San Joaquin Valley Region

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The San Joaquin Valley region is comprised of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 20,790 projected job openings, $103,018 median annual wage, 454 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 20,790 projected job openings, $132,183 median annual wage, 1,935 job ads.
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education:
    • 17,610 projected job openings, $96,160 median annual wage, 127 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 14,860 projected job openings, $99,007 median annual wage, 169 job ads.
  • Teachers and Instructions, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers:
    • 13,320 projected job openings, $81,935 median annual wage, 84 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 49,760 projected job openings, $55,901 median annual wage, 852 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 23,250 projected job openings, $40,383 median annual wage, 411 job ads.
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 18,140 projected job openings, $50,868 median annual wage, 257 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 15,860 projected job openings, $45,336 median annual wage, 314 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 14,600 projected job openings, $43,934 median annual wage, 171 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse:
    • 231,300 projected job openings, $34,765 median annual wage, 19 job ads.
  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 110,380 projected job openings, $33,280 median annual wage, 418 job ads.
  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 86,080 projected job openings, $34,734 median annual wage, 435 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 74,750 projected job openings, $35,124 median annual wage, 274 job ads.
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand:
    • 63,200 projected job openings, $44,686 median annual wage, 563 job ads.

An image of the California San Joaquin 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).