Middle Sierra Region

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The Middle Sierra region is comprised of Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, and Tuolumne counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 850 projected job openings, $103,087 median annual wage, 19 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 520 projected job openings, $132,266 median annual wage, 165 job ads.    
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 450 projected job openings, $86,074 median annual wage, 9 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 380 projected job openings, $89,976 median annual wage, 6 job ads.
  • Management Analysts:
    • 260 projected job openings, $82,661 median annual wage, 3 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 710 projected job openings, $49,621 median annual wage, 17 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 480 projected job openings, $40,687 median annual wage, 29 job ads.
  • Firefighters:
    • 470 projected job openings, $70,562 median annual wage, 1 job ad.
  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 460 projected job openings, $59,735 median annual wage, 22 job ads.
  • Forest and Conservation Technicians:
    • 340 projected job openings, $53,442 median annual wage, 3 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Cashiers:
    • 3,170 projected job openings, $36,352 median annual wage, 26 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 2,510 projected job openings, $35,838 median annual wage, 17 job ads.
  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 2,490 projected job openings, $33,280 median annual wage, 30 job ads.
  • Waiters and Waitresses:
    • 1,770 projected job openings, $35,347 median annual wage, 12 job ads.
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 1,640 projected job openings, $38,549 median annual wage, 45 job ads.

An image of the California Middle Sierra 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).