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Education Level: Bachelor's Degree or Higher Change Education Level

State: California Change State Change to National

These are the occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher with the largest employment in 2006. Select an occupation to learn more about it in the Occupation Profile.

Top 50 Occupations with the Largest Employment

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#	Occupation	Employment 2006
#	Occupation	1	General and operations managers	231,200
2	Elementary school teachers, except special education	191,800
3	Postsecondary teachers	173,000
4	Accountants and auditors	142,300
5	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	119,100
6	Management analysts	89,100
7	Property, real estate, and community association managers	88,400
8	Computer software engineers, applications	87,300
9	Lawyers	85,000
10	Financial managers	68,800
11	Physicians and surgeons	58,900
12	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	57,000
13	Computer systems analysts	53,900
14	Computer software engineers, systems software	52,100
15	Sales managers	50,600
16	Construction managers	47,100
17	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	46,000
18	Chief executives	43,900
19	Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers	41,500
20	Computer programmers	36,900
21	Graphic designers	36,700
22	Computer and information systems managers	36,400
23	Engineering managers	36,000
24	Civil engineers	34,100
25	Network and computer systems administrators	32,400
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Note: The data for the State Employment Trends and the National Employment Trends are not directly comparable. The projections period for state data is 2006-2016, while the projections period for national data is 2008-2018.

State Data Source: California Employment Development Department, Labor Market Information Division

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