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Job market report: San Jose, CA

Open jobs, pay and living costs in and around San Jose, from the listings JoRoute reads from employers' own job boards. Data as of November 5, 2026.

At a glance

  • 59 open listings in San Jose; 1,500 jobs within 25 miles.
  • ▲ 8 new in the last 7 days; 3 today.
  • Typical listed pay: $111k a year ($99k at U.S.-average prices). Each employer counts once.
  • Living costs in CA: 13% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 (U.S. average = 100)).
  • 6,819 workers in WARN layoff notices within 50 miles.
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Red pins: cities with jobs within 25 miles of San Jose; a bigger pin means more jobs.

Most common jobs in San Jose

  1. Manager · 12 listings · typical $203k a year
  2. Sales · 11 listings · typical $209k a year
  3. Mechanic and technician · 8 listings · typical $81k a year
  4. Engineer · 8 listings · typical $215k a year
  5. Software engineer · 5 listings · typical $212k a year
  6. Marketing · 4 listings · typical $208k a year

Employers hiring most

  1. Zocdoc · 10 jobs
  2. Lucid Motors · 8 jobs
  3. Brilliant Earth · 5 jobs
  4. Gopuff · 5 jobs
  5. Zscaler · 4 jobs
  6. Internal Revenue Service · 4 jobs
  7. DoorDash · 4 jobs
  8. Reformation · 3 jobs

Nearby cities

  • San Francisco, CA · 2,969 jobs · 42 mi
  • Mountain View, CA · 507 jobs · 11 mi
  • Palo Alto, CA · 439 jobs · 16 mi
  • San Mateo, CA · 318 jobs · 28 mi
  • Menlo Park, CA · 112 jobs · 21 mi
  • Sunnyvale, CA · 110 jobs · 8 mi

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