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Región de la Frontera del Sur
The Southern Border region is comprised of Imperial and San Diego counties.
Top Job Openings 2020-2030
High-Skill Occupations
- Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other8:
- 29,830 projected job openings, $104,796 average annual wage, 250 job advertisements.
- General and Operations Managers:
- 29,370 projected job openings, $112,441 average annual wage, 428 job advertisements.
- Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers7:
- 27,200 projected job openings, $142,677 average annual wage, 768 job advertisements.
- Registered Nurses:
- 19,240 projected job openings, $121,177 average annual wage, 1,849 job advertisements.
- Accountants and Auditors:
- 13,380 projected job openings, $83,355 average annual wage, 298 job advertisements.
Middle-Skill Occupations
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
- 19,640 projected job openings, $50,154 average annual wage, 357 job advertisements.
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
- 14,380 projected job openings, $52,683 average annual wage, 387 job advertisements.
- Medical Assistants:
- 13,440 projected job openings, $45,163 average annual wage, 362 job advertisements.
- Nursing Assistants:
- 13,150 projected job openings, $41,005 average annual wage, 305 job advertisements.
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary9:
- 10,170 projected job openings, $38,901 average annual wage, 283 job advertisements.
Entry-Level Occupations
- Fast Food and Counter Workers:
- 82,510 projected job openings, $35,335 average annual wage, 867 job advertisements.
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides6:
- 80,100 projected job openings, $32,610 average annual wage, 537 job advertisements.
- Cashiers:
- 75,490 projected job openings, $34,304 average annual wage, 331 job advertisements.
- Retail Salespersons:
- 52,720 projected job openings, $35,161 average annual wage, 1,432 job advertisements.
- Waiters and Waitresses:
- 49,540 projected job openings, $32,610 average annual wage, 634 job advertisements.
*The 2018-2028 employment projections do not include impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and response efforts. Employment projections are developed using models based on historical data, which in this set of projections cover the period through 2018; all input data therefore precede the pandemic. Employment projections are long-term projections intended to capture structural change in the economy, not cyclical fluctuations. As such, they are not intended to capture the impacts of the recession that began in February 2020. However, besides the immediate recessionary impacts, the pandemic may cause new structural changes to the economy. Subsequent employment projections will incorporate new information on economic structural changes as it becomes available.
**Wages for Personal Care Aides are taken from the Home Health and Personal Care Aides occupation.
***Wages for Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food are taken from the Food Preparation Workers occupation.