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Los Angeles Basin Region

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.

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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).