Inland Empire Region

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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, $106,940 median annual wage, 583 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 22,320 projected job openings, $130,905 median annual wage, 1,802 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 17,390 projected job openings, $100,635 median annual wage, 183 job ads.
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 16,950 projected job openings, $102,783 median annual wage, 96 job ads.
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career and Technical Education:
    • 10,120 projected job openings, $110,027 median annual wage, 238 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 59,100 projected job openings, $61,399 median annual wage, 930 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 18,400 projected job openings, $50,501 median annual wage, 308 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 17,130 projected job openings, $47,915 median annual wage, 317 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 14,660 projected job openings, $40,737 median annual wage, 378 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 11,590 projected job openings, $44,747 median annual wage, 144 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 127,220 projected job openings, $33,280 median annual wage, 615 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 103,870 projected job openings, $35,200 median annual wage, 549 job ads.
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
    • 100,440 projected job openings, $48,465 median annual wage, 1,020 job ads.
  • Stockers and Order Fillers:
    • 88,830 projected job openings, $44,299 median annual wage, 327 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 84,450 projected job openings, $35,846 median annual wage, 396 job ads.

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

 

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 2020 to 2030 includes workers leaving their jobs, people changing jobs, and new jobs being created. The top 10 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 $33,280 to match state minimum wage laws as of January 1, 2024.

Information about online job ads comes from the Lightcast data series, which collects, studies, and organizes ads from many online job boards.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has split some job categories into separate groups. Here are a few examples:

  • The median wage for Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1256) is based only on Software Developers (15-1252). Job ad numbers (from June 5 to August 3, 2024) include ads for both Software Developers (15-1252) and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1253).
  • The median wage for Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other (13-1198) is based only on Project Management Specialists (13-1082). Job ad numbers (from June 5 to August 3, 2024) are for Project Management Specialists (13-1082).
  • The median wage for Teachers and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers (25-3097) is based on Teaching and Instructors, All Other (25-3099). Job ad numbers (from June 5 to August 3, 2024) include ads for Tutors (25-3041) and Teaching and Instructors, All Other (25-3099).

For Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (25-2021), the median wage in the North Coast Regional Planning Unit reflects wages in Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino counties.

The job ad numbers for Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120) include ads for both Home Health Aides (31-1121) and Personal Care Aides (31-1122).

The job ad numbers for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (25-9045) include ads for Teaching Assistants in Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and High Schools (25-9042), Special Education Teaching Assistants (25-9043), and Teaching Assistants, All Other (25-9049).