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North Bay Region

The North Bay region is comprised of Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 11,530 projected job openings, $115,396 median annual wage, 225 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 7,950 projected job openings, $175,336 median annual wage, 778 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 7,710 projected job openings, $105,382 median annual wage, 93 job ads.
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 5,430 projected job openings, $94,559 median annual wage, 98 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 4,960 projected job openings, $96,186 median annual wage, 62 job ads.                    
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 8,330 projected job openings, $59,831 median annual wage, 105 job ads.                            
  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 7,900 projected job openings, $61,350 median annual wage, 196 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 6,830 projected job openings, $61,260 median annual wage, 127 job ads.                            
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 5,500 projected job openings, $47,871 median annual wage, 223 job ads.  
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 4,640 projected job openings, $48,011 median annual wage, 92 job ads.  
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 40,760 projected job openings, $35,489 median annual wage, 390 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 32,560 projected job openings, $37,243 median annual wage, 202 job ads. 
  • Cashiers:
    • 31,220 projected job openings, $37,939 median annual wage, 163 job ads. 
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 21,340 projected job openings, $39,352 median annual wage, 918 job ads.
  • Waiters and Waitresses:
    • 20,470 projected job openings, $37,358 median annual wage, 246 job ads.             

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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).