What are the most in demand jobs in Grand Prairie, TX?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Grand Prairie, TX are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Grand Prairie? Turns out the most in demand job in Grand Prairie is sales associate with 639 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Grand Prairie

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

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 Grand Prairie, TX

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Sales Associate	639	$35,086
2	Integration And Test Engineer	554	$84,643
3	Customer Service Representative	416	$25,604
4	Delivery Driver	302	$34,226
5	Registered Nurse	283	$67,688
6	Shift Supervisor	278	$34,716
7	Embedded Software Engineer	250	$82,761
8	Maintenance Technician	230	$35,551
9	Warehouse Associate	212	$27,426
10	Assistant Store Manager	201	$36,617
11	Finance Analyst	198	$59,669
12	Material Handler	189	$25,057
13	Manufacturing Planner	172	$58,141
14	Assistant Manager	166	$43,078
15	General Manager	160	$66,986
16	Support Team Member	156	$22,146
17	Quality Assurance Engineer	155	$70,137
18	Program Planner	142	$49,676
19	Cashier	137	$21,792
20	Shift Leader	136	$32,487
21	Manufacturing Team Member	123	$23,029
22	Security Officer	121	$26,370
23	Certified Nursing Assistant	118	$24,093
24	Cook	117	$23,289
25	Manufacturing Engineer	115	$72,403
26	CDL Class A Driver	111	$62,667
27	Nanny	111	$21,158
28	Senior Quality Assurance Engineer	110	$82,247
29	Requirements Engineer	108	$86,541
30	Electronic Assembly Technician	105	$26,653
31	Store Assistant	101	$27,181
32	Licensed Practical Nurse	100	$44,978
33	Store Manager	100	$47,444
34	Warehouse Worker	100	$25,579
35	Aircraft Technician	98	$48,537
36	Barista	94	$21,945
37	Door Assembler	89	$28,695
38	Technician	89	$34,163
39	Machine Operator	88	$24,502
40	Maintenance Machinist	87	$41,917
41	Teacher	87	$44,371
42	Sales Representative	83	$52,441
43	Controls Engineer	82	$90,254
44	Senior Embedded Software Engineer	79	$99,352
45	Server	78	$21,407
46	Senior Electrical Engineer	77	$101,512
47	Restaurant Manager	76	$52,527
48	Simulation Engineer	76	$102,556
49	Staff Electrical Engineer	75	$91,332
50	Truck Driver	75	$45,978
51	Diesel Mechanic	72	$45,945
52	Medical Director	71	$224,358
53	Software Engineer	70	$75,044
54	Electrical Engineer	69	$78,365
55	Staff Engineer	69	$68,994
56	Pharmacist Technician	68	$33,066
57	Production Worker	67	$23,814
58	Representative	67	$38,339
59	Truck Driver Class A	66	$56,994
60	Subcontracts Manager	64	$105,404
61	Internship	63	$30,767
62	Massage Therapist	63	$46,431
63	Senior Manufacturing Engineer	63	$90,191
64	Sheet Metal Fabricator	62	$29,757
65	Area Supervisor	61	$43,157
66	Mechanical Inspector	61	$40,599
67	Administrative Assistant	59	$29,427
68	CDL Driver	59	$53,148
69	Senior Electrical Design Engineer	58	$107,124
70	Crew Member	57	$21,941
71	Business Analyst	56	$62,413
72	Project Manager	56	$82,876
73	Store Associate	56	$24,211
74	Supplier Quality Engineer	56	$90,425
75	Assistant General Manager	55	$53,678
76	Registered Nurse Supervisor	55	$65,354
77	Electrical Engineer Lead	54	$112,893
78	Forklift Operator	54	$26,397
79	Floor Supervisor	53	$31,238
80	Senior Mechanical Designer	52	$101,409
81	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	51	$79,894
82	Associate Retailer	50	$23,639
83	Sitter	50	$15,650
84	Customer Service Associate	49	$26,149
85	Nurse Case Manager	49	$71,441
86	Route Driver	49	$40,605
87	Associate Electrical Engineer	47	$64,800
88	Senior Staff Systems Engineer	47	$111,379
89	Medical Assistant	46	$28,994
90	Outside Sales Representative	46	$50,224
91	Department Supervisor	45	$53,171
92	Subcontract Administrator	45	$75,121
93	Quality Engineer	44	$76,722
94	Tutor	44	$35,812
95	Housekeeper	43	$21,406
96	Assistant Manager Of Operations	42	$57,448
97	Associate Software Engineer	42	$79,398
98	Lead Customer Service Representative	42	$32,731
99	Store Protection Specialist	42	$28,294
100	Contract Negotiator	41	$52,154