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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
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area	20,159± 2,989 MOE	15.3%	1.2×	29,294
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area	257,180± 9,946 MOE	15.1%	1.2×	332,639
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area	650,658± 14,874 MOE	15.0%	1.2×	965,383
Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area	55,474± 4,654 MOE	15.0%	1.2×	98,251
Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area	30,235± 2,878 MOE	15.0%	1.2×	38,961
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area	61,560± 4,552 MOE	14.9%	1.2×	67,608
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area	10,594± 1,842 MOE	14.9%	1.2×	11,451
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area	47,572± 3,788 MOE	14.7%	1.1×	72,683
Reno, NV Metro Area	43,014± 3,656 MOE	14.6%	1.1×	62,325
Bozeman, MT Metro Area	11,273± 1,733 MOE	14.6%	1.1×	20,843
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area	702,525± 16,299 MOE	14.5%	1.1×	1,046,171
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area	20,330± 3,014 MOE	14.4%	1.1×	35,497
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area	949,946± 17,161 MOE	14.4%	1.1×	1,424,966
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area	216,137± 11,405 MOE	14.4%	1.1×	313,837
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area	101,386± 6,338 MOE	14.3%	1.1×	167,099
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area	462,287± 14,311 MOE	14.3%	1.1×	653,428
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area	56,371± 4,920 MOE	14.3%	1.1×	73,142
Wilmington, NC Metro Area	33,868± 3,521 MOE	14.2%	1.1×	48,768
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area	543,230± 17,729 MOE	14.2%	1.1×	856,562
Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area	15,355± 2,672 MOE	14.2%	1.1×	15,714
Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area	34,425± 3,545 MOE	14.2%	1.1×	45,150
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area	165,586± 7,517 MOE	14.2%	1.1×	249,754
St. George, UT Metro Area	12,898± 2,194 MOE	14.0%	1.1×	19,471
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area	212,794± 10,283 MOE	13.9%	1.1×	307,848
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area	17,682± 2,341 MOE	13.8%	1.1×	29,565
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area	65,169± 4,661 MOE	13.8%	1.1×	96,584
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area	184,168± 7,731 MOE	13.7%	1.1×	271,960
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area	40,697± 3,803 MOE	13.7%	1.1×	56,642
Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area	26,167± 2,416 MOE	13.6%	1.1×	53,662
Logan, UT-ID Metro Area	11,131± 1,802 MOE	13.6%	1.1×	26,373

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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