Los Angeles Basin Region

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The Los Angeles Basin region is comprised of Los Angeles County.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 77,410 projected job openings, $120,271 median annual wage, 1,650 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 67,710 projected job openings, $104,539 median annual wage, 1,062 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 56,700 projected job openings, $132,892 median annual wage, 4,961 job ads.
  • Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers:
    • 53,650 projected job openings, $160,890 median annual wage, 1,570 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 48,440 projected job openings, $87,388 median annual wage, 875 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 57,070 projected job openings, $60,386 median annual wage, 1,402 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 56,280 projected job openings, $54,511 median annual wage, 1,000 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 44,660 projected job openings, $46,010 median annual wage, 622 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 35,030 projected job openings, $46,937 median annual wage, 706 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 32,010 projected job openings, $46,439 median annual wage, 939 job ads.  
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 446,900 projected job openings, $34,558 median annual wage, 1,460 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 251,150 projected job openings, $36,412 median annual wage, 969 job ads.            
  • Cashiers:
    • 178,890 projected job openings, $36,028 median annual wage, 794 job ads.            
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
    • 150,470 projected job openings, $39,410 median annual wage, 1,140 job ads.             
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 138,160 projected job openings, $37,100 median annual wage, 3,745 job ads.

An image of the California Los Angeles Basin 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).