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December 2021�Labor Market Summary
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area
Santa Clara County + San Benito County
Unemployment Rates
December 2021
MSA: 3.0%
County: 2.9%
State: 5.0%
USA: 3.7%
November 2021
MSA: 3.2% (revised)
County: 3.2%
State: 5.4%
USA: 3.9%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA
Unemployment Demographics—October 2021
Santa Clara County Overall: 3.7%
MSA Gained Estimated 6,100 Non-Farm Jobs between
November and December 2021
MSA added 64,000 Jobs for the Year—6.0% Increase
In-Demand Quality Occupations
In-Demand Quality Occupations
In-Demand Quality Occupations
Marriage and Family Therapists |
Medical and Health Services Managers |
Medical Dosimetrists, Medical Records Specialists, and Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other |
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists |
Network and Computer Systems Administrators |
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists |
Nurse Practitioners |
Operations Research Analysts |
Personal Financial Advisors |
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters |
Postsecondary Teachers |
Producers and Directors |
Public Relations Specialists |
Real Estate Sales Agents |
Registered Nurses |
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel |
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents |
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers |
Social and Community Service Managers |
Social and Human Service Assistants |
Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers |
Special Effects Artists and Animators |
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors |
Technical Writers |
Training and Development Specialists |
Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
Advertising Sales Agents |
Child, Family, and School Social Workers |
Civil Engineers |
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians |
Computer and Information Research Scientists |
Computer and Information Systems Managers |
Computer Network Architects |
Computer Network Support Specialists |
Computer Systems Analysts |
Computer User Support Specialists |
Construction Managers |
Data Scientists and Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other |
Database Administrators and Architects |
Editors |
Education Administrators, Postsecondary |
Electricians |
Financial Managers |
Healthcare Social Workers |
Industrial Machinery Mechanics |
Information Security Analysts |
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists |
Library Technicians |
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses |
Logisticians |
Management Analysts |
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists |
2021 Jobs | 2024 Jobs | 2021 - 2024 Change | 2021 - 2024 % Change | Avg. Annual Openings | Annual Replacement Jobs | Annual Replacement Rate | Avg. Hourly Earnings | Median Hourly Earnings | Pct. 10 Hourly Earnings | Pct. 25 Hourly Earnings | Median Annual Earnings |
1,673 | 1,783 | 110 | 7% | 194 | 158 | 0.092 | $30.19 | $27.68 | $18.80 | $22.31 | $57,584.24 |
1,335 | 1,503 | 168 | 13% | 184 | 128 | 0.092 | $33.41 | $30.03 | $19.26 | $25.32 | $62,462.37 |
2,194 | 2,445 | 251 | 11% | 346 | 263 | 0.115 | $26.99 | $26.95 | $18.40 | $22.58 | $56,051.69 |
3,904 | 4,159 | 255 | 7% | 662 | 577 | 0.144 | $26.63 | $25.51 | $16.40 | $20.74 | $53,054.23 |
1,961 | 2,224 | 263 | 13% | 285 | 198 | 0.096 | $36.55 | $32.23 | $16.01 | $23.03 | $67,034.74 |
1,043 | 1,130 | 87 | 8% | 121 | 92 | 0.086 | $48.82 | $40.58 | $21.06 | $33.47 | $84,406.39 |
Typical Entry Level Education | Regional Completions (2017) | 2021 Resident Workers | 2021 Net Commuters | 2021 Hires | 2021 Location Quotient | Current Year Males % of Occupation | Current Year Females % of Occupation |
Master's degree | 1,302 | 1,346 | 327 | 754 | 3.25 | 31% | 69% |
Bachelor's degree | 1,225 | 1,223 | 112 | 582 | 0.58 | 33% | 67% |
High school diploma or equivalent | 2,466 | 1,988 | 206 | 1,204 | 0.71 | 29% | 71% |
Postsecondary nondegree award | 787 | 3,197 | 707 | 1,923 | 5.38 | 35% | 65% |
Bachelor's degree | 448 | 1,796 | 166 | 736 | 2.77 | 55% | 45% |
High school diploma or equivalent | 1,685 | 884 | 159 | 449 | 0.77 | 43% | 57% |
Current Year Total Diversity % of Occupation | Current Year Hispanic or Latino % of Occupation | Current Year White % of Occupation | Current Year Black or African American % of Occupation | Current Year American Indian or Alaska Native % of Occupation | Current Year Asian % of Occupation | Current Year Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % of Occupation | Current Year Two or More Races % of Occupation |
65% | 26% | 35% | 8% | Insf. Data | 27% | 1% | 3% |
66% | 26% | 34% | 10% | Insf. Data | 24% | Insf. Data | 4% |
73% | 34% | 27% | 10% | 1% | 25% | 1% | 3% |
48% | 11% | 52% | 3% | Insf. Data | 31% | Insf. Data | 2% |
43% | 8% | 57% | 3% | Insf. Data | 29% | Insf. Data | 3% |
46% | 17% | 54% | 3% | Insf. Data | 23% | Insf. Data | 2% |
65% | 11% | 35% | 3% | 0% | 49% | 0% | 2% |
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