distance of Massachusetts. EE, ME, Test Eng, controls/automation, and software jobs are plentiful. Salaries in MA are significantly better. A year ago or so I had offers for the same positions doing the same thing at a company in Manchester and a company in Andover, Andover was 50% more vacation, better 401(k), 40% higher salary.