Job Opportunities Across California

California is a land of possibilities. In the mid-1800s, thousands of prospectors set out to see what was possible in Coloma, California. Many of them found gold. In 1871, Judge R.B. Ord brought the first avocado trees home to Santa Barbara from a trip to Mexico. Today, avocados are the official state fruit, and the avocado industry supports over 100,000 California jobs.

There's a good possibility that almost all the olives and almonds in your grocery store were grown in California. Most strawberries and peaches are from California as well. Needless to say, agriculture is big in California, providing farming jobs in cities like Fresno, Tulare, and Monterey.

Thanks to Silicon Valley, computer and electronic product manufacturing has made production jobs huge in California. Intel alone employs about 12,500 people in the state. The film industry, desirable climate, and sandy beaches have made tourism an important component of California's economy. It generates a little over one million service jobs in the state.