What are the most in demand jobs in Fort Lauderdale, FL?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Fort Lauderdale, FL are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Fort Lauderdale? Turns out the most in demand job in Fort Lauderdale is registered nurse with 2,155 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Fort Lauderdale

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

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 Fort Lauderdale, FL

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	2,155	$52,246
2	Sales Representative	1,051	$41,113
3	Physician	979	$193,115
4	Sales Associate	899	$34,001
5	Shift Supervisor	670	$36,916
6	Security Officer	582	$23,221
7	Server	579	$21,916
8	Barista	540	$21,245
9	Sales Consultant	534	$44,305
10	Account Executive	439	$48,986
11	Cook	435	$25,396
12	Customer Service Representative	427	$24,608
13	Cashier	408	$22,727
14	Software Developer	397	$69,453
15	Principal Consultant	353	$95,352
16	Life Insurance Agent	347	$60,706
17	Software Engineer	333	$66,321
18	Licensed Practical Nurse	332	$43,843
19	Crew Member	315	$20,196
20	Senior Software Engineer	312	$87,620
21	Bartender	291	$21,737
22	Project Manager	276	$69,589
23	Delivery Driver	249	$32,565
24	Solutions Architect	247	$85,581
25	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	246	$56,126
26	Physical Therapist	244	$63,757
27	Clinical Research Nurse	235	$52,834
28	Administrative Assistant	234	$30,479
29	Speech Language Pathologist	226	$61,350
30	Engineer	225	$67,008
31	Assistant Manager	222	$36,647
32	Driver	221	$21,569
33	General Manager	219	$58,117
34	Certified Nursing Assistant	211	$24,877
35	Patient Care Technician	209	$21,832
36	Automotive Technician	206	$33,652
37	Patient Access Representative	203	$26,608
38	Pharmacist Technician	197	$29,401
39	Senior Associate	195	$63,655
40	Respiratory Therapist	194	$53,852
41	Housekeeper	191	$22,170
42	Health Insurance Agent	190	$50,756
43	Shift Leader	190	$29,783
44	Technician	190	$33,590
45	Internal Medicine Physician	186	$204,128
46	Assistant Store Manager	182	$35,660
47	Room Attendant	182	$23,008
48	Teacher	181	$36,982
49	Consultant	167	$59,622
50	Product Manager	167	$69,431
51	Store Manager	166	$42,856
52	Devops Engineer	165	$77,443
53	Maintenance Technician	161	$32,226
54	Shift Manager	161	$27,840
55	Customer Service Associate	158	$25,206
56	Medical Assistant	158	$28,626
57	Associate	153	$47,945
58	Family Practice Physician	150	$172,248
59	Telemetry Registered Nurse	146	$70,623
60	Care Associate	145	$32,463
61	Specialist	143	$43,110
62	Store Associate	142	$25,049
63	Guest Services Agent	140	$27,418
64	Construction Manager	137	$59,840
65	Host/Hostess	135	$23,015
66	Department Manager	134	$56,162
67	Paramedic	133	$39,235
68	Line Cook	132	$27,352
69	Family Medicine Physician	131	$179,844
70	Developer	129	$74,041
71	Sales Manager	129	$65,749
72	Senior Manager	128	$93,023
73	Massage Therapist	127	$42,780
74	Account Manager	119	$50,010
75	Busser	117	$21,023
76	Field Service Technician	113	$53,569
77	Business Analyst	112	$51,462
78	Information Technology Project Manager	109	$78,868
79	Medical Office Assistant	107	$27,908
80	Registered Nurse In The ICU	106	$76,232
81	Senior Tax Associate	106	$75,704
82	Data Analyst	105	$46,638
83	Primary Care Physician	103	$192,084
84	Receptionist	103	$26,154
85	Supervisor	103	$48,395
86	Assistant General Manager	101	$49,114
87	Radiologic Technician	101	$41,956
88	Substitute Teacher	100	$21,656
89	Hospitalist Physician	98	$185,775
90	Senior Project Manager	98	$88,591
91	Director	96	$72,707
92	Restaurant General Manager	96	$49,004
93	Technical Sales Representative	96	$62,046
94	Legal Assistant	95	$34,997
95	Hair Stylist	92	$34,187
96	Service Technician	92	$37,760
97	Certified Public Accountant	91	$68,816
98	Accounts Payable Clerk	90	$32,464
99	Data Engineer	90	$78,120
100	Coordinator	87	$38,735