East Bay Region

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The East Bay region is comprised of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers:
    • 22,120 projected job openings, $172,151 median annual wage, 584 job ads.
  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 22,070 projected job openings, $134,572 median annual wage, 548 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 20,010 projected job openings, $128,188 median annual wage, 338 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 13,350 projected job openings, $181,131 median annual wage, 1,561 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 9,760 projected job openings, $102,910 median annual wage, 214 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 15,380 projected job openings, $66,408 median annual wage, 637 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 12,360 projected job openings, $63,868 median annual wage, 197 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 10,760 projected job openings, $61,610 median annual wage, 290 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 9,870 projected job openings, $50,023 median annual wage, 348 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 8,270 projected job openings, $50,300 median annual wage, 211 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 82,860 projected job openings, $35,548 median annual wage, 620 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 60,230 projected job openings, $39,375 median annual wage, 308 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 51,280 projected job openings, $39,799 median annual wage, 223 job ads.
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
    • 36,080 projected job openings, $49,807 median annual wage, 414 job ads.
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 34,150 projected job openings, $41,257 median annual wage, 1,297 job ads.

An image of the California East Bay 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).