What are the most in demand jobs in Charleston, WV?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Charleston, WV are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Charleston? Turns out the most in demand job in Charleston is registered nurse with 763 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Charleston

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

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 Charleston, WV

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	763	$60,691
2	Sales Associate	470	$35,205
3	Physician	290	$225,656
4	Customer Service Representative	211	$23,890
5	Substitute Teacher	188	$23,900
6	Emergency Medicine Physician	146	$136,937
7	Assistant Manager	145	$26,445
8	Cashier	142	$22,308
9	Server	140	$24,012
10	Store Manager	137	$34,869
11	Licensed Practical Nurse	134	$42,299
12	Certified Public Accountant	125	$58,729
13	Account Executive	123	$49,170
14	Delivery Driver	120	$30,054
15	Shift Supervisor	113	$26,820
16	Certified Nursing Assistant	109	$25,590
17	Assistant Store Manager	106	$35,091
18	Truck Driver	106	$59,564
19	Hospitalist Physician	105	$217,629
20	General Manager	103	$63,424
21	Analyst	100	$57,211
22	Nurse	100	$41,165
23	Pre-K Teacher	99	$31,595
24	Life Management Teacher	97	$72,672
25	Medical Director	97	$228,130
26	Cook	86	$20,619
27	1st Grade Teacher	84	$38,544
28	Driver	74	$20,500
29	Pharmacist Technician	71	$37,023
30	Store Associate	68	$24,124
31	Teacher	68	$37,081
32	Engineer	67	$61,367
33	Office Assistant	67	$19,510
34	Housekeeper	62	$19,853
35	Physical Therapist	62	$63,750
36	Solutions Architect	60	$107,889
37	Assistant Professor	59	$74,009
38	Automotive Technician	59	$30,841
39	Crew Member	58	$27,594
40	Transportation Worker	58	$58,321
41	Account Manager	57	$67,077
42	Student Internship	57	$31,513
43	Business Analyst	56	$58,575
44	Security Officer	55	$22,810
45	Company Driver	52	$61,527
46	Principal	52	$102,271
47	Registered Nurse In The ICU	50	$79,723
48	Sales Consultant	50	$44,710
49	General Surgeon	48	$276,391
50	Respiratory Therapist	47	$49,932
51	Senior Engineer	47	$84,831
52	Barista	46	$23,209
53	Bartender	46	$20,781
54	Massage Therapist	46	$46,263
55	Cardiologist	45	$247,588
56	Gastroenterologist	45	$247,512
57	Program Instructor	45	$35,927
58	Associate	43	$40,209
59	Transportation Engineering Technician	43	$51,449
60	Account Auditor	42	$51,989
61	CDL Driver	42	$58,736
62	Family Practice Physician	41	$181,121
63	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	41	$70,082
64	Guest Service Representative	40	$18,027
65	Line Cook	40	$20,066
66	Owner/Operator	40	$145,419
67	Family Medicine Physician	39	$177,846
68	Manufacturing Team Member	39	$24,835
69	Shift Manager	39	$25,967
70	Nurse Practitioner	38	$68,861
71	Retail Clerk	38	$20,411
72	Solution Specialist	38	$65,061
73	Registered Nurse Case Manager	37	$49,594
74	Operations Associate	36	$44,012
75	Telemetry Registered Nurse	36	$94,237
76	Customer Service Trainer	35	$23,301
77	Driver/Owner Operator	35	$80,904
78	Sales Representative	35	$44,270
79	Accounting Technician	34	$31,236
80	Assistant Restaurant Manager	34	$37,122
81	Medical Assistant	34	$32,488
82	Account Specialist	32	$35,150
83	Administrative Assistant	32	$28,329
84	Department Manager	32	$39,283
85	In-Stock Associate	32	$23,646
86	Maintenance Technician	32	$41,738
87	Program Manager	32	$68,349
88	Senior Consultant	32	$83,992
89	Senior Contract Analyst	32	$67,916
90	Attorney	31	$78,120
91	Data Entry Operator	31	$24,590
92	Epidemiologist	31	$52,154
93	Field Service Technician	31	$45,319
94	Hair Stylist	31	$33,480
95	CDL Class A Driver	30	$55,426
96	Family Practitioner	30	$162,102
97	Information Systems Analyst	30	$54,069
98	Agent	29	$38,232
99	Car Detailer	29	$21,263
100	Clinical Specialist	29	$78,140