California · SOC 31-0000 · Annual, 2025
Healthcare support occupations in California
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 31-0000 in California, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 1,373,500 people in California worked in healthcare support occupations (SOC 31-0000), with an average annual wage of $48,040.
Employment in healthcare support occupations in California grew 7.4% from 2024 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.5× as concentrated in California as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.49). The average wage in this occupation group is 50.4% below the all-occupations average in California. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for California are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 1,373,500Employment, 2025
- $48,040Mean annual wage
- 7.5%Share of California jobs
- 1.49Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 305,800; 2005 310,100; 2006 318,100; 2007 328,100; 2008 339,100; 2009 343,900; 2010 352,500; 2011 360,600; 2012 375,900; 2013 530,200; 2014 551,700; 2015 578,100; 2016 601,500; 2017 729,800; 2018 917,500; 2019 977,800; 2020 1,027,100; 2021 1,076,400; 2022 1,148,400; 2023 1,178,700; 2024 1,279,300; 2025 1,373,500.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,373,495 | $48,042 | 7.4% |
| 2024 | 1,279,332 | $47,432 | 8.5% |
| 2023 | 1,178,688 | $45,493 | 2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,148,413 | $44,316 | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 1,076,416 | $42,912 | 4.8% |
| 2020 | 1,027,136 | $40,505 | 5.1% |
| 2019 | 977,750 | $36,972 | 6.6% |
| 2018 | 917,511 | $34,589 | 25.7% |
| 2017 | 729,816 | $34,215 | 21.3% |
| 2016 | 601,542 | $34,306 | 4.0% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Healthcare support occupations in California, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for healthcare support occupations in California. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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