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Question 1 of 3Hiring now
73
open professional roles
76
opened in the last 90 days
76 in the last 12 months
0%
of roles are remote
1
state hiring
California
What it hires for: Operations (7), Data & Analytics (6), Administration (3), Engineering (3), Marketing (3). By level: mid level (16), manager (12), entry level (11), senior ic (11), director (10).
Where: San Diego, CA, US (59), San Diego, CA (5), La Jolla, CA (1).
Main hubs: San Diego, CA (5), La Jolla, CA (1). Open a city for its job market, layoffs and training.
Where San Diego, CA ranks
Where San Diego, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Cities hosting the most business conferences in the West Coast78 conferences · of 17
- #2Cities hosting the most human resources conferences6 conferences · of 10
- #3Best cities for life sciences and biotech jobs454 openings · of 41
- #3Best cities for aerospace and defense jobs377 openings · of 67
- #3Cities hosting the most legal services conferences7 conferences · of 17
- #3Cities hosting the most staffing & human capital conferences6 conferences · of 8
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
UC San Diego hiring at a glance
- We have tracked UC San Diego's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 120 professional roles in that time.
- 22 of UC San Diego's 82 open roles (27%) are entry-level or early-career.
- 2 open roles (2%) ask for a specific AI skill.
- Of the 31 open roles that state where the work happens, 9 remote, 19 hybrid, 3 on-site.
- 4% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 7% for Education & EdTech employers.
- 36 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 10 days ago.
- By open professional roles, UC San Diego ranks #60 of 439 Education & EdTech employers we track.
What UC San Diego asks for
Skills named most often in open roles
- project management 26
- excel 19
- strategic planning 15
- lean 11
- six sigma 10
- audit 8
- logistics 7
- change management 6
- forecasting 6
- onboarding 6
How UC San Diego compares with Education & EdTech employers
| Measure | UC San Diego | Median employer |
|---|---|---|
| Open professional roles | 82 | 26 |
| Roles that post a salary range | 4% | 7% |
Median across 439 Education & EdTech employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.
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Common questions
- Is UC San Diego hiring?
- UC San Diego has 73 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 76 opened in the last 90 days and 76 in the last 12 months. The most common function is operations.
- Does UC San Diego hire entry-level candidates?
- Yes. 22 of UC San Diego's 82 open roles (27%) are entry-level or early-career. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.
- Does UC San Diego offer remote or hybrid jobs?
- Of the 31 open roles that state where the work happens, 9 remote, 19 hybrid, 3 on-site.
- What skills does UC San Diego ask for?
- Across its open roles the skills named most often are project management (26), excel (19), strategic planning (15), lean (11), six sigma (10), audit (8).
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