North Coast County Region

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The North Coast County region is comprised of Humboldt County.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 790 projected job openings, $102,417 median annual wage, 14 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 550 projected job openings, $83,522 median annual wage, 0 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 460 projected job openings, $131,149 median annual wage, 42 job ads.
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 440 projected job openings, $82,514 median annual wage, 5 job ads.
  • Management Analysts:
    • 420 projected job openings, $71,921 median annual wage, 2 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 830 projected job openings, $56,467 median annual wage, 46 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 740 projected job openings, $50,648 median annual wage, 3 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 550 projected job openings, $41,623 median annual wage, 3 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 350 projected job openings, $47,867 median annual wage, 7 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 310 projected job openings, $44,571 median annual wage, 7 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 4,390 projected job openings, $35,489 median annual wage, 17 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 2,910 projected job openings, $35,885 median annual wage, 7 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 2,910 projected job openings, $36,392 median annual wage, 8 job ads.
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 1,800 projected job openings, $37,222 median annual wage, 43 job ads.
  • Waiters and Waitresses:
    • 1,360 projected job openings, $35,783 median annual wage, 2 job ads.

An image of the California North Coast County 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).