Top 25 California Industries Ranked by New Hires

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Rank	Industry	New Hires 2010-2011	Hiring Growth	Total Number Employed	Average Income Per Employee
	All NAICS subsectors	68,240	8.1 %	12,112,921	$4,585
1	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	9,573	13.0 %	1,050,134	$7,805
2	Food Services and Drinking Places	9,405	9.2 %	1,023,793	$1,643
3	Administrative and Support Services	5,297	5.8 %	802,917	$3,222
4	Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores	4,792	63.3 %	114,879	$2,953
5	Ambulatory Health Care Services	4,358	12.4 %	646,834	$5,199
6	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	3,762	26.4 %	220,200	$4,096
7	Specialty Trade Contractors	3,135	12.9 %	308,998	$4,238
8	Construction of Buildings	1,951	17.8 %	138,113	$5,024
9	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	1,933	34.7 %	70,522	$5,976
10	Food and Beverage Stores	1,922	9.7 %	319,823	$2,514
11	Other Information Services	1,832	44.6 %	34,903	$11,189
12	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	1,439	8.2 %	249,049	$2,549
13	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	1,338	16.5 %	180,161	$6,545
14	Private Households	1,301	4.6 %	368,946	$993
15	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	1,232	8.1 %	312,189	$5,950
16	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	1,215	16.6 %	94,017	$6,299
17	Hospitals	1,156	10.5 %	387,945	$5,790
18	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	1,075	7.6 %	251,356	$6,455
19	Food Manufacturing	1,074	16.1 %	146,838	$3,775
20	Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers	1,056	15.7 %	103,046	$2,639
21	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	995	18.0 %	118,879	$4,437
22	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	926	6.1 %	169,016	$2,070
23	Health and Personal Care Stores	879	14.3 %	104,125	$3,380
24	Personal and Laundry Services	841	7.1 %	138,836	$2,310
25	Repair and Maintenance	760	7.8 %	134,575	$3,337