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North State Region

The North State region is comprised of Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 4,080 projected job openings, $105,608 median annual wage, 46 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 3,560 projected job openings, $135,119 median annual wage, 366 job ads.
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 2,950 projected job openings, $84,562 median annual wage, 29 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 2,600 projected job openings, $91,845 median annual wage, 15 job ads.
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career and Technical Education:
    • 1,390 projected job openings, $85,734 median annual wage, 42 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 3,530 projected job openings, $57,852 median annual wage, 96 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 3,470 projected job openings, $50,031 median annual wage, 19 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 3,090 projected job openings, $44,767 median annual wage, 54 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 2,970 projected job openings, $39,312 median annual wage, 78 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 2,600 projected job openings, $46,189 median annual wage, 49 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 21,840 projected job openings, $33,280 median annual wage, 53 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 14,010 projected job openings, $35,579 median annual wage, 54 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 13,180 projected job openings, $35,022 median annual wage, 57 job ads.
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 8,740 projected job openings, $36,815 median annual wage, 238 job ads.
  • Stockers and Order Fillers:
    • 6,400 projected job openings, $38,885 median annual wage, 41 job ads.

An image of the California North State 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).