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Capital Region

The Capital region is comprised of Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • Management Analysts:
    • 32,210 projected job openings, $88,678 median annual wage, 412 job ads.
  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 17,670 projected job openings, $116,840 median annual wage, 499 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 16,360 projected job openings, $106,972 median annual wage, 371 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 15,860 projected job openings, $162,124 median annual wage, 1,030 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 12,690 projected job openings, $86,544 median annual wage, 337 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 16,350 projected job openings, $61,497 median annual wage, 563 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 13,920 projected job openings, $53,293 median annual wage, 240 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 10,280 projected job openings, $59,962 median annual wage, 225 job ads.
  • Computer User Support Specialists:
    • 8,920 projected job openings, $101,964 median annual wage, 422 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 8,730 projected job openings, $40,837 median annual wage, 397 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 79,880 projected job openings, $33,280 median annual wage, 563 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 52,930 projected job openings, $35,999 median annual wage, 349 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 48,520 projected job openings, $36,197 median annual wage, 223 job ads.
  • Stockers and Order Fillers: 
    • 35,070 projected job openings, $40,473 median annual wage, 188 job ads.
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
    • 34,700 projected job openings, $41,659 median annual wage, 422 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).