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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
Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area	4,859± 1,358 MOE	9.7%	0.8×	12,249
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area	66,952± 4,660 MOE	9.7%	0.8×	146,013
Mankato, MN Metro Area	5,501± 1,138 MOE	9.7%	0.8×	14,428
Roanoke, VA Metro Area	14,527± 2,312 MOE	9.7%	0.8×	28,179
Springfield, MA Metro Area	21,246± 2,752 MOE	9.7%	0.8×	48,106
Dover, DE Metro Area	8,529± 1,932 MOE	9.6%	0.7×	19,999
Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area	22,538± 3,026 MOE	9.6%	0.7×	44,920
Sebring, FL Metro Area	3,963± 1,218 MOE	9.6%	0.7×	7,601
Appleton, WI Metro Area	12,582± 1,902 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	23,274
Muncie, IN Metro Area	5,091± 1,143 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	14,179
Spartanburg, SC Metro Area	17,757± 2,246 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	41,610
Florence, SC Metro Area	8,411± 1,630 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	18,846
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area	17,189± 2,855 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	50,578
Lubbock, TX Metro Area	17,577± 2,307 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	48,612
Gettysburg, PA Metro Area	5,411± 1,107 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	9,021
Yuba City, CA Metro Area	7,774± 1,641 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	17,333
Anchorage, AK Metro Area	18,494± 2,493 MOE	9.5%	0.7×	46,782
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area	13,341± 1,870 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	31,748
Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area	13,635± 2,130 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	26,755
Flagstaff, AZ Metro Area	7,309± 1,567 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	20,256
Eau Claire, WI Metro Area	8,991± 1,430 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	20,906
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area	27,058± 2,530 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	64,872
Pittsfield, MA Metro Area	6,121± 1,321 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	9,741
Johnstown, PA Metro Area	5,465± 1,158 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	10,075
Morristown, TN Metro Area	5,621± 1,589 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	11,595
Niles, MI Metro Area	6,823± 1,245 MOE	9.4%	0.7×	13,198
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area	10,982± 1,773 MOE	9.3%	0.7×	31,978
Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area	10,644± 1,952 MOE	9.3%	0.7×	27,696
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area	12,912± 2,217 MOE	9.3%	0.7×	28,617
Topeka, KS Metro Area	10,793± 1,586 MOE	9.2%	0.7×	22,420

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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