North Bay Region

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The North Bay region is comprised of Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 11,530 projected job openings, $115,396 median annual wage, 225 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 7,950 projected job openings, $175,336 median annual wage, 778 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 7,710 projected job openings, $105,382 median annual wage, 93 job ads.
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 5,430 projected job openings, $94,559 median annual wage, 98 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 4,960 projected job openings, $96,186 median annual wage, 62 job ads.                    
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 8,330 projected job openings, $59,831 median annual wage, 105 job ads.                            
  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 7,900 projected job openings, $61,350 median annual wage, 196 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 6,830 projected job openings, $61,260 median annual wage, 127 job ads.                            
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 5,500 projected job openings, $47,871 median annual wage, 223 job ads.  
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 4,640 projected job openings, $48,011 median annual wage, 92 job ads.  
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 40,760 projected job openings, $35,489 median annual wage, 390 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 32,560 projected job openings, $37,243 median annual wage, 202 job ads. 
  • Cashiers:
    • 31,220 projected job openings, $37,939 median annual wage, 163 job ads. 
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 21,340 projected job openings, $39,352 median annual wage, 918 job ads.
  • Waiters and Waitresses:
    • 20,470 projected job openings, $37,358 median annual wage, 246 job ads.             

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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).