San Joaquin Valley Region
The San Joaquin Valley region is comprised of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare counties.
Top Job Openings 2022-2032
High-Skill Occupations
- Registered Nurses:
- 19,540 projected job openings, $132,631 median annual wage, 2,419 job ads.
- General and Operations Managers:
- 17,590 projected job openings, $104,220 median annual wage, 365 job ads.
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term:
- 17,130 projected job openings, $57,519 median annual wage, 82 job ads.
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
- 11,350 projected job openings, $92,696 median annual wage, 94 job ads.
- Accountants and Auditors:
- 7,820 projected job openings, $81,333 median annual wage, 160 job ads.
Middle-Skill Occupations
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
- 44,260 projected job openings, $59,001 median annual wage, 934 job ads.
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
- 21,940 projected job openings, $40,684 median annual wage, 745 job ads.
- Medical Assistants:
- 19,400 projected job openings, $46,902 median annual wage, 351 job ads.
- Nursing Assistants:
- 17,930 projected job openings, $45,443 median annual wage, 225 job ads.
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
- 17,110 projected job openings, $52,970 median annual wage, 178 job ads.
Entry-Level Occupations
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse:
- 185,420 projected job openings, $36,166 median annual wage, 44 job ads.
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
- 139,960 projected job openings, $34,331 median annual wage, 554 job ads.
- Fast Food and Counter Workers:
- 103,980 projected job openings, $37,425 median annual wage, 474 job ads.
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
- 70,730 projected job openings, $45,129 median annual wage, 573 job ads.
- Cashiers:
- 70,250 projected job openings, $35,638 median annual wage, 385 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 2022 to 2032 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.