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San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area

Employment among residents aged 16+. Metro boundaries and industry definitions can change between releases.

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Share of resident employment

The 2020 gap is intentional: standard ACS 1-year estimates were not published. Lines do not bridge missing years. Year-to-year changes are descriptive, not statistically tested growth.

Annual figures & age profile

Year	Employed in selection	Share	Population	Aged 22–24	Aged 25–29
2010	155,223	18.1%	1,843,255	72,050	135,287
2011	162,581	18.4%	1,865,450	70,290	139,354
2012	167,120	18.4%	1,894,388	71,837	139,582
2013	175,198	18.7%	1,919,641	78,200	140,121
2014	176,492	18.1%	1,952,872	77,925	143,585
2015	193,113	19.4%	1,976,836	80,217	146,719
2016	214,213	21.3%	1,978,816	76,751	154,525
2017	217,348	20.9%	1,998,463	77,749	159,742
2018	217,458	20.8%	1,999,107	76,961	161,751
2019	234,004	22.3%	1,990,660	77,073	162,733
2021	214,942	21.6%	1,952,185	70,934	146,306
2022	229,957	22.4%	1,938,524	75,178	144,376
2023	234,641	22.4%	1,945,767	80,924	146,273
2024	255,202	24.0%	1,995,484	82,067	152,546

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Industry footprint by metro

Share is the percentage of all employed residents working in your selected industries. Concentration compares that share with the US average for the same year: 2× means twice the share, not twice your chance of a job.

Metropolitan area	Employed in selection	Industry share	US concentration	Residents 22–29
Williamsport, PA Metro Area	3,541± 782 MOE	6.8%	0.5×	9,468
Bowling Green, KY Metro Area	6,562± 1,654 MOE	6.8%	0.5×	25,602
Pocatello, ID Metro Area	3,165± 785 MOE	6.8%	0.5×	10,875
Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area	6,598± 1,578 MOE	6.7%	0.5×	20,422
Sheboygan, WI Metro Area	3,958± 796 MOE	6.7%	0.5×	11,284
Erie, PA Metro Area	8,431± 1,566 MOE	6.6%	0.5×	24,645
Yuma, AZ Metro Area	5,365± 1,364 MOE	6.6%	0.5×	26,601
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area	4,796± 1,348 MOE	6.6%	0.5×	14,948
Rochester, MN Metro Area	8,311± 1,560 MOE	6.6%	0.5×	23,341
Albany, OR Metro Area	4,035± 1,251 MOE	6.6%	0.5×	13,268
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area	5,853± 1,444 MOE	6.4%	0.5×	17,301
Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area	3,594± 1,071 MOE	6.4%	0.5×	21,516
Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area	8,676± 1,041 MOE	6.3%	0.5×	28,072
Jonesboro, AR Metro Area	3,909± 1,090 MOE	6.3%	0.5×	17,285
Beckley, WV Metro Area	2,743± 911 MOE	6.3%	0.5×	9,751
Ames, IA Metro Area	4,536± 1,048 MOE	6.2%	0.5×	19,311
Lima, OH Metro Area	2,736± 941 MOE	6.0%	0.5×	10,624
Farmington, NM Metro Area	2,984± 748 MOE	6.0%	0.5×	9,769
Bloomington, IN Metro Area	5,129± 1,101 MOE	6.0%	0.5×	23,770
Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area	3,390± 858 MOE	5.9%	0.5×	13,988
El Centro, CA Metro Area	3,874± 1,230 MOE	5.9%	0.5×	19,632
Jackson, TN Metro Area	4,830± 1,089 MOE	5.6%	0.4×	19,946
Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area	3,307± 905 MOE	5.5%	0.4×	10,028
Mansfield, OH Metro Area	2,909± 770 MOE	5.3%	0.4×	12,767
Terre Haute, IN Metro Area	3,812± 941 MOE	5.2%	0.4×	16,638
Grand Island, NE Metro Area	1,151± 536 MOE	3.1%	0.2×	7,497
Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area	—	—%	—×	6,980

Definitions & source

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, DP03 and B01001. Counts cover civilian employed residents aged 16 and over, including people who commute elsewhere. They are not local workplace job counts or job vacancies. No career seniority breakdown is available in these tables.

Ages 22–24 and 25–29 are published bands; we do not estimate an exact 22–26 group. MOEs are 90% margins of error; combined counts use the Census square-root-of-summed-squares approximation. Small differences may be sampling noise. Historical boundaries and classifications are not harmonized.

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