What are the most in demand jobs in Harrisonburg, VA?

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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 Harrisonburg, VA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Harrisonburg have a particular interest in food service workers.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Harrisonburg, VA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Harrisonburg? Turns out the most in demand job in Harrisonburg is food service worker with 496 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Harrisonburg

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

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 Harrisonburg, VA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Food Service Worker	496	$19,254
2	Registered Nurse	446	$62,531
3	Sales Associate	290	$32,044
4	Cashier	233	$20,636
5	Cook	174	$26,063
6	Support Team Member	162	$21,616
7	Customer Service Representative	155	$26,652
8	Classifier	137	$44,362
9	Delivery Driver	118	$34,292
10	Shift Supervisor	117	$38,687
11	Store Manager	116	$48,875
12	Server	115	$25,832
13	Assistant Store Manager	99	$47,074
14	Licensed Practical Nurse	97	$42,834
15	Restaurant Manager	90	$48,241
16	Barista	88	$23,507
17	Shift Manager	83	$32,689
18	Physician	82	$202,549
19	Physical Therapist	78	$70,760
20	Shift Leader	77	$38,282
21	Assistant Manager	75	$42,330
22	Registered Nurse PRN	75	$75,361
23	Certified Nursing Assistant	70	$27,895
24	Pharmacist Technician	70	$31,070
25	Utility Worker	66	$30,259
26	Automotive Technician	65	$44,880
27	Life Insurance Agent	61	$78,627
28	Occupational Therapist	60	$73,141
29	Customer Service Associate	58	$30,445
30	Teacher	58	$46,631
31	Operations Associate	57	$46,333
32	Lead Cook	56	$27,253
33	Speech Language Pathologist	55	$68,180
34	Student Internship	53	$31,295
35	Associate	52	$46,271
36	Crew Member	51	$23,724
37	Driver	50	$30,703
38	Health Insurance Agent	50	$62,092
39	Housekeeper	50	$22,201
40	Store Associate	50	$25,250
41	Line Cook	48	$23,702
42	Manufacturing Team Member	47	$22,107
43	Restaurant General Manager	47	$57,391
44	Hair Stylist	45	$36,738
45	Nurse	45	$61,062
46	Delivery Truck Driver	43	$60,809
47	Bartender	42	$22,898
48	Forklift Operator	42	$28,201
49	Maintenance Technician	42	$39,901
50	Sales Supervisor	42	$51,618
51	Housekeeping Worker	41	$22,677
52	Nurse Case Manager	41	$73,752
53	Prep Cook	41	$20,267
54	Security Officer	40	$29,968
55	Care Partner	39	$25,868
56	Assistant General Manager	38	$60,913
57	Executive Chef	37	$55,812
58	Outside Sales Representative	37	$52,713
59	Physical Therapist Assistant	37	$50,002
60	Forestry Technician	36	$38,572
61	General Manager	36	$79,963
62	Medical Director	35	$204,197
63	Engineer	34	$78,610
64	Home Health Aid	33	$21,417
65	Associate Retailer	32	$24,218
66	Retail Sales Consultant	32	$34,518
67	Department Supervisor	31	$53,650
68	General Dentist	31	$128,752
69	In-Stock Associate	31	$23,887
70	Truck Driver	31	$58,103
71	Assistant Professor	30	$89,373
72	Assistant Restaurant Manager	30	$44,310
73	Operations Manager	30	$88,250
74	Production Specialist	30	$38,582
75	Actuarial Analyst	29	$73,792
76	Business Analyst	29	$73,510
77	CDL Class A Driver	29	$63,203
78	Licensed Optician	29	$31,343
79	Registered Nurse In The ICU	29	$86,318
80	Sales Associate And Customer Service	29	$23,571
81	Baker	28	$24,308
82	Research Scientist	28	$72,733
83	Laboratory Technician	27	$37,639
84	Material Handler	27	$25,849
85	Parts Delivery Driver