Inland Empire Region
The Inland Empire region is comprised of Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Top Job Openings 2022-2032
High-Skill Occupations
- Registered Nurses:
- 21,360 projected job openings, $133,697 median annual wage, 2,422 job ads.
- General and Operations Managers:
- 19,670 projected job openings, $106,988 median annual wage, 462 job ads.
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
- 16,020 projected job openings, $100,211 median annual wage, 64 job ads.
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term:
- 13,710 projected job openings, $59,309 median annual wage, 60 job ads.
- Accountants and Auditors:
- 8,370 projected job openings, $84,600 median annual wage, 183 job ads.
Middle-Skill Occupations
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
- 56,980 projected job openings, $62,155 median annual wage, 921 job ads.
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
- 24,950 projected job openings, $47,322 median annual wage, 450 job ads.
- Medical Assistants:
- 17,960 projected job openings, $43,935 median annual wage, 295 job ads.
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
- 17,710 projected job openings, $53,059 median annual wage, 236 job ads.
- Nursing Assistants:
- 15,490 projected job openings, $46,228 median annual wage, 181 job ads.
Entry-Level Occupations
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
- 173,370 projected job openings, $34,320 median annual wage, 761 job ads.
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
- 122,380 projected job openings, $46,063 median annual wage, 858 job ads.
- Fast Food and Counter Workers:
- 119,370 projected job openings, $37,281 median annual wage, 462 job ads.
- Stockers and Order Fillers:
- 83,180 projected job openings, $40,266 median annual wage, 501 job ads.
- Cashiers:
- 73,630 projected job openings, $35,829 median annual wage, 529 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.