What are the most in demand jobs in Alameda, CA?

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Zippia Team · Accepted Answer

While the ebbs and flows of the economy will make some jobs more fashionable than others, there will always be a large number of jobs available in essential businesses like healthcare, public safety, law enforcement, education, and food and agriculture. So we asked our data scientists at Zippia to identify what the most in demand jobs in Alameda, CA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Alameda have a particular interest in massage therapists.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Alameda, CA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Alameda? Turns out the most in demand job in Alameda is massage therapist with 233 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Alameda

Using the Zippia database of several million active job postings, we were able to identify the job titles with the most postings in Alameda.

We ordered them from the most to least with the job title having the largest number of active job postings being the most in demand jobs.

It's important to note that the data team did normalize the job titles. So, for example, "Accountant I" and "Accountant" would be normalized to "Accountant". Or "High School Teacher" and "High School English Teacher" would match to "High School Teacher".

Detailed List Of The Most In Demand Jobs In Alameda, CA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Massage Therapist	233	$55,399
2	Sales Associate	147	$39,841
3	Registered Nurse	128	$100,764
4	Shift Supervisor	128	$48,639
5	Licensed Practical Nurse	97	$49,029
6	Background Investigator	90	$77,581
7	Physical Therapist	89	$101,049
8	Teacher	79	$55,794
9	Customer Service Representative	77	$32,705
10	Certified Nursing Assistant	76	$32,913
11	Pharmacist Technician	74	$44,793
12	Barista	69	$28,602
13	Front Desk Associate	68	$35,810
14	Esthetician	66	$35,643
15	Manager	66	$103,702
16	Senior Mechanical Engineer	66	$121,972
17	Special Population Paraprofessional	66	$34,880
18	Assistant Manager	64	$55,208
19	Event Specialist	61	$48,843
20	Clinical Trial Manager	59	$129,181
21	General Manager	59	$114,333
22	Medical Director	57	$213,219
23	Associate Director	56	$132,827
24	Shift Leader	53	$38,181
25	Crew Member	52	$29,378
26	Project Manager	52	$101,956
27	Occupational Therapist	51	$97,380
28	Delivery Driver	50	$41,940
29	Speech Language Pathologist	48	$74,947
30	Cook	47	$32,754
31	Restaurant Associate	47	$43,314
32	Retail Merchandiser	47	$33,822
33	Sales Manager	46	$84,542
34	Executive Director	45	$138,712
35	Maintenance Technician	45	$45,462
36	Restaurant Manager	45	$51,445
37	Assistant Store Manager	43	$38,559
38	Regulatory Affairs Manager	43	$122,621
39	Administrative Assistant	40	$44,849
40	Food Service Assistant	40	$30,597
41	Information Technology Manager	36	$134,570
42	Sales Consultant	36	$86,400
43	Server	36	$33,613
44	Clinical Director	35	$115,473
45	Senior Software Engineer	35	$131,129
46	Service Provider	35	$45,662
47	Store Manager	35	$51,726
48	Contracts Specialist	34	$81,957
49	Hair Stylist	34	$32,206
50	Information Technology Consultant	33	$89,432
51	Manufacturing Team Member	33	$35,333
52	Substitute Teacher	33	$36,100
53	Business Analyst	32	$81,904
54	Maintenance Technician Supervisor	32	$47,851
55	Manager, Product Management	32	$161,170
56	Security Officer	32	$34,530
57	Clinical Supervisor	31	$77,060
58	Data Analyst	31	$70,401
59	Engineer	31	$98,543
60	Home Health Aid	31	$28,956
61	Support Team Member	31	$34,373
62	Accounting Manager	30	$91,629
63	Court Interpreter	30	$56,657
64	Customer Service Associate	30	$37,570
65	Sales Associate And Customer Service	30	$38,512
66	Senior Scientist	30	$135,087
67	Store Associate	29	$31,497
68	Assistant General Manager	28	$61,661
69	Clinical Trials Specialist	28	$111,523
70	Development Manager	28	$141,757
71	Medical Science Liaison	28	$147,207
72	Police Officer	28	$70,755
73	Associate	27	$70,875
74	Baker	27	$33,027
75	Devops Engineer	27	$122,700
76	Registered Health Nurse	27	$105,202
77	Technician	27	$41,636
78	X-Ray Technician	27	$65,087
79	Assistant Research Scientist	26	$79,239
80	Developer	26	$111,910
81	Director	26	$122,007
82	Parts Delivery Driver	26	$32,153
83	Product Manager	26	$129,197
84	Systems Engineer	26	$87,365
85	Team Leader	26	$84,800
86	Cab Driver	25	$43,861
87	Cardiac Sonographer	25	$104,661
88	Dietary Aide	25	$32,079
89	In-Stock Associate	25	$27,735
90	Senior Analyst	25	$91,320
91	Area Supervisor	24	$43,214
92	Associate Retailer	24	$32,137
93	Clinical Data Manager	24	$104,518
94	Finance Advisor	24	$76,225
95	Finance Analyst	24	$83,143
96	Optometrist	24	$170,333
97	Pet Groomer	24	$31,920
98	Senior Counselor	24	$168,199
99	Business Manager	23	$99,252
100	Department Manager	23	$68,472