California · SOC 29-0000 · Annual, 2025
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations in California
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 29-0000 in California, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 991,800 people in California worked in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations (SOC 29-0000), with an average annual wage of $156,850.
Employment in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations in California grew 14.2% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 61.9% above the all-occupations average in California. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 991,800. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for California are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 991,800Employment, 2025
- $156,850Mean annual wage
- 5.4%Share of California jobs
- 0.87Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 629,100; 2005 637,200; 2006 649,200; 2007 664,700; 2008 679,600; 2009 686,300; 2010 692,100; 2011 698,200; 2012 714,200; 2013 741,500; 2014 756,600; 2015 779,200; 2016 810,400; 2017 819,000; 2018 835,100; 2019 866,300; 2020 868,400; 2021 908,100; 2022 941,000; 2023 954,400; 2024 970,700; 2025 991,800.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 991,845 | $156,846 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 970,668 | $151,660 | 1.7% |
| 2023 | 954,442 | $143,951 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 941,032 | $142,176 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 908,123 | $138,292 | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 868,363 | $132,704 | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 866,253 | $122,790 | 3.7% |
| 2018 | 835,109 | $118,787 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 819,039 | $113,241 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 810,444 | $109,275 | 4.0% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations in California, quarterly, at full depth
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