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Inland Empire Region

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

 

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).