What are the most in demand jobs in Albuquerque, NM?

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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 Albuquerque, NM actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Albuquerque have a particular interest in sales associates.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Albuquerque, NM are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Albuquerque? Turns out the most in demand job in Albuquerque is sales associate with 2,262 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Albuquerque

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

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 Albuquerque, NM

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Sales Associate	2,262	$39,784
2	Registered Nurse	2,228	$72,291
3	Customer Service Representative	1,197	$25,427
4	Sales Representative	1,145	$46,636
5	Research And Development Engineer	1,035	$95,522
6	Licensed Practical Nurse	793	$45,240
7	Certified Nursing Assistant	753	$30,566
8	Delivery Driver	739	$35,944
9	Special Education Assistant	693	$21,408
10	Shift Supervisor	688	$29,167
11	Assistant Manager	669	$30,729
12	General Manager	666	$65,224
13	Physician	613	$185,005
14	Faculty	573	$51,441
15	Server	564	$21,582
16	Research And Development Internship	524	$37,496
17	Store Manager	516	$37,290
18	Cashier	507	$20,856
19	Sales Consultant	490	$45,365
20	Barista	486	$22,683
21	Administrative Assistant	433	$27,896
22	Educational Assistant	419	$23,085
23	Shift Leader	417	$31,404
24	Software Developer	417	$65,953
25	Account Executive	414	$50,014
26	Physical Therapist	394	$72,734
27	Assistant Store Manager	383	$30,236
28	Teacher	376	$37,486
29	Software Engineer	372	$63,647
30	Customer Service Associate	370	$25,291
31	Shift Manager	369	$27,440
32	Pharmacist Technician	357	$32,736
33	Security Officer	355	$25,605
34	Lead Customer Service Representative	344	$31,767
35	MD	339	$134,021
36	Principal Consultant	332	$99,900
37	Store Assistant	327	$24,951
38	Medical Assistant	313	$27,791
39	Cook	300	$22,696
40	Systems Engineer	297	$63,736
41	Technician	288	$30,276
42	Home Health Aid	282	$21,636
43	Housekeeper	277	$25,159
44	Service Technician	273	$34,372
45	Special Education Teacher	268	$33,776
46	Solutions Architect	266	$74,920
47	Special ED Teacher	266	$31,120
48	Project Manager	263	$76,529
49	Life Insurance Agent	254	$62,772
50	Crew Member	250	$20,167
51	Emergency Medical Technician	242	$36,180
52	Line Cook	242	$23,238
53	Maintenance Technician	240	$33,601
54	Restaurant Associate	232	$25,182
55	Driver	231	$25,554
56	Postdoctoral Scholar	228	$52,276
57	Specialist	217	$43,435
58	Restaurant Manager	212	$49,665
59	Registered Nurse Case Manager	206	$56,875
60	Associate	202	$48,331
61	Department Manager	202	$46,532
62	Custodian	197	$19,672
63	Health Insurance Agent	197	$49,485
64	Substitute Teacher	195	$29,296
65	Coach	192	$43,781
66	Process Engineer	188	$80,984
67	Massage Therapist	185	$47,863
68	Physician Assistant	185	$105,469
69	Electrical Engineer	181	$84,860
70	Speech Language Pathologist	181	$61,469
71	Pharmacist	180	$140,104
72	Physical Education Teacher	180	$46,247
73	Baker	179	$27,901
74	Occupational Therapist	179	$66,629
75	Senior Software Engineer	178	$74,335
76	Engineer	175	$78,020
77	School Secretary	175	$30,926
78	Field Service Technician	174	$54,627
79	Manufacturing Team Member	168	$22,128
80	Program Manager	163	$66,286
81	Computer Teacher	161	$40,666
82	Automotive Technician	154	$33,152
83	Support Team Member	153	$22,401
84	Prep Cook	150	$20,180
85	Senior Project Manager	150	$85,223
86	Sales Manager	148	$48,425
87	Graduate Internship	144	$51,808
88	Configuration Analyst	143	$85,558
89	Area Supervisor	140	$39,467
90	Bartender	140	$23,043
91	Paramedic	140	$46,302
92	Unit Secretary	138	$33,794
93	Information Technology Project Manager	137	$69,882
94	Radiologic Technician	136	$49,248
95	Program Coordinator	134	$37,795
96	CDL Driver	133	$46,473
97	Assistant Professor	128	$115,354
98	Registered Nurse In The ICU	125	$89,719
99	Retail Clerk	125	$21,104
100	Certified Public Accountant	124	$54,961