What are the most in demand jobs in Chapel Hill, NC?

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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 Chapel Hill, NC actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Chapel Hill have a particular interest in postdoctoral research associates.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Chapel Hill, NC are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Chapel Hill? Turns out the most in demand job in Chapel Hill is postdoctoral research associate with 2,426 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Chapel Hill

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

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 Chapel Hill, NC

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Postdoctoral Research Associate	2,426	$49,062
2	Clinic Registered Nurse	2,255	$64,624
3	Assistant Professor	1,631	$100,596
4	Faculty	824	$61,136
5	Postdoc Research Associate	617	$51,109
6	Associate Professor	526	$102,434
7	Certified Nursing Assistant	479	$24,126
8	Registered Nurse	477	$56,536
9	Adjunct Faculty	428	$70,199
10	PHD Researcher	428	$46,003
11	Research Assistant	404	$39,515
12	Lecturer	341	$47,832
13	Research Technician	340	$36,810
14	Research Associate	333	$55,933
15	Oncology Registered Nurse	328	$70,421
16	Doctoral Fellow	302	$49,415
17	Clinical Technician	298	$38,497
18	Research Assistant Professor	294	$68,523
19	Research Fellow	267	$52,254
20	Licensed Practical Nurse	265	$41,525
21	Medical Laboratory Technician	250	$43,554
22	Pharmacist Technician	248	$31,582
23	Assistant Director	245	$53,655
24	Clinical Instructor	223	$52,705
25	Provider	219	$61,114
26	Housekeeper	200	$21,380
27	Research Specialist	200	$54,112
28	Doctoral Research Assistant	190	$46,719
29	Medical Assistant	186	$31,954
30	Postdoctoral Scholar	185	$52,805
31	Cook	177	$23,711
32	Administrative Support Associate	167	$32,761
33	Accounting Technician	163	$35,841
34	Associate Director	156	$95,588
35	Physician	150	$210,683
36	Maintenance Technician	149	$39,002
37	Instructor	144	$47,570
38	Administrative Associate	143	$32,087
39	Delivery Driver	143	$33,399
40	Shift Supervisor	140	$34,185
41	Barista	138	$22,685
42	Customer Service Representative	137	$26,154
43	Administrative Assistant	127	$30,847
44	Clinical Fellow	127	$52,914
45	Pediatric Nurse	126	$67,606
46	Vice Chancellor	126	$96,850
47	Customer Service Associate	125	$24,325
48	Medical Coder	125	$44,076
49	Food Service Worker	121	$19,957
50	Cashier	120	$20,045
51	Health Insurance Agent	120	$70,393
52	Life Insurance Agent	120	$79,446
53	Professor	119	$108,039
54	Adjunct Instructor	118	$52,571
55	Surgical Technician	118	$46,269
56	Administrative Support Specialist	112	$29,916
57	Central Sterilization Technician	111	$32,368
58	Patient Services Manager	111	$70,537
59	Medical Technologist	109	$46,019
60	Sales Associate	107	$27,949
61	Registered Health Nurse	101	$59,626
62	Executive Assistant	100	$37,983
63	Associate Professor Of Neurology And Attending Physician	98	$86,266
64	Crew Member	98	$20,175
65	Program Assistant	98	$29,546
66	Adjunct Assistant Professor	95	$98,913
67	Physical Therapist	91	$68,661
68	Radiologist	91	$287,426
69	Assistant Manager	89	$38,379
70	Specialist	88	$52,876
71	Department Chairperson	87	$86,058
72	Administrative Specialist	83	$33,525
73	Teacher	81	$35,906
74	Business Analyst	80	$67,182
75	Emergency Department Registered Nurse	80	$82,721
76	Security Officer	80	$25,935
77	Clinical Medical Assistant	79	$28,807
78	Massage Therapist	78	$44,901
79	Pharmacist	78	$132,643
80	Associate Dean	75	$102,064
81	Program Coordinator	75	$40,445
82	Executive Director	74	$88,288
83	Shift Leader	74	$30,264
84	Assistant Director Of Development	72	$76,881
85	Assistant Store Manager	72	$44,671
86	Academic Adviser	70	$38,882
87	Utility Worker	67	$27,568
88	Anesthesia Technician	66	$32,895
89	Baker	66	$23,329
90	Extension Agent	66	$38,269
91	Assistant	65	$31,778
92	Registered Nurse Manager	65	$57,513
93	Anesthesiologist	64	$304,936
94	Internship	62	$29,330
95	Associate Professor Of Management	61	$76,705
96	Coordinator	60	$39,063
97	Clinical Social Worker	58	$53,487
98	Ground Worker	58	$27,052
99	Administrative Support	57	$36,137
100	Supervisor	56	$45,102