California market hub
Jobs in California by city and role
Metaintro tracks 1,701 publishable role markets across 25 California cities. Each market has at least 5 live openings from 3 or more employers and shows demand, employer mix, and salary coverage.
Data updated Oct 27, 2026
Role and market snapshot
A quick read on demand before you open the live market briefs
Markets
- 1,701
- Publishable role and city combinations currently above Metaintro's data gate.
Market job counts
- 52,722
- Sum of live-opening counts across the markets listed on this hub; overlapping markets can include the same opening.
Market company counts
- 10,197
- Sum of employer counts across the markets listed on this hub; overlapping markets can include the same employer.
Salary coverage
- 36
- Markets with enough posted compensation to show a median.
Largest role markets in California
Open a market brief to inspect live demand, employer mix, compensation coverage, and representative openings in California.
- Nurse in Los Angeles, CA4,194 jobs407 companiesMedian listed comp $113,342
- Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA3,947 jobs908 companiesMedian listed comp $165,600
- Software Engineer in San Jose, CA3,046 jobs480 companiesMedian listed comp $155,000
- Nurse in Long Beach, CA2,221 jobs249 companiesMedian listed comp $115,606
- Nurse in Anaheim, CA2,091 jobs249 companiesMedian listed comp $114,400
- Nurse in San Francisco, CA2,019 jobs215 companiesMedian listed comp $129,000
- Software Engineer in Oakland, CA1,740 jobs276 companiesMedian listed comp $161,700
- Retail Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA1,682 jobs254 companiesMedian listed comp $38,313
- Nurse in San Diego, CA1,629 jobs232 companiesMedian listed comp $111,639
- Nurse in Riverside, CA1,601 jobs203 companiesMedian listed comp $110,681
- Nurse in Sacramento, CA1,512 jobs169 companiesMedian listed comp $127,909
- Sales Manager in San Francisco, CA1,461 jobs768 companiesMedian listed comp $125,000
- Nurse in Irvine, CA1,421 jobs204 companiesMedian listed comp $114,946
- Nurse in Santa Ana, CA1,376 jobs200 companiesMedian listed comp $114,358
- Product Manager in San Francisco, CA1,278 jobs523 companiesMedian listed comp $170,000
- Nurse in Oxnard, CA1,275 jobs120 companiesMedian listed comp $120,016
- Nurse in Oakland, CA1,207 jobs168 companiesMedian listed comp $123,510
- Nurse in Stockton, CA1,175 jobs107 companiesMedian listed comp $125,190
- Program Manager in San Jose, CA1,168 jobs290 companiesMedian listed comp $146,300
- Teacher in San Francisco, CA1,134 jobs210 companiesMedian listed comp $65,915
- Sales Manager in Los Angeles, CA1,100 jobs618 companiesMedian listed comp $81,250
- Program Manager in San Francisco, CA1,096 jobs326 companiesMedian listed comp $150,000
- Nurse in San Jose, CA1,052 jobs195 companiesMedian listed comp $123,932
- Teacher in Los Angeles, CA1,043 jobs299 companiesMedian listed comp $56,160
- Software Engineer in Los Angeles, CA1,009 jobs278 companiesMedian listed comp $143,050
- Product Manager in San Jose, CA986 jobs255 companiesMedian listed comp $163,000
- Cook in Los Angeles, CA984 jobs250 companiesMedian listed comp $43,202
- Machine Learning Engineer in San Francisco, CA982 jobs340 companiesMedian listed comp $175,000
- Retail Sales Associate in Anaheim, CA968 jobs185 companiesMedian listed comp $36,192
- Retail Sales Associate in San Diego, CA961 jobs187 companiesMedian listed comp $36,920
- Teacher in San Jose, CA956 jobs218 companiesMedian listed comp $64,056
- Retail Sales Associate in Santa Ana, CA941 jobs185 companiesMedian listed comp $36,504
- Retail Sales Associate in Riverside, CA895 jobs156 companiesMedian listed comp $35,360
- Retail Sales Associate in Irvine, CA889 jobs178 companiesMedian listed comp $36,067
- Nurse in Fresno, CA862 jobs120 companiesMedian listed comp $124,800
- Retail Sales Associate in San Jose, CA821 jobs175 companiesMedian listed comp $38,376
City markets in California
Every California city with a publishable market page, by number of role markets. Each city covers its surrounding commuting area.
- San Francisco · 91 role markets
- Oakland · 90 role markets
- San Jose · 90 role markets
- Anaheim · 89 role markets
- Los Angeles · 89 role markets
- Long Beach · 88 role markets
- Riverside · 88 role markets
- San Diego · 88 role markets
- Santa Ana · 87 role markets
- Irvine · 86 role markets
- Sacramento · 83 role markets
- Oxnard · 71 role markets
- Stockton · 67 role markets
- Victorville · 67 role markets
- Santa Rosa · 65 role markets
- Fresno · 61 role markets
- Chula Vista · 60 role markets
- Salinas · 60 role markets
- Santa Maria · 49 role markets
- Bakersfield · 47 role markets
- Lancaster · 47 role markets
- Merced · 40 role markets
- Indio · 39 role markets
- Chico · 31 role markets
- Redding · 28 role markets
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