150+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in San Jose, CA

Observed local posting data shows broad pay dispersion: salary-based listings center on about $111k to $156k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $28 to $36 / hour. That is directionally consistent with San Jose's very high wage environment overall, where the metrowide average hourly wage across occupations was $57.32 in May 2025. Trade-specific proxy data also points high, with plumbers in San Jose reported at approximately $62.63 per hour, or about $130,274 per year.

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Advertised pay

Across the 159 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $57,179 at the 25th percentile, $72,800 at the median and $91,250 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

San Jose is still a workable market for this category, but it is not easy mode. The local sample shows more than 2,100 postings across more than 800 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented rather than concentrated in one employer, which gives skilled applicants multiple entry points. Demand is concentrated in construction-related work: about 55% of sampled openings sit in construction, followed by real estate at about 20% and manufacturing at about 10%. The catch is that California's category employment is down 1.4% year over year even as category postings are up 1.5%, a pattern that usually means openings exist but employers are screening harder.

Best positioned: Licensed tradespeople, experienced maintenance or field-service technicians, and construction project leads who can work on-site and show project management, troubleshooting, safety compliance, and blueprint-reading depth have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake San Jose's high pay for easy access: the metro's cost-of-living index is 145, most jobs are on-site, and a temporary manufacturing-facility closure at Jabil adds risk for production-focused candidates.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 184 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Bloom Energy Corporation: 8 open roles
2. Headway Technologies: 8 open roles
3. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.: 6 open roles
4. Prometheus Real Estate Group: 6 open roles
5. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 5 open roles
6. Cbre: 4 open roles
7. Flex Ltd: 4 open roles
8. Sares Regis Group: 4 open roles
9. Equityapartments: 3 open roles
10. John Stewart Co.: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Jose: 45
• Santa Clara: 29
• Fremont: 25
• Milpitas: 16
• Pleasanton: 11
• Sunnyvale: 11
• Palo Alto: 9
• Mountain View: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 181 (100%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is clustered, not evenly spread across every sub-role. In the local posting sample, construction accounts for about 55% of openings, real estate about 20%, manufacturing about 10%, architectural and engineering services about 5%, and facilities services about 5%. That mix says the center of gravity is construction delivery, building operations, and site-adjacent work, not classic mass-production hiring. A second concentration point is large-project infrastructure. Since June 2026, San Jose has been meeting with IBEW Local 332, Pipefitters UA Local 393, Sheet Metal Workers Local 104, and Sprinkler Fitters UA Local 483 on standards for data centers and large energy projects, and city leaders are explicitly tying such projects to labor standards, local hiring, and workforce development. For job seekers, that makes electrical, piping, HVAC sheet metal, sprinkler, and project-integration skills more strategic than generic laborer positioning. Manufacturing is still present, but it is not the clearest growth pocket locally. In the sample, manufacturing is only about 10% of postings, and Jabil's announced temporary facility closure creates extra near-term pressure on factory-oriented applicants. If your background spans both plant and field work, field service, facilities, or construction support is the safer lane to emphasize.

• Specialty construction for data centers and large energy projects (high): Local policy work around data centers and large energy projects is explicitly engaging IBEW Local 332, UA Local 393, Local 104, and UA Local 483, which favors specialty trades and project-support roles over generic labor pools.
• Facilities and property operations (moderate): Real estate makes up about 20% of the local mix and facilities services about 5%, giving maintenance and building-operations candidates a meaningful secondary lane.
• Manufacturing and production support (limited): Manufacturing is only about 10% of the sampled mix, and Jabil's temporary facility closure raises near-term competition inside plant-oriented roles.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site specialty construction, facilities, and field-service roles that touch building systems or large-project delivery; treat pure factory production as a narrower lane right now.

Roles worth searching next

• BIM coordinator / VDC specialist: Large-project employers are asking for VDC, BIM coordination, Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD depth, which makes this a plausible move for experienced superintendents, project engineers, or technically minded tradespeople.
• Facilities coordinator / building operations manager: Real estate accounts for about 20% of the local posting mix and facilities services about 5%, so building-operations roles are a practical neighboring market for maintenance and field-service candidates.
• Energy retrofit advisor / home energy upgrade specialist: San Jose is linking some large-load project approvals to community benefits including home-energy upgrades, which creates a neighboring path for electricians, HVAC techs, and service-minded installers.
• Property project coordinator / preconstruction support: Local employers are prioritizing preconstruction, lean, sustainability, and building-systems experience, which opens a bridge from field execution into planning and owner-side coordination.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): Project management is the single most common hard skill in the local sample at about 20%, and it appears alongside budgeting and construction management, so even hands-on candidates benefit from showing schedule, scope, and coordination ownership. Who: Mid-career tradespeople, foremen, supervisors, and anyone targeting project-support roles.
• Troubleshooting (table_stakes | immediate): Troubleshooting shows up across the local mix, which matters because the category spans maintenance, field service, and building-system work where employers want fast diagnosis, not just tool familiarity. Who: Entry-level technicians, maintenance workers, and career switchers with repair experience.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance appears among the most-requested local skills, making it one of the fastest ways to signal jobsite readiness and lower supervision risk. Who: All on-site candidates.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): Blueprint reading is a common local screening term, and it becomes more valuable on complex commercial and infrastructure projects where trades need to coordinate precisely. Who: Tradespeople moving from residential to commercial or industrial work.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): A valid driver's license is the most frequently cited credential in the local sample, which fits a metro where field and site work dominate. Who: Field-service technicians, installers, maintenance workers, and mobile supervisors.
• VDC/BIM tools: Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD (premium | near-term): Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD remain core BIM tools, and local construction employers are also signaling interest in VDC and multidisciplinary coordination skills. Who: Construction managers, coordinators, project engineers, and technically minded tradespeople moving upstream.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Observed local posting data shows broad pay dispersion: salary-based listings center on about $111k to $156k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $28 to $36 / hour. That is directionally consistent with San Jose's very high wage environment overall, where the metrowide average hourly wage across occupations was $57.32 in May 2025. Trade-specific proxy data also points high, with plumbers in San Jose reported at approximately $62.63 per hour, or about $130,274 per year. This is a premium-pay market, but much of that premium is compensation for expensive local labor, expensive projects, and employer demand for workers who can be productive immediately. The cost-of-living index for San Jose is 145, so a pay number that looks exceptional on paper may not stretch as far as it would in a cheaper metro.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is clustered, not evenly spread across every sub-role. In the local posting sample, construction accounts for about 55% of openings, real estate about 20%, manufacturing about 10%, architectural and engineering services about 5%, and facilities services about 5%. That mix says the center of gravity is construction delivery, building operations, and site-adjacent work, not classic mass-production hiring. A second concentration point is large-project infrastructure. Since June 2026, San Jose has been meeting with IBEW Local 332, Pipefitters UA Local 393, Sheet Metal Workers Local 104, and Sprinkler Fitters UA Local 483 on standards for data centers and large energy projects, and city leaders are explicitly tying such projects to labor standards, local hiring, and workforce development. For job seekers, that makes electrical, piping, HVAC sheet metal, sprinkler, and project-integration skills more strategic than generic laborer positioning. Manufacturing is still present, but it is not the clearest growth pocket locally. In the sample, manufacturing is only about 10% of postings, and Jabil's announced temporary facility closure creates extra near-term pressure on factory-oriented applicants. If your background spans both plant and field work, field service, facilities, or construction support is the safer lane to emphasize.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Tesla (50 postings), Cbre (50 postings), Meta Inc. (30 postings), BKF Engineers, Inc. (30 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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