Capital Region
The Capital region is comprised of Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
Top Job Openings 2022-2032
High-Skill Occupations
- Registered Nurses:
- 17,300 projected job openings, $173,808 median annual wage, 1,506 job ads.
- General and Operations Managers:
- 15,790 projected job openings, $121,859 median annual wage, 449 job ads.
- Accountants and Auditors:
- 11,550 projected job openings, $91,083 median annual wage, 333 job ads.
- Operations Research Analysts:
- 8,720 projected job openings, $93,654 median annual wage, 28 job ads.
- Management Analysts:
- 8,690 projected job openings, $83,709 median annual wage, 185 job ads.
Middle-Skill Occupations
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
- 15,850 projected job openings, $61,744 median annual wage, 558 job ads.
- Medical Assistants:
- 13,800 projected job openings, $64,352 median annual wage, 216 job ads.
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
- 12,520 projected job openings, $45,694 median annual wage, 580 job ads.
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
- 11,780 projected job openings, $58,186 median annual wage, 240 job ads.
- Nursing Assistants:
- 10,910 projected job openings, $47,529 median annual wage, 192 job ads.
Entry-Level Occupations
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
- 109,390 projected job openings, $34,320 median annual wage, 683 job ads.
- Fast Food and Counter Workers:
- 63,640 projected job openings, $38,527 median annual wage, 397 job ads.
- Cashiers:
- 43,600 projected job openings, $36,812 median annual wage, 301 job ads.
- Stockers and Order Fillers:
- 36,020 projected job openings, $39,754 median annual wage, 249 job ads.
- Retail Salespersons:
- 32,980 projected job openings, $37,952 median annual wage, 1,053 job ads.
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program has combined some detailed job categories from 2018 into broader categories or special groupings to improve data quality.
The total number of expected job openings from 2022 to 2032 includes workers leaving their jobs, people changing jobs, and new jobs being created. The top 5 jobs were chosen based on these total job openings.
Median wages are the middle point of what workers earn in the first quarter of 2024. Half of the workers earn less than the median wage, and half earn more. These wages do not include self-employed people or unpaid family workers. The median yearly wage has been rounded up to $34,320 to match state minimum wage laws as of January 1, 2025.
Information about online job ads comes from the Lightcast data series, which collects, studies, and organizes ads from many online job boards.