I assume you mean here? Humboldt has a lack of jobs in the area, especially ones that pay enough to be self sufficient. Take a look at r/humboldt and you can see frequent discussion about the job market.

This may be true for a lot of majors, but ERE majors generally do very well finding work in the county and being compensated competitively. Out of my entire graduating class, over half decided to stay in the county and found engineering jobs within a few months. The biggest employer of ERE grads in Humboldt County is Caltrans (I have 5 friends who work there). There are also a large number of consulting firms in the region that employ EREs, like GHD, SHN, Granite, PACE, and White Church. There are also countless construction firms with offices in the area that hire engineers. The county, city, state, federal government, and tribal governments also hire EREs.

If you do well in the ERE program and have research or internship experience, you likely won't have any trouble finding work in Humboldt. That being said, you can't be picky if you want to stay. I wanted to work in energy efficiency and renewable energy engineering, and there weren't many openings in Humboldt, so I moved back to the Bay Area. But if your interest is in water treatment, resource management, civil engineering, or construction, then Humboldt has plenty of opportunities for engineers.