Orange Region

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The Orange region is comprised of Orange County.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 31,080 projected job openings, $123,315 median annual wage, 578 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 28,260 projected job openings, $105,957 median annual wage, 406 job ads.
  • Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers:
    • 23,420 projected job openings, $155,426 median annual wage, 696 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 19,490 projected job openings, $132,685 median annual wage, 1,695 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 18,410 projected job openings, $87,868 median annual wage, 397 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 23,410 projected job openings, $54,756 median annual wage, 406 job ads.
  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 13,380 projected job openings, $59,120 median annual wage, 516 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 13,210 projected job openings, $45,896 median annual wage, 498 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 12,490 projected job openings, $46,520 median annual wage, 325 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 12,070 projected job openings, $46,320 median annual wage, 266 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 97,630 projected job openings, $36,422 median annual wage, 452 job ads.
  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 75,100 projected job openings, $34,558 median annual wage, 833 job ads.
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 
    • 64,050 projected job openings, $39,521 median annual wage, 499 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 62,510 projected job openings, $36,159 median annual wage, 380 job ads.
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 53,190 projected job openings, $37,069 median annual wage, 1,684 job ads.

An image of the California Orange 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).