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Top 100 Popular Jobs in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA

What professions have the highest employment in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA. We note that the total employment in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA is 1,489,500. The most popular job is the home health and personal care aides profession, which employs 42,760 people (2.87 percent of the total employment in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA). The second most common job is the cashier profession which employs 34,620 people (2.32 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	1,489,500	100.00%	$49,710
2	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	42,760	2.87%	$31,200
3	Cashiers	34,620	2.32%	$33,200
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers	34,330	2.30%	$33,830
5	Registered Nurses	28,890	1.94%	$118,270
6	Retail Salespersons	28,050	1.88%	$34,030
7	Stockers and Order Fillers	23,690	1.59%	$36,080
8	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	23,460	1.58%	$35,380
9	Waiters and Waitresses	23,250	1.56%	$31,170
10	General and Operations Managers	22,600	1.52%	$101,870
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	21,140	1.42%	$36,690
12	Office Clerks, General	20,410	1.37%	$40,990
13	Other Business Operations Specialists	20,270	1.36%	$69,850
14	Software Developers	17,380	1.17%	$138,130
15	Customer Service Representatives	17,140	1.15%	$43,070
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	15,040	1.01%	$47,090
17	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	14,540	0.98%	$40,110
18	Restaurant Cooks	14,360	0.96%	$37,890
19	Fast Food Cooks	14,320	0.96%	$34,740
20	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	14,100	0.95%	$49,780
21	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	13,110	0.88%	$63,150
22	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	12,900	0.87%	$78,230
23	Security Guards	12,690	0.85%	$35,590
24	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	12,260	0.82%	$47,080
25	Accountants and Auditors	11,790	0.79%	$81,450
26	Medical Secretaries	11,690	0.78%	$43,940
27	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	11,110	0.75%	$37,330
28	Food Preparation Workers	10,900	0.73%	$34,500
29	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	10,370	0.70%	$37,530
30	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	10,190	0.68%	$65,910
31	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	9,570	0.64%	$62,200
32	Carpenters	9,560	0.64%	$62,800
33	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	9,560	0.64%	$36,530
34	All Other Managers	9,540	0.64%	$150,480
35	Project Management Specialists	9,540	0.64%	$102,780
36	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	9,450	0.63%	$47,440
37	Nursing Assistants	9,290	0.62%	$39,100
38	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	9,240	0.62%	$50,940
39	Sales Managers	8,840	0.59%	$125,410
40	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	8,820	0.59%	$35,820
41	Medical Assistants	8,810	0.59%	$43,890
42	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	8,620	0.58%	$40,090
43	Electricians	8,390	0.56%	$62,190
44	Human Resources Specialists	8,100	0.54%	$76,020
45	Financial Managers	8,040	0.54%	$157,170
46	Lawyers	7,900	0.53%	$168,360
47	Construction Laborers	7,800	0.52%	$49,860
48	Management Analysts	7,760	0.52%	$95,330
49	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	7,650	0.51%	$73,370
50	Computer Occupations, All Other	7,620	0.51%	$105,990
51	Computer and Information Systems Managers	7,370	0.49%	$171,340
52	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	7,260	0.49%	$31,140
53	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	7,090	0.48%	$97,830
54	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	6,720	0.45%	$38,900
55	Receptionists and Information Clerks	6,660	0.45%	$36,780
56	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	6,610	0.44%	$86,070
57	Bartenders	6,580	0.44%	$31,010
58	Other Education, Training, and Library Workers	6,320	0.42%	$36,070
59	Social and Human Service Assistants	6,210	0.42%	$45,750
60	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	6,150	0.41%	$64,560
61	Counter and Rental Clerks	6,080	0.41%	$37,480
62	Packers and Packagers	6,060	0.41%	$33,780
63	Compliance Officers	5,850	0.39%	$86,860
64	Dishwashers	5,690	0.38%	$34,530
65	Short-Term Substitute Teachers	5,650	0.38%	$47,060
66	Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers	5,350	0.36%	$39,930
67	Billing and Posting Clerks	5,300	0.36%	$47,190
68	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	5,260	0.35%	$78,000
69	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	5,260	0.35%	$49,210
70	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	5,250	0.35%	$31,630
71	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	5,200	0.35%	$100,590
72	Computer User Support Specialists	5,170	0.35%	$63,290
73	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	5,110	0.34%	$59,870
74	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	5,060	0.34%	$59,280
75	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	5,050	0.34%	$76,990
76	Dental Assistants	5,050	0.34%	$47,140
77	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	5,010	0.34%	$63,440
78	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	4,940	0.33%	$36,810
79	Medical and Health Services Managers	4,900	0.33%	$128,080
80	Computer Systems Analysts	4,880	0.33%	$107,760
81	Amusement and Recreation Attendants	4,860	0.33%	$31,620
82	Property, Real Estate Managers	4,790	0.32%	$61,950
83	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	4,620	0.31%	$53,040
84	Computer Hardware Engineers	4,480	0.30%	$168,240
85	Civil Engineers	4,460	0.30%	$99,990
86	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	4,290	0.29%	$63,310
87	Marriage and Family Therapists	4,280	0.29%	$51,100
88	Mechanical Engineers	4,260	0.29%	$95,330
89	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	4,230	0.28%	$67,780
90	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	4,110	0.28%	$65,830
91	Marketing Managers	4,100	0.28%	$163,560
92	Tutors	4,090	0.27%	$36,980
93	Painters, Construction and Maintenance	4,050	0.27%	$48,580
94	Construction Managers	4,030	0.27%	$104,910
95	Food Service Managers	4,020	0.27%	$62,470
96	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	3,980	0.27%	$76,970
97	Engineers, All Other	3,970	0.27%	$106,070
98	Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	3,950	0.27%	$46,470
99	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	3,950	0.27%	$62,130
100	Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,950	0.27%	$171,070

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