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Top 10 Jobs & Businesses in Sacramento, California

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By Patty Inglish, MS

Sacramento at night.
Sacramento at night.

State Capitol
State Capitol
Sutters Fort Historic Park
Sutters Fort Historic Park

Top 10 High-Demand Jobs in Sacramento

A great TV commerical for California ends with the state's First Lady, Maria Shriver and her husband, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as he asks, "What are you waiting for? Come on over."

One reason to come over to California is that Sacramento, the Capital City, offers 8,000 - 10,000 new jobs every year alone. The Top 10 Jobs most needing to be filled in Sacramento every year are:

  1. Registered Nurses (RNs)
  2. Carpenters
  3. Truck Drivers
  4. Secondary School Teachers
  5. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
  6. First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers
  7. Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
  8. Accountants and Auditors
  9. Computer Software Application Engineers
  10. Management Analysts

High Numbers of Job Openings

Sacramento experinces a need for about 1,000 additional registered nurses to fill positions every year. This is a good opportunity for RNs to come to Sacramento and Travel Nursing is a good vehicle for this transfer. Other individuals interested in healthcare careers can enroll in a college in the Sacramento Area and earn an RN in two years and a BSN in three or four. these students may also begin working in other aspects of nursing before graduation.

About 850 more carpenters are needed yearly in Sacramento, given the increase in production in the local building industry.

Over 600 additional secondary school teachers are needed each year, and clerks in accounting and bookkeeping are needed at the rate of about 600 new workers per year. The additional Top 10 List of Occupations in high demand offer around 200 - 500+ new jobs each, every year. Altogether, Sacremento needs approximately 9,000 new employees every year adn you could well be one of them.


Green Industries and Agencies

The largest single employer in the Sacramento Area is the California Air Resources Board, concerned with air quality enhancement and green industry development. The environment and renewable energy sources are the number one priorities of this important green state agency.

Also among the largest employers in Sacramento are the County Water Quality office and the State Water Resource Department.

Sacramento is dedicated to greener living with clean air and water, greener industries of all sorts, and particularly in the area of offering green collar jobs.

Innovation in Green Industry

Area water treatment plants have begun examining an all-natural water filtration system since the late 1990s. This system is based in a long series of large green plants that live in water-filled troughs through which "waste" water for treatment is passed through their roots in a flowing stream. At the end of the line of beutiful plants, the water is crystal clear and ready to drink. Not one chemical is used in the process.

Such innovations will maintain and create green jobs throughout the 21st century in Sacramento city and county and are a model for the nation:

Mayor Heather Fargo's Go Green Challenge.


Sacramento Monarchs 2007 All Stars
Sacramento Monarchs 2007 All Stars

Sports Related Opportunities

League Teams - Baseball

Professional Sports Teams - Basketball

Arenas and Stadiums

 

High School Sports

Sacramento City USD

High School Sports Blog: Sacramento Bee.

 

Visit the associated linked websites for information about the teams, their game schedules, related venues, and available jobs and business opportunities.


D-Q University Logo

Indigenous Peoples and HIgher Education

D-Q University is a school founded by Native American, Mexican-related and similar Metiz peoples for the good of all indigenous peoples.

The letter D represents the Name of the Great Peacemaker, Denagawida. He encouraged the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Hodenoshone. His full name s spoken or written only in a religious ceremonial use, much as G_d is written by some of the Jewish faith out of respect, rather than to use the entire word and reduce the most high to a word in doing so.

The Q is for the great Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec prophet of wisdom, self-discipline, and self-mastery.

Thus, D-Q University carries a pround belief, mission, and philosophy in service to indigenous peoples and the local community at large.

California State University, Sacramento; Native American Program

Native American Studies Program Minor (21 hours)

  • Introduction to Native American Studies

  • Native American Experience

  • Native American Sovereignty and U.S. Laws

American Indians, Film and Popular Culture

(Electives approved by Native American Studies Program Director.)

Sacramento Native American Nations, Bands, and Rancherias.


The Bear Staff used on the Spirit Walk of all Nations to Sacramento.
The Bear Staff used on the Spirit Walk of all Nations to Sacramento.
Cosumnes River College
Cosumnes River College

Points of Interest in Sacramento County

  • Angels Camp Museum
  • The Bernhard Museum Complex
  • Calaveras Big Trees Park
  • California Caverns
  • The California Military Museum
  • California State History Museum
  • California State Indian Museum
  • California State Mining and Mineral Museum
  • California State Railroad Museum
  • Empire Mine State Park
  • Gold Country Museum
  • Hangtown's Gold Bug Mine
  • Marshall Gold Discovery Park

Major Colleges and Universities In the Sacramento Area

Additional Local Schools:

  • Business And Technology Training Institute
  • Cal-trade Welding School
  • Capital Bible College
  • Cet-sacramento
  • Charles A. Jones Skills And Business Education Center
  • Compuvista Business Institute
  • Elite Progressive School Of Cosmetology
  • Federico Beauty Institute
  • Integrative Therapy School
  • Lincoln Law School Of Sacramento
  • Los Rios Community College District Office
  • Maric College-sacramento Campus
  • Moler Barber College
  • MTI College
  • Northwestern California University School Of Law
  • Precision Technical Institute
  • Professional School Of Psychology
  • Sacramento City College
  • The Union Institute
  • Travel And Tourism Institute
  • Trinity Life Bible College
  • Truck Driving Academy
  • University Of Northern Ca-lorenzo Patino Sch Law
  • University Of Phoenix-sacramento Valley Campus
  • Western Career College

Floyd Red Crow Westerman Sings to Benefit D-Q University

A State Park - The Governor's Mansion

No longer used as a home. The current Governor lives in a Hotel Suite.
No longer used as a home. The current Governor lives in a Hotel Suite.

Transportation

Historic Railroad Museum

Gold Rush Days in Sacramento


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crazycat profile image

crazycat  says:
16 months ago

Most in demand jobs are always connected with health, then construction and finances.

Patty Inglish, MS profile image

Patty Inglish, MS  says:
16 months ago

Thank you for your comment, crazycat. In preparing material for the states of the USA, I find that most states and metro areas need healthcare professionals first, but aot all -- a few states do not. Some states do not have a high construction need as well. Finance jobs seem to be on the increase nationwide from time to time.

brice46  says:
16 months ago

Awesome hub!

Patty Inglish, MS profile image

Patty Inglish, MS  says:
16 months ago

Thank you brice46! It makes me want to move there myself, actually. :)

runsrealfast profile image

runsrealfast  says:
16 months ago

I grinned at the fact that you didn't put a pic of the kings but one of the Monarchs. Being from sacramento is somewhat of a security blanket for me. I live in Idaho but I have always known that I could find a good quality job in sacramento at almost any time. I love my current job, but if need be I would be back to Sacramento

Patty Inglish, MS profile image

Patty Inglish, MS  says:
16 months ago

Thank you runsrealfast.

adrienne2 profile image

adrienne2  says:
14 months ago

Beautiful pics of CA, to tell u the truth I have thought of moving there myself, but I am a scared chicken.

Patty Inglish, MS profile image

Patty Inglish, MS  says:
14 months ago

If you want to go, check out the county job services sites first, maybe give them a call. It's easier if someone knows you or is expecting you. Perhaps they can loook at your resume before you get there, online. You could have a job waiting for you!

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