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Chief Executives

SOC 11-1011 · 2024-2034

Determine and formulate policies and provide overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations within guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body. Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$222,267per year
Projected openings
36,890
Projected change
+7.4%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Judgment and Decision Making
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Complex Problem Solving
  4. Coordination
  5. Systems Evaluation
  6. Management of Personnel Resources

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$238,4023,580
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$234,4579,610
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$225,189390
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$218,660270
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$217,102630
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$216,705390
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$214,42390
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$212,315400
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$209,494520
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$204,024130
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$201,192320
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$200,8462,280
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$197,566560
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$185,568210
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$182,686820
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$176,36080
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$173,855270
Chico MSA (Butte County)$170,025120
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$165,299220
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$162,7634,180
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$155,643110
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$154,859120
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$131,860260
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$127,898230
Merced MSA (Merced County)Not reported160
Napa MSA (Napa County)Not reported150
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)Not reported2,730
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)Not reported3,740
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)Not reported3,860
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)Not reported2,680
San Rafael MD (Marin County)Not reported230

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
General and Operations Managers$126,477264,410+6.7%
Public Relations Managers$170,7988,060+8.3%
Social and Community Service Managers$84,60635,490+19.3%
Financial Managers$183,80384,770+16.3%
Managers, All Other$177,489175,120+9.7%
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$127,56512,400+2.7%

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