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 2023-2033
High-Skill Occupations
- General and Operations Managers:
- 3,680 projected job openings, $101,649 median annual wage, 67 job ads.
- Registered Nurses:
- 3,290 projected job openings, $133,965 median annual wage, 703 job ads.
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
- 2,600 projected job openings, $82,866 median annual wage, 20 job ads.
- Accountants and Auditors:
- 1,200 projected job openings, $80,536 median annual wage, 39 job ads.
- Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors:
- 990 projected job openings, $63,390 median annual wage, 44 job ads.
Middle-Skill Occupations
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
- 4,170 projected job openings, $39,630 median annual wage, 152 job ads.
- Nursing Assistants:
- 3,840 projected job openings, $45,624 median annual wage, 75 job ads.
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
- 3,630 projected job openings, $52,461 median annual wage, 42 job ads.
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
- 3,190 projected job openings, $59,731 median annual wage, 190 job ads.
- Medical Assistants:
- 3,080 projected job openings, $47,512 median annual wage, 89 job ads.
Entry-Level Occupations
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
- 26,010 projected job openings, $34,410 median annual wage, 164 job ads.
- Fast Food and Counter Workers:
- 15,590 projected job openings, $37,112 median annual wage, 85 job ads.
- Cashiers:
- 14,070 projected job openings, $35,993 median annual wage, 72 job ads.
- Retail Salespersons:
- 7,680 projected job openings, $37,185 median annual wage, 300 job ads.
- Stockers and Order Fillers:
- 7,230 projected job openings, $39,348 median annual wage, 93 job ads.
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 2023 to 2033 includes workers leaving their jobs, people changing jobs, and new jobs being created. The top 5 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 $34,320 to match state minimum wage laws as of January 1, 2025.
Information about online job ads comes from the Lightcast data series, which collects, studies, and organizes ads from many online job boards.