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Inland Empire Region

The Inland Empire region is comprised of Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 24,810 projected job openings, $101,536 average annual wage, 456 job advertisements.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 22,320 projected job openings, $126,560 average annual wage, 1,528 job advertisements.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other8:
    • 17,390 projected job openings, $95,173 average annual wage, 112 job advertisements.
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 16,950 projected job openings, $100,744 average annual wage, 148 job advertisements.
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
    • 10,120 projected job openings, $109,452 average annual wage, 130 job advertisements.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 59,100 projected job openings, $53,552 average annual wage, 783 job advertisements.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 18,400 projected job openings, $48,947 average annual wage, 290 job advertisements.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary9:
    • 17,130 projected job openings, $40,112 average annual wage, 268 job advertisements.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 14,660 projected job openings, $39,020 average annual wage, 306 job advertisements.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 11,590 projected job openings, $39,444 average annual wage, 241 job advertisements.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides6:
    • 127,220 projected job openings, $32,610 average annual wage, 546 job advertisements.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 103,870 projected job openings, $34,062 average annual wage, 739 job advertisements.
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
    • 100,440 projected job openings, $42,745 average annual wage, 1,290 job advertisements.
  • Stockers and Order Fillers:
    • 88,830 projected job openings, $41,087 average annual wage, 667 job advertisements.
  • Cashiers:
    • 84,450 projected job openings, $32,650 average annual wage, 388 job advertisements.

An image of the Imperial Empire region on a map of California

 

[1] The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is a federal statistical standard used by federal and state agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data.
[2] 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.
[3] Total job openings is the sum of exits, transfers, and numeric change. The Top 5 occupations were identified based on projected total job openings 2020-2030.
[4] Median wages are the estimated 50th percentile of the distribution of 2023 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.
[5] 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.
[6] The total job ads (June 11, 2023 - August 9, 2023) 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).
[7] 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 11, 2023 - August 9, 2023) reflect job ads postings for the occupations Software Developers (15-1252) and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1253).
[8] The median annual wage for Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other (13-1198) reflects the wage for the occupation Project Management Specialists (13-1082). The total job ads (June 11, 2023 - August 9, 2023) reflect job ads postings for the occupation Project Management Specialists (13-1082).
[9] The total job ads (June 11, 2023 - August 9, 2023) 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).
[10] The median annual wage for Teachers and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers (25-3097) reflects the wage for the occupation Teachers and Instructors, All Other (25-3099). The total job ads (June 11, 2023 - August 9, 2023) 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).