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East Bay Region

The East Bay region is comprised of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers:
    • 22,120 projected job openings, $172,151 median annual wage, 584 job ads.
  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 22,070 projected job openings, $134,572 median annual wage, 548 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 20,010 projected job openings, $128,188 median annual wage, 338 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 13,350 projected job openings, $181,131 median annual wage, 1,561 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 9,760 projected job openings, $102,910 median annual wage, 214 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 15,380 projected job openings, $66,408 median annual wage, 637 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 12,360 projected job openings, $63,868 median annual wage, 197 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 10,760 projected job openings, $61,610 median annual wage, 290 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 9,870 projected job openings, $50,023 median annual wage, 348 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 8,270 projected job openings, $50,300 median annual wage, 211 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 82,860 projected job openings, $35,548 median annual wage, 620 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 60,230 projected job openings, $39,375 median annual wage, 308 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 51,280 projected job openings, $39,799 median annual wage, 223 job ads.
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
    • 36,080 projected job openings, $49,807 median annual wage, 414 job ads.
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 34,150 projected job openings, $41,257 median annual wage, 1,297 job ads.

An image of the California East Bay region on a map of California

 

To improve data quality, the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program has aggregated some 2018 SOC detailed occupations into SOC broad occupations or OEWS-specific combinations.

Projected total job openings is the sum of exits, transfers, and numeric change. The Top 10 occupations were identified based on projected total job openings 2020-2030.

Median wages are the estimated 50th percentile of the distribution of 2024 first quarter wages. 50 percent of workers in an occupation earn wages below, and 50 percent earn wages above the median wage. Wages do not include self-employed or unpaid family workers. Median Annual Wages have been rounded up to $33,280 to reflect state minimum wage laws as of January 1, 2024.

Online job ads data are taken from the Lightcast data series. The Lightcast data series compiles, analyzes, and categorizes job advertisements from numerous online job boards.

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1256) reflects the wage for the occupation Software Developers (15-1252). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) reflect job ads postings for the occupations Software Developers (15-1252) and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1253).

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Project Management Specialist and Business Operations Specialists, All Other (13-1198) reflects the wage for the occupation Project Management Specialists (13-1082). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) reflect job ads postings for the occupation Project Management Specialists (13-1082).

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Teacher and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers (25-3097) reflects the wage for the occupation Teaching and Instructors, All Other (25-3099). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Teachers and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers (25-3097) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Tutors (25-3041) and Teachers and Instructors, All Other (25-3099).

The median annual wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (25-2021) in North Coast Regional Planning Unit reflects the wage for the North Coast Region, which is comprised of the following counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino.

The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Home Health Aides (31-1121) and Personal Care Aides (31-1122).

The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (25-9045) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education (25-9042); Teaching Assistants, Special Education (25-9043); and Teaching Assistants, All Other (25-9049).