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Southern Border Region

The Southern Border region is comprised of Imperial and San Diego counties.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 29,830 projected job openings, $109,643 median annual wage, 466 job ads.
  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 29,370 projected job openings, $125,104 median annual wage, 647 job ads.
  • Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers:
    • 27,200 projected job openings, $157,121 median annual wage, 858 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 19,240 projected job openings, $136,678 median annual wage, 1,645 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 13,380 projected job openings, $90,835 median annual wage, 295 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 19,640 projected job openings, $52,664 median annual wage, 242 job ads.
  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 14,380 projected job openings, $57,750 median annual wage, 497 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 13,440 projected job openings, $48,268 median annual wage, 453 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 13,150 projected job openings, $45,635 median annual wage, 253 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 10,170 projected job openings, $44,604 median annual wage, 113 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 82,510 projected job openings, $35,863 median annual wage, 360 job ads.
  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 80,100 projected job openings, $35,166 median annual wage, 768 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 75,490 projected job openings, $36,009 median annual wage, 428 job ads.
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 52,720 projected job openings, $36,567 median annual wage, 1,798 job ads.
  • Waiters and Waitresses:
    • 49,540 projected job openings, $35,012 median annual wage, 479 job ads.

An image of the California Southern Border region on a map of California

 

To improve data quality, the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program has aggregated some 2018 SOC detailed occupations into SOC broad occupations or OEWS-specific combinations.

Projected total job openings is the sum of exits, transfers, and numeric change. The Top 10 occupations were identified based on projected total job openings 2020-2030.

Median wages are the estimated 50th percentile of the distribution of 2024 first quarter wages. 50 percent of workers in an occupation earn wages below, and 50 percent earn wages above the median wage. Wages do not include self-employed or unpaid family workers. Median Annual Wages have been rounded up to $33,280 to reflect state minimum wage laws as of January 1, 2024.

Online job ads data are taken from the Lightcast data series. The Lightcast data series compiles, analyzes, and categorizes job advertisements from numerous online job boards.

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1256) reflects the wage for the occupation Software Developers (15-1252). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) reflect job ads postings for the occupations Software Developers (15-1252) and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1253).

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Project Management Specialist and Business Operations Specialists, All Other (13-1198) reflects the wage for the occupation Project Management Specialists (13-1082). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) reflect job ads postings for the occupation Project Management Specialists (13-1082).

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Teacher and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers (25-3097) reflects the wage for the occupation Teaching and Instructors, All Other (25-3099). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Teachers and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers (25-3097) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Tutors (25-3041) and Teachers and Instructors, All Other (25-3099).

The median annual wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (25-2021) in North Coast Regional Planning Unit reflects the wage for the North Coast Region, which is comprised of the following counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino.

The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Home Health Aides (31-1121) and Personal Care Aides (31-1122).

The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (25-9045) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education (25-9042); Teaching Assistants, Special Education (25-9043); and Teaching Assistants, All Other (25-9049).