Alameda, CA Employment Outlook: An Overview of Alameda's Job Market and Local Economy

San Francisco Bay Area residents certainly know where their neighbor Oakland is, but many aren't aware of another close neighbor: Alameda, California. This article discusses occupational opportunities and economic conditions in the city of Alameda.

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Facts

Alameda is an island city in Alameda County. The city is located next to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area. While job market information unique to the small town of Alameda is not readily available, job market and economic information about Alameda County and nearby Oakland is.

Occupation Projections

Again since occupation projections for Alameda are unavailable, the following list of occupations represents the top 10 occupations in the Oakland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA.) The following occupations are organized in terms of projected job openings through 2012 according to the California Employment Development Department, www.edd.ca.gov:

  1. Sales and Related Occupations
  2. Education, Training, and Library Occupations
  3. Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
  4. Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
  5. Construction and Extraction Operations
  6. Business and Financial Operations Occupations
  7. Management Occupations
  8. Construction Trades Workers
  9. Computer and Mathematical Occupations
  10. Computer Specialists

The largest of these, 'Sales and Related Occupations,' is expected to open up over 8,000 new jobs through 2012.

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