Manufacturing Jobs in San Jose, CA

Government wage data shows local pay is high but uneven: San Jose construction and extraction roles averaged $45.42 per hour in May 2025, installation, maintenance, and repair averaged $39.42, and production averaged $29.55. For the construction and extraction family, the 2025 annual median was $80,190, with the 25th to 90th percentile running from $62,400 to $155,600; for installation, maintenance, and repair, the annual median was $76,830, with the 25th to 90th percentile from $57,900 to $124,100. Proxy posting data is richer at the top end, with local posted salary ranges centered on about $100k to $150k and hourly-paid postings centered on about $30 to $35 / hour, which suggests a mix of supervisors, estimators, and specialized field roles alongside hands-on trade jobs.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 129 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $56,160 at the 25th percentile, $64,033 at the median and $84,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Favorable market | next 3-6 months

This is a favorable market if you are willing to work on-site and can show a clear trade, facilities, or site-execution skill set. San Jose construction employment rose 7.7634% year-over-year to 58.3 thousand in August 2026, manufacturing employment rose 1.3889% to 131.4 thousand, and metro unemployment sat at 4.3%. The local hiring sample also shows more than 800 postings across more than 400 companies over the last 90 days, with hiring fragmented rather than dominated by one employer.

Best positioned: Candidates who can work on-site and show hands-on troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, safety, or blueprint-reading experience have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume every opening pays Silicon Valley supervisor money: hourly trade work, production roles, and manager-track roles are all mixed into the same category, and only about 0% of postings that state a policy mention visa sponsorship.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 141 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Cbre: 7 open roles
2. Sanmina Corporation: 7 open roles
3. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 6 open roles
4. Asset Living: 5 open roles
5. Vivmark Residential: 5 open roles
6. Western Digital Corporation: 5 open roles
7. CBRE, Inc.: 4 open roles
8. Essex Property Trust, Inc.: 4 open roles
9. Live AMC: 4 open roles
10. Prometheus Real Estate Group: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Jose: 42
• Santa Clara: 20
• Fremont: 15
• Sunnyvale: 10
• Mountain View: 7
• Newark: 6
• Livermore: 6
• Milpitas: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 140 (100%)

Where the demand is

The opportunity mix is not evenly spread across the category. Manufacturing is the larger local employment base at 131.4 thousand workers, while construction stands at 58.3 thousand, but the recent posting mix leans more heavily toward construction-facing and property-facing work: about 40% of postings sit in construction, about 25% in real estate, about 10% in facilities services, and about 10% in manufacturing. That tells you the practical market is less about broad factory-line expansion and more about building, maintaining, and operating physical assets. The employer mix reinforces that point. The local hiring sample is fragmented across employers, with named activity from Tesla, Costco Wholesale Corp., HITT Contracting Inc., JLL, Cbre, BrightView Holdings, Inc., Headway Technologies, and Cushman & Wakefield rather than one dominant buyer of labor. Add in active local projects - Berryessa housing, an industrial facility start in San Jose, a courthouse in Sunnyvale, and continued data center construction in Gilroy - and the strongest live demand looks concentrated in project delivery, facilities/property operations, and building-systems work. A second concentration to notice is level. About 55% of postings skew mid-level, about 30% are entry, about 15% senior, and about 5% lead+. So the market is most favorable for people who are already employable with limited ramp time, not for candidates hoping employers will train from zero.

• Construction project delivery and skilled site work (high): This is the clearest high-opportunity pocket because local construction employment is growing and multiple housing, civic, industrial, and data-center-related projects are active.
• Facilities, property, and building operations (high): Real estate accounts for about 25% of postings and facilities services about 10%, with JLL, Cbre, Cushman & Wakefield, and Costco appearing among active employers.
• Manufacturing and industrial operations support (moderate): Manufacturing remains a large local employer base at 131.4 thousand workers, but only about 10% of postings in the sample are tagged to manufacturing, so openings exist but are more selective and specialized.
• Landscape, exterior maintenance, and retail-site support (limited): This lane shows up through employers like BrightView and the smaller retail slice of the market, which can be a useful entry point but usually carries less upside than licensed trades or project-side roles.

Where to focus: Prioritize construction-adjacent and facilities-adjacent roles first, then use manufacturing as a targeted lane if you already bring maintenance, equipment, or industrial-process experience.

