2017 05: Northern California Mega Region Employment Density

For this map, Employment Centers were defined within built-up areas where there was an employment density of over 5,000 jobs per square mile. Jobs within the Mega Region were broken down by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors, and were grouped into seven related classifications. The Mega Region had over 5.7 million jobs in 2016. The largest shares of jobs are in the Information, Professional Services, Management & Administration sectors (over 1.2 million). The top five employment centers within the Mega Region are in Santa Clara (988,657), Alameda (762,089), San Francisco (642,093), Sacramento (617,947), and Contra Costa Counties (408,669).