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North Central Coast Region

The North Central Coast region is comprised of Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • Teachers and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers:
    • 4,790 projected job openings, $107,098 median annual wage, 0 job ads.
  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 4,590 projected job openings, $111,671 median annual wage, 103 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 3,240 projected job openings, $99,434 median annual wage, 44 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 3,170 projected job openings, $139,215 median annual wage, 371 job ads.
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 2,810 projected job openings, $93,869 median annual wage, 51 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 4,520 projected job openings, $58,174 median annual wage, 165 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 4,140 projected job openings, $57,078 median annual wage, 39 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 2,930 projected job openings, $46,841 median annual wage, 108 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 2,820 projected job openings, $46,782 median annual wage, 77 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 1,600 projected job openings, $47,109 median annual wage, 25 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse:
    • 75,580 projected job openings, $37,344 median annual wage, 5 job ads.
  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 17,740 projected job openings, $33,433 median annual wage, 220 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 16,050 projected job openings, $36,523 median annual wage, 119 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 14,310 projected job openings, $36,888, median annual wage, 58 job ads.
  • Waiters and Waitresses:
    • 9,590 projected job openings, $36,122 median annual wage, 113 job ads.

An image of the California North Central Coast 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).