Roles worth searching next

• Project coordinator / scheduler: Field and site experience translates well into sequencing, RFIs, subcontractor follow-up, and closeout tracking.
• BIM / CAD coordinator: It is a credible pivot for candidates who understand drawings, installations, or coordination problems and want less physical work.
• EHS / safety coordinator: Safety-heavy field experience can convert into a compliance and training role with broader employer options.
• Supply chain / procurement coordinator: Production, warehouse, and contractor-side experience often maps into materials, vendor, and inventory coordination.
• Technical support / service dispatcher for equipment firms: Candidates from field service or maintenance can use their troubleshooting knowledge without staying full-time in the field.

What postings ask for

• Troubleshooting and preventive maintenance (premium | immediate): Local postings most often ask for troubleshooting at about 20% and preventive maintenance at about 10%, making this one of the clearest signals of immediate usefulness across facilities, field service, and equipment-heavy roles. Who: Entry candidates with mechanical aptitude and mid-career workers moving between maintenance, facilities, and industrial support.
• Safety compliance / OSHA safety training (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance appears in about 10% of local postings, and OSHA Safety Certification is named nationally as a must-have trade credential in 2026. Who: Anyone targeting site, field, warehouse, maintenance, or contractor-side work.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): Blueprint reading shows up in about 10% of local postings and is one of the fastest ways to prove you can work beyond pure helper-level tasks. Who: Construction candidates, facilities techs, installers, estimators-in-training, and career switchers who need a credible bridge skill.
• EPA Section 608 (premium | near-term): EPA Section 608 is listed among the must-have trade certifications for 2026, and HVAC-related talent is part of the national skilled-craft shortage pressure tied to data centers, energy storage, and semiconductor projects. Who: HVAC candidates, maintenance techs, and building-systems workers who want better pay leverage.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): A valid driver's license is the most common explicit credential in local postings, and about 95% of roles are on-site, so basic mobility is still a screening factor. Who: Field service, facilities, construction, and multi-site maintenance applicants.
• BIM software: Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD (differentiator | near-term): For construction-adjacent office/field hybrid paths, employers increasingly value practical BIM ability, and the 2026 skill set centers on Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD. Who: Project coordinators, estimators, schedulers, superintendents moving into preconstruction, and career switchers from the field.

Questions about this market

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

Government wage data shows local pay is high but uneven: San Jose construction and extraction roles averaged $45.42 per hour in May 2025, installation, maintenance, and repair averaged $39.42, and production averaged $29.55. For the construction and extraction family, the 2025 annual median was $80,190, with the 25th to 90th percentile running from $62,400 to $155,600; for installation, maintenance, and repair, the annual median was $76,830, with the 25th to 90th percentile from $57,900 to $124,100. Proxy posting data is richer at the top end, with local posted salary ranges centered on about $100k to $150k and hourly-paid postings centered on about $30 to $35 / hour, which suggests a mix of supervisors, estimators, and specialized field roles alongside hands-on trade jobs. You can earn well here, but San Jose's overall mean hourly wage was $57.32 in May 2025, so even above-average trade pay is competing with one of the country's most expensive labor markets.

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

The opportunity mix is not evenly spread across the category. Manufacturing is the larger local employment base at 131.4 thousand workers, while construction stands at 58.3 thousand, but the recent posting mix leans more heavily toward construction-facing and property-facing work: about 40% of postings sit in construction, about 25% in real estate, about 10% in facilities services, and about 10% in manufacturing. That tells you the practical market is less about broad factory-line expansion and more about building, maintaining, and operating physical assets. The employer mix reinforces that point. The local hiring sample is fragmented across employers, with named activity from Tesla, Costco Wholesale Corp., HITT Contracting Inc., JLL, Cbre, BrightView Holdings, Inc., Headway Technologies, and Cushman & Wakefield rather than one dominant buyer of labor. Add in active local projects - Berryessa housing, an industrial facility start in San Jose, a courthouse in Sunnyvale, and continued data center construction in Gilroy - and the strongest live demand looks concentrated in project delivery, facilities/property operations, and building-systems work. A second concentration to notice is level. About 55% of postings skew mid-level, about 30% are entry, about 15% senior, and about 5% lead+. So the market is most favorable for people who are already employable with limited ramp time, not for candidates hoping employers will train from zero.

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 (20 postings), Costco Wholesale Corp. (20 postings), HITT Contracting Inc. (10 postings), JLL (10 postings), Cbre (10 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 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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