BAY REGION COE ANNOUNCEMENT

MAY 2026

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We’re excited to share our new Interactive Bay Area Unemployment Dashboard, designed to help users explore unemployment and labor force trends across the region with easy to use visual tools and filters.

The dashboard includes:

• Unemployment trends from 2015-2026
• County and MSA level comparisons
• Monthly unemployment rate tracking
• Labor force and unemployment totals
• Interactive filters by year, county, and seasonal adjustment

We encourage you to explore the filters, compare trends across counties, and use the dashboard to support your work and decision-making.

The Bay Region Center of Excellence (COE) developed a sector profile for life sciences/biotech that provides a labor market snapshot of occupations within the biotechnology and biotechnology adjacent pathways. This profile outlines occupational demand, including job growth projections, annual openings by occupation, and entry-level and median wages.

The report also summarizes community college program data, such as the number of community colleges offering life sciences/biotech programs and the average number of certificates and degrees awarded by both community colleges and non-community college institutions in the Bay Region. By analyzing workforce occupational trends and educational supply, the report serves as a strategic resource for decision-makers and practitioners to inform funding proposals, develop key courses and pathways, and align programs across K–12, community colleges, and four-year institutions. Workforce professionals can also use these insights to better understand employment trends and training needs in the sector.

Key facts about the life sciences/biotech sector in the Bay Region are highlighted below.

If you missed it, check out these reports:

• Report: Childhood Education Employment: Mapping Career Opportunities in the Bay Region and California
• Sector Report: Energy, Construction, and Utilities

For additional labor market information for California and the Bay Region, visit:

• Statewide Centers of Excellence (COE) for Labor Market Research
• Bay Region COE / BACCC
• Bay Area Community College Consortium (BACCC)

The Bay Region COE is located and hosted by Cabrillo Community College. It serves the 28 community colleges in the 12-county Bay Region with labor market information and workforce research. The COE is funded by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office through the Economic and Workforce Development Program and Strong Workforce Program. Please contact the Bay Region COE if you have any questions about the newsletter, or suggestions for data and information you would like to see in future newsletters.

BAY REGION COE TEAM

Marcela Reyes, Director

marcela@baccc.net

Liza Chavac, Assistant Director

liza@baccc.net

Yumi Huang, Research Analyst

yumi@baccc.net

Leila Jamoosian, Research Analyst

leila@baccc.net