What are the most in demand jobs in Albany, NY?

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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 Albany, NY actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Albany have a particular interest in registered nurses.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Albany, NY are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Albany? Turns out the most in demand job in Albany is registered nurse with 1,534 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Albany

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

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 Albany, NY

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	1,534	$72,946
2	Sales Representative	1,146	$58,606
3	Sales Associate	855	$40,004
4	Administrative Support	797	$33,668
5	Programmer	781	$67,424
6	Business Analyst	663	$71,229
7	Project Manager	530	$84,838
8	Specialist	502	$59,889
9	Clinical Research Nurse	496	$78,851
10	Account Executive	464	$63,123
11	Sales Consultant	460	$64,411
12	Sales Representative/Assistant	441	$35,183
13	Shift Supervisor	403	$31,831
14	Licensed Practical Nurse	397	$47,515
15	Adjunct Faculty	394	$90,132
16	Software Developer	390	$89,779
17	Principal Consultant	356	$109,800
18	Solutions Architect	317	$102,501
19	Customer Service Representative	308	$31,560
20	Patient Care Technician	303	$36,429
21	Cook	294	$29,623
22	Security Officer	288	$33,165
23	Care Associate	286	$47,718
24	Assistant Manager	280	$65,389
25	Store Manager	274	$59,418
26	Food Service Worker	266	$27,579
27	Delivery Driver	261	$37,570
28	Cashier	255	$27,337
29	Architect	245	$85,775
30	Information Technology Project Manager	238	$94,838
31	Field Service Technician	230	$59,809
32	Associate	215	$59,327
33	Administrative Assistant	211	$37,242
34	Information Technology Specialist	210	$76,401
35	Physician	209	$145,666
36	Physical Therapist	199	$66,704
37	Substitute Teacher	198	$28,031
38	Software Architect	186	$105,966
39	Nurse Practitioner	184	$102,693
40	General Manager	181	$96,184
41	Account Manager	177	$80,697
42	Pharmacist Technician	171	$33,495
43	Senior Associate	169	$88,657
44	Java Programmer	168	$70,127
45	Airport Sales Agent	164	$31,040
46	Consultant	162	$79,837
47	Assistant Store Manager	161	$45,964
48	Medical Director	161	$205,343
49	Barista	157	$27,326
50	Server	157	$33,310
51	Shift Leader	154	$33,181
52	Software Engineer	148	$86,050
53	Support Team Member	143	$28,880
54	Technical Sales Representative	143	$81,389
55	Housekeeper	138	$31,454
56	Developer	136	$97,072
57	Office Assistant	136	$29,410
58	Driver	135	$33,461
59	Senior Consultant	135	$100,187
60	Facilities Assistant	133	$34,640
61	Physician Assistant	130	$155,409
62	Maintenance Technician	128	$45,892
63	Program Instructor	127	$42,615
64	Tutor	127	$45,304
65	Certified Public Accountant	126	$69,613
66	Product Manager	126	$114,698
67	Data Analyst	123	$74,176
68	Department Manager	123	$75,417
69	Medical Assistant	123	$32,943
70	Senior Software Engineer	123	$109,503
71	Sales Manager	121	$110,821
72	CDL Driver	119	$63,559
73	Senior Manager	117	$130,056
74	Life Management Teacher	116	$92,039
75	Research Scientist	115	$72,206
76	Technician	115	$38,498
77	Medical Imaging Technician	113	$62,135
78	Service Technician	113	$41,734
79	Shift Manager	113	$36,633
80	Pre-K Teacher	112	$50,539
81	Registered Nurse Case Manager	112	$77,219
82	Nurse Case Manager	111	$100,244
83	Hospice Registered Nurse	110	$92,623
84	1st Grade Teacher	109	$52,596
85	Registered Nurse Supervisor	109	$81,074
86	Analyst	105	$75,845
87	Faculty	103	$71,814
88	Baker	102	$30,436
89	Laboratory Technician	101	$44,359
90	Store Associate	100	$29,522
91	Teacher	100	$54,243
92	Certified Nursing Assistant	99	$35,368
93	Senior Tax Associate	98	$94,778
94	Director Of Sales	97	$163,652
95	Truck Driver	94	$64,958
96	Devops Engineer	92	$92,940
97	Client Partner	91	$163,398
98	Solution Specialist	90	$92,543
99	Engineer	88	$76,921
100	Nurse	87	$70,690