Orange RPU 2023 Biennial Modification to PY 2021-24 Regional Plan
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<br />The following is a list of the occupations in Orange County with emerging demand. These
<br />occupations have a location quotient of less than 1.2 as of 2022. The location quotient
<br />has increased since 2017. The competitive effect is positive in these professions,
<br />demonstrating a high degree of regional-specific factors influencing job growth.
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<br />Occupations with Emerging Demand
<br />SOC Description 2017 Jobs 2022
<br />Jobs
<br />2017 -
<br />2022
<br />Change
<br />Median
<br />Hourly
<br />Earnings
<br />Competiti
<br />ve Effect
<br />2017
<br />Location
<br />Quotient
<br />2022
<br />Location
<br />Quotient
<br />31-1100
<br />Home Health and Personal Care Aides;
<br />and Nursing Assistants, Orderlies, and
<br />Psychiatric Aides
<br />44,489 57,510 13,021 $14.15 9,736 0.88 1.08
<br />53-6000 Other Transportation Workers 3,225 3,596 372 $14.92 895 0.77 1.04
<br />21-1000 Counselors, Social Workers, and Other
<br />Community and Social Service Specialists 21,472 23,687 2,215 $25.30 490 0.95 0.99
<br />35-1000 Supervisors of Food Preparation and
<br />Serving Workers 10,199 13,637 3,438 $18.32 1,340 0.87 0.98
<br />27-4000 Media and Communication Equipment
<br />Workers 2,082 2,246 164 $23.52 330 0.82 0.97
<br />25-1000 Postsecondary Teachers 13,553 13,946 393 $45.12 686 0.91 0.97
<br />25-9000 Other Educational Instruction and Library
<br />Occupations 16,767 17,382 614 $18.86 371 0.92 0.95
<br />19-3000 Social Scientists and Related Workers 2,432 2,557 124 $48.37 30 0.88 0.90
<br />19-4000 Life, Physical, and Social Science
<br />Technicians 3,377 3,676 300 $24.30 305 0.81 0.90
<br />27-3000 Media and Communication Workers 5,562 5,623 61 $32.45 57 0.85 0.87
<br />29-2000 Health Technologists and Technicians 23,974 27,571 3,597 $28.58 3,229 0.75 0.86
<br />29-1000 Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating
<br />Practitioners 46,324 52,960 6,637 $56.77 3,765 0.76 0.83
<br />51-3000 Food Processing Workers 6,809 7,256 446 $16.09 282 0.76 0.80
<br />29-9000 Other Healthcare Practitioners and
<br />Technical Occupations 645 1,190 545 $30.02 106 0.71 0.79
<br />39-2000 Animal Care and Service Workers 1,405 2,386 980 $14.46 543 0.59 0.78
<br />47-4000 Other Construction and Related Workers 3,028 3,426 397 $28.07 239 0.67 0.73
<br />25-2000
<br />Preschool, Elementary, Middle,
<br />Secondary, and Special Education
<br />Teachers
<br />28,039 28,871 832 $42.52 649 0.64 0.66
<br />51-8000 Plant and System Operators 1,411 1,732 321 $38.72 380 0.42 0.54
<br />39-4000 Funeral Service Workers 266 372 106 $17.12 109 0.37 0.53
<br />33-1000 Supervisors of Protective Service
<br />Workers 1,169 1,649 480 $57.20 217 0.38 0.44
<br />45-4000 Forest, Conservation, and Logging
<br />Workers 117 222 105 $16.42 102 0.20 0.38
<br />53-2000 Air Transportation Workers 1,029 1,069 40 $49.13 44 0.33 0.35
<br />53-5000 Water Transportation Workers 182 294 112 $33.93 115 0.20 0.33
<br />45-1000 Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and
<br />Forestry Workers 107 150 43 $21.86 40 0.21 0.29
<br />Source: LIGHTCAST, 2023
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