San Jose Jobs

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. San Jose is located in Silicon Valley, at the south end of San Francisco Bay. Once a small farming city, San Jose became a magnet for suburban newcomers in new housing developments between the 1960s and the 1990s, and is now the largest city in Northern California. The official United States Census Bureau population estimate for July 1, 2006 is 929,936. Originally known as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777 as the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California, which later became Alta California. The city served as a farming community to support Spanish military installations at San Francisco and Monterey. When California gained statehood in 1850, San Jose served as its first capital. After more than 150 years as an agricultural center, increased demand for housing from soldiers and other...more

The large concentration of high-technology engineering, computer, and microprocessor companies around San Jose has led the area to be known as Silicon Valley. As the largest city in the valley, San Jose has billed itself "the capital of Silicon Valley." Area schools such as San José State University, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University pump thousands of engineering and computer science graduates into the local economy every year. High economic growth during the tech bubble caused employment, housing prices, and traffic congestion to peak in the late 1990s. As the economy slowed in the early 2000s, employment and traffic congestion diminished somewhat. In the mid-2000s, traffic along major highways again began to worsen as the economy improved. San Jose had 405,000 jobs within its city limits in 2006, and an unemployment rate of 4.6%. In 2000, San Jose residents had the highest median household income of any city with a population over 300,000, and currently has the...more

Among the most common occupations in San Jose are Management, professional, and related occupations, 37%; Sales and office occupations, 22%; and Service occupations, 14%. Approximately 77 percent of workers in San Jose, California work for companies, 9 percent work for the government and 7 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in San Jose, California are Manufacturing, 20%; Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 15%; and Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 13%. Simply Hired's San Jose job listings indicate that the following industries in San Jose are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in San Jose, California is $50,722, and the median income of households in San Jose was $70,921.

According to our San Jose Trends data, the number of San Jose, California jobs has decreased by 10% since October 2011.

Population of San Jose Total population 887,330 Male 50.99% Female 49.01% Median age 34.7     San Jose Housing Owner-occupied homes 61.0% Median cost of a home $625,400 Median mortgage payment $1,970 Renter-occupied homes 39.0% Vacant housing 3.8% Median monthly rent $1,153     Average Income Median for all workers $37,321 Median for all male full-time $56,181 Median for all female full-time $45,263     Household Income Less than $10,000 5% $10,000 to $14,999 4% $15,000 to $24,999 8% $25,000 to $34,999 7% $35,000 to $49,999 12% $50,000 to $74,999 18% $75,000 to $99,999 13% $100,000 to $149,999 19% $150,000 to $199,999 8% $200,000 or more 7%

Education Less than 9th grade 9% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 9% High school graduate 19% Some college, no degree 18% Associate's degree 9% Bachelor's degree 23% Graduate degree 13%     Marital Status Never married 30% Currently married 56% Separated 2% Widowed 4% Divorced 8%     Race White 52% Black or African American 3% Asian 32% Other 13%     San Jose Commute Carpool 12.4% Public transportation 3.2% Average travel time 25 minutes