See which careers in Sacramento and across California will have the most openings by 2024
About 400,000 jobs will become available in Sacramento and another 6.6 million jobs will become available statewide by 2024, according to new projections from the state Employment Development Department.
The projections, released last month, predict the number of new and replacement job openings between 2014 and 2024.
Among jobs that require a college degree, registered nurses will continue to be in high demand. The four-county Sacramento region will need to fill almost 8,000 openings for registered nurses. California as a whole will need to fill 105,000 registered nurse openings. Demand is strong due to a lingering nursing shortage in some parts of the state and the increasing health care needs of aging baby boomers.
Teachers will also be in high demand, the EDD predicts. Many California school districts laid off teachers or delayed hiring during the last recession. They are now looking to fill slots created by enrollment growth and teacher retirements.
Among jobs that don’t require a college degree, personal care aides should have an easy time finding work. These aides help (mostly elderly) clients with day-to-day tasks so they don’t have to live in a residential care facility. Again, demand from aging baby boomers is driving this growth.
Service sector jobs with high turnover will also be plentiful. As the economy grows, there will be a need for more cashiers, waiters and other common, relatively low skill occupations
Where the jobs are
These careers will have the most job openings in Sacramento and across California by 2024, according to the state Economic Development Department. The number of openings projected between 2014 and 2024, and the median annual pay in 2016:
Job | Openings | Pay |
Registered nurses | 7,830 | $118,381 |
General and operations managers | 6,540 | $96,277 |
Accountants and auditors | 5,070 | $69,854 |
Management analysts | 4,690 | $67,797 |
Computer systems analysts | 3,690 | $82,488 |
Elementary school teachers | 2,580 | $71,583 |
Civil engineers | 2,320 | $103,225 |
Software application developers | 2,170 | $105,183 |
High school teachers | 2,050 | $71,786 |
Lawyers | 1,880 | $121,364 |
Job | Openings | Pay |
Personal care aides | 14,200 | $22,179 |
Food prep and fast food workers | 13,260 | $19,936 |
Retail salespersons | 12,720 | $23,492 |
Cashiers | 11,620 | $20,450 |
Waiters and waitresses | 10,840 | $23,933 |
Office clerks | 7,780 | $35,940 |
Hand laborers and loaders | 7,670 | $26,385 |
Stock clerks | 6,050 | $24,550 |
Customer service representatives | 5,560 | $36,841 |
Carpenters | 4,260 | $45,270 |
Job | Openings | Pay |
General and operations managers | 110,000 | $107,073 |
Registered nurses | 104,700 | $101,855 |
Accountants and auditors | 69,700 | $74,745 |
Software application developers | 68,800 | $121,475 |
Management analysts | 44,400 | $85,644 |
Elementary school teachers | 44,000 | $73,967 |
Computer systems analysts | 36,400 | $96,042 |
Market research analysts and marketing specialists | 35,800 | $73,446 |
Software Systems Developers | 32,900 | $125,949 |
High School Teachers | 32,400 | $75,843 |
Substitute Teachers | 29,400 | $38,368 |
Job | Openings | Pay |
Personal care aides | 230,500 | $22,210 |
Food prep and fast food workers | 209,600 | $20,140 |
Retail salespersons | 194,700 | $23,523 |
Cashiers | 192,300 | $21,127 |
Waiters and waitresses | 184,600 | $23,729 |
Hand laborers and loaders | 133,700 | $25,570 |
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery and greenhouse | 105,100 | $20,003 |
Office clerks | 103,700 | $33,586 |
Stock clerks | 95,100 | $24,489 |
Customer service representatives | 79,700 | $37,823 |
Source: California Economic Development Department
This story was originally published February 6, 2017 at 11:21 AM with the headline "See which careers in Sacramento and across California will have the most openings by 2024."