How many sign shops are in the San Jose area?

Name: Sign shops in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, 2024
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20 sign shops

in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area in 2024. They employed 129 people, about 6.5 per shop, at an average of $73,455 a year. Sign shops make up a 63% smaller share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 3% of California's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023-4.8%1 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration0.37×the national share of employers

Employees1296.5 per shop

Average pay$73,45516% above the U.S. average

The San Jose area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
68	Tucson areaAZ	21	256	$48,159	1.41×
70	Albuquerque areaNM	20	—	—	1.13×
70	Omaha areaNE-IA	20	—	—	1.09×
70	San Jose areaCA	20	129	$73,455	0.37×
73	Colorado Springs areaCO	19	—	—	1.15×
74	Akron areaOH	18	—	—	1.46×
74	Allentown areaPA-NJ	18	—	—	1.42×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. For California as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the California page.

Other metro areas in California

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Los Angeles area	263	2,548	$64,368	0.58×
San Diego area	77	613	$79,003	0.92×
San Francisco area	66	—	—	0.47×
Riverside area	58	807	$62,931	0.56×
Sacramento area	34	—	—	0.52×
Fresno area	23	—	—	0.73×
Santa Rosa area	16	89	$64,722	1.18×
Oxnard area	13	72	$50,976	0.66×

Sign permits in San Jose

Before a sign goes up in San Jose, the city's code decides whether it needs a permit and how large it can be. San Jose's sign rules, summarised by PrinterFlo, list what triggers a permit and the limits a design has to meet.

Questions

How many sign shops are in the San Jose area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 20 sign manufacturing establishments in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 70 of 383 U.S. metro areas. They employed 129 people, about 6.5 per shop.

What do sign shops pay in the San Jose area?

Average annual pay in the area's sign shops was $73,455 in 2024, 16% above the U.S. sign industry average of $63,399. It blends fabricators, installers, designers and owners on payroll.

Does the San Jose area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, no: sign shops make up a 63% smaller share of the San Jose area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 0.37, where 1.00 is the national share).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 339950 Sign Manufacturing, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area, 2024 and 2023 annual averages, read September 24, 2026. 2024 is the latest year the BLS has published for metro areas. Concentration is the BLS location quotient for establishments. Ranks computed from the 383 metro areas with a published count; tied areas share a rank.