California market hub
Jobs in California by city and role
Metaintro tracks 1,675 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 Nov 4, 2026
Role and market snapshot
A quick read on demand before you open the live market briefs
Markets
- 1,675
- Publishable role and city combinations currently above Metaintro's data gate.
Market job counts
- 56,060
- Sum of live-opening counts across the markets listed on this hub; overlapping markets can include the same opening.
Market company counts
- 9,740
- 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, CA5,226 jobs377 companiesMedian listed comp $121,706
- Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA3,511 jobs907 companiesMedian listed comp $170,000
- Nurse in Long Beach, CA2,937 jobs240 companiesMedian listed comp $121,550
- Nurse in Anaheim, CA2,661 jobs240 companiesMedian listed comp $121,316
- Nurse in San Francisco, CA2,595 jobs212 companiesMedian listed comp $135,044
- Software Engineer in San Jose, CA2,418 jobs464 companiesMedian listed comp $152,000
- Nurse in Riverside, CA2,213 jobs196 companiesMedian listed comp $121,550
- Nurse in Sacramento, CA2,069 jobs171 companiesMedian listed comp $136,084
- Nurse in Irvine, CA2,036 jobs198 companiesMedian listed comp $122,018
- Nurse in Santa Ana, CA1,887 jobs193 companiesMedian listed comp $120,475
- Nurse in Oxnard, CA1,884 jobs126 companiesMedian listed comp $126,417
- Nurse in San Diego, CA1,814 jobs223 companiesMedian listed comp $117,302
- Nurse in Stockton, CA1,556 jobs108 companiesMedian listed comp $132,548
- Software Engineer in Oakland, CA1,454 jobs270 companiesMedian listed comp $165,000
- Sales Manager in San Francisco, CA1,430 jobs788 companiesMedian listed comp $130,000
- Nurse in Oakland, CA1,426 jobs169 companiesMedian listed comp $136,209
- Nurse in San Jose, CA1,395 jobs216 companiesMedian listed comp $133,011
- Retail Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA1,327 jobs230 companiesMedian listed comp $38,313
- Product Manager in San Francisco, CA1,144 jobs543 companiesMedian listed comp $172,775
- Teacher in San Francisco, CA1,014 jobs205 companiesMedian listed comp $68,301
- Nurse in Santa Rosa, CA1,005 jobs141 companiesMedian listed comp $121,680
- Program Manager in San Jose, CA999 jobs285 companiesMedian listed comp $147,000
- Sales Manager in Los Angeles, CA998 jobs590 companiesMedian listed comp $80,000
- Program Manager in San Francisco, CA966 jobs331 companiesMedian listed comp $150,000
- Nurse in Bakersfield, CA918 jobs84 companiesMedian listed comp $140,140
- Teacher in Los Angeles, CA905 jobs264 companiesMedian listed comp $56,285
- Cook in Los Angeles, CA898 jobs241 companiesMedian listed comp $43,950
- Nurse in Victorville, CA891 jobs129 companiesMedian listed comp $121,976
- Nurse in Fresno, CA866 jobs122 companiesMedian listed comp $131,922
- Machine Learning Engineer in San Francisco, CA862 jobs351 companiesMedian listed comp $175,000
- Retail Sales Associate in Anaheim, CA819 jobs162 companiesMedian listed comp $36,982
- Teacher in San Jose, CA808 jobs200 companiesMedian listed comp $64,442
- Nurse in Santa Maria, CA788 jobs78 companiesMedian listed comp $132,277
- Product Manager in San Jose, CA786 jobs252 companiesMedian listed comp $163,000
- Software Engineer in Los Angeles, CA779 jobs266 companiesMedian listed comp $140,000
- Retail Sales Associate in Santa Ana, CA775 jobs168 companiesMedian listed comp $37,440
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
- Los Angeles · 89 role markets
- Anaheim · 87 role markets
- San Diego · 87 role markets
- Santa Ana · 87 role markets
- Riverside · 86 role markets
- Irvine · 85 role markets
- Long Beach · 85 role markets
- Sacramento · 81 role markets
- Oxnard · 70 role markets
- Victorville · 66 role markets
- Stockton · 64 role markets
- Fresno · 61 role markets
- Santa Rosa · 61 role markets
- Salinas · 60 role markets
- Chula Vista · 58 role markets
- Bakersfield · 50 role markets
- Santa Maria · 49 role markets
- Lancaster · 44 role markets
- Merced · 39 role markets
- Indio · 38 role markets
- Chico · 29 role markets
- Redding · 28 role markets
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