In 2024, biotechnology natural science managers, within the life sciences industry of California, on average earned over 350 thousand U.S. dollars of annual wage. This statistic illustrates wages in California's life sciences industry, by select representative occupation.

This dataset provides a comprehensive view of the job market in California, highlighting companies and cities with the highest number of job opportunities. Created by JoPilot, it contains valuable information for anyone interested in the employment landscape across different industries and regions. It includes key information such as:

• Company name • City • State • Number of active jobs

For job seekers, employers, and researchers, this resource can be particularly useful in several ways:

1. Identifying hot job markets: The data highlights cities with the highest number of job openings, helping job seekers focus their search on areas with more opportunities.
2. Company targeting: By showing which companies have the most active job listings, the dataset allows job seekers to target their applications to organizations that are actively hiring.
3. Industry trends: The information can reveal which industries or sectors are experiencing growth in California, guiding career decisions and educational pursuits.
4. Regional comparisons: Users can compare job markets across different California cities and regions, which is valuable for those considering relocation or analyzing economic trends.
5. Skill alignment: While the dataset doesn't directly provide skill requirements, it can be used alongside other resources to align job seekers' skills with in-demand positions.

For a more comprehensive job search strategy, consider complementing this dataset with additional resources such as the California Labor Market Information tools, which offer detailed insights into wages, employment projections, and industry-specific data.

As of 2024, the annual wage of occupational therapists employed in the United States ranged from around ****** thousand U.S. dollars per year to around ******* U.S. dollars per year, by state. California had the highest annual wage for occupational therapists in the United States, whereas South Dakota had the lowest.

This dataset contains annual average CES data for California statewide and areas from 1990 to 2024.

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program is a Federal-State cooperative effort in which monthly surveys are conducted to provide estimates of employment, hours, and earnings based on payroll records of business establishments. The CES survey is based on approximately 119,000 businesses and government agencies representing approximately 629,000 individual worksites throughout the United States.

CES data reflect the number of nonfarm, payroll jobs. It includes the total number of persons on establishment payrolls, employed full- or part-time, who received pay (whether they worked or not) for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th day of the month. Temporary and intermittent employees are included, as are any employees who are on paid sick leave or on paid holiday. Persons on the payroll of more than one establishment are counted in each establishment. CES data excludes proprietors, self-employed, unpaid family or volunteer workers, farm workers, and household workers. Government employment covers only civilian employees; it excludes uniformed members of the armed services.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for the concepts, definitions, technical procedures, validation, and publication of the estimates that State workforce agencies prepare under agreement with BLS.

In March 2025, inflation amounted to 2.4 percent, while wages grew by 4.3 percent. The inflation rate has not exceeded the rate of wage growth since January 2023. Inflation in 2022 The high rates of inflation in 2022 meant that the real terms value of American wages took a hit. Many Americans report feelings of concern over the economy and a worsening of their financial situation. The inflation situation in the United States is one that was experienced globally in 2022, mainly due to COVID-19 related supply chain constraints and disruption due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The monthly inflation rate for the U.S. reached a 40-year high in June 2022 at 9.1 percent, and annual inflation for 2022 reached eight percent. Without appropriate wage increases, Americans will continue to see a decline in their purchasing power. Wages in the U.S. Despite the level of wage growth reaching 6.7 percent in the summer of 2022, it has not been enough to curb the impact of even higher inflation rates. The federally mandated minimum wage in the United States has not increased since 2009, meaning that individuals working minimum wage jobs have taken a real terms pay cut for the last twelve years. There are discrepancies between states - the minimum wage in California can be as high as 15.50 U.S. dollars per hour, while a business in Oklahoma may be as low as two U.S. dollars per hour. However, even the higher wage rates in states like California and Washington may be lacking - one analysis found that if minimum wage had kept up with productivity, the minimum hourly wage in the U.S. should have been 22.88 dollars per hour in 2021. Additionally, the impact of decreased purchasing power due to inflation will impact different parts of society in different ways with stark contrast in average wages due to both gender and race.

The dataset contains information on the jobs-housing fit in census tracts across six counties in the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region between 2021-2023. This dataset includes the data used to develop Map 7 for the Connect SoCal 2024 Equity Analysis Technical Report, adopted on April 4, 2024. The dataset includes two fields to describe jobs-housing fit (JHFIT) based on information from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) 8.0. "Jobs-Housing Fit All" is measured as the ratio between the total number of jobs and housing units in a census tract. "Jobs-Housing Fit Low" is measured as the ratio between the total number of low wage jobs and affordable rental housing units in a census tract. In this dataset, "low wage jobs" is defined as jobs that earn $1,250/month or less and "affordable rental units" as rental units where a household whose income is at or below 80 percent of the Area Median Income can live without spending more than 30 percent of their income.