What are the most in demand jobs in Altoona, PA?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Altoona, PA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Altoona? Turns out the most in demand job in Altoona is registered nurse with 553 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Altoona

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

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 Altoona, PA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	553	$63,826
2	Sales Associate	444	$31,562
3	Support Team Member	275	$24,859
4	Licensed Practical Nurse	271	$44,605
5	Server	217	$25,861
6	Delivery Driver	161	$34,774
7	Service Assistant	152	$35,832
8	Home Health Aid	149	$24,397
9	Assistant Manager	148	$51,809
10	Patient Care Technician	143	$28,476
11	Shift Supervisor	131	$34,068
12	Cashier	128	$20,651
13	Customer Service Representative	121	$28,649
14	Crew Member	112	$23,522
15	Pharmacist Technician	111	$31,914
16	Physician	106	$200,997
17	Staff Nurse	102	$53,108
18	Physical Therapist	98	$66,092
19	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	96	$73,146
20	Certified Nursing Assistant	91	$29,293
21	Driver	85	$25,182
22	Store Manager	85	$45,760
23	Surgical Technician	85	$49,864
24	Direct Support Professional	84	$24,725
25	Line Cook	84	$24,774
26	CDL Driver	83	$59,431
27	Medical Assistant	83	$29,015
28	Physician Assistant	73	$130,896
29	Bartender	72	$17,817
30	Clinician	71	$50,052
31	Life Insurance Agent	71	$81,440
32	Truck Driver	71	$64,741
33	Shift Manager	69	$29,876
34	Associate	65	$48,707
35	Hair Stylist	64	$35,047
36	Medical Technologist	64	$46,697
37	Health Insurance Agent	60	$65,360
38	Manufacturing Team Member	60	$25,336
39	Customer Service Associate	58	$31,464
40	Teacher	58	$47,590
41	Store Associate	55	$25,784
42	Retail Sales Lead	53	$32,133
43	Emergency Department Registered Nurse	52	$70,728
44	Mental Health Worker	50	$29,710
45	Restaurant Manager	50	$48,345
46	Assistant Store Manager	48	$41,805
47	Emergency Medicine Physician	48	$154,411
48	Behavioral Health Technician	46	$32,145
49	Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist	44	$147,964
50	Cook	44	$25,770
51	Operations Associate	44	$46,649
52	Owner/Operator	44	$153,505
53	Sales Representative	44	$68,020
54	Account Executive	43	$55,972
55	Automotive Technician	43	$37,402
56	Emergency Department Technologist	43	$26,685
57	Company Driver	42	$69,600
58	Family Medicine Physician	42	$180,786
59	Transportation Assistant	42	$40,694
60	In-Stock Associate	40	$28,163
61	General Manager	39	$74,409
62	Clerk	38	$30,196
63	Pediatric Nurse	38	$76,463
64	Patient Access Representative	37	$30,785
65	Pet Groomer	37	$24,435
66	Prep Cook	37	$25,321
67	Speech Language Pathologist	37	$64,755
68	Customer Service Specialist	36	$30,075
69	Driver/Owner Operator	36	$112,193
70	Specialist	36	$63,904
71	Over The Road Driver	35	$67,671
72	Registered Health Nurse	35	$64,480
73	Sales Leader	35	$65,782
74	Stylist	35	$38,684
75	Management Trainee	34	$43,500
76	Merchandising Associate	33	$30,603
77	Occupational Therapist	33	$64,942
78	Sales Manager	33	$102,642
79	Overnight Supervisor	32	$27,331
80	Maintenance Person	31	$31,491
81	Unit Director	31	$76,234
82	Assistant Restaurant Manager	30	$45,521
83	Footwear Sales Associate	30	$24,449
84	Registered Nurse In The ICU	30	$86,024
85	Counselor	29	$38,387
86	Department Supervisor	29	$46,224
87	Local Driver	29	$56,455
88	Orthopaedic Surgeon	29	$300,166
89	Dock Worker	28	$32,380
90	Field Service Technician	28	$54,475
91	Nurse Practitioner	28	$81,407
92	Server Assistant	28	$20,598
93	Truck Driver Class A	28	$65,514
94	Advocate	27	$36,821
95	Assessment Coordinator	27	$52,284
96	CT Technologist	27	$60,605
97	Generalist	27	$39,595
98	Internal Medicine Physician	27	$209,941
99	Key Holder	27	$24,276
100	Residential Assistant	27	$24,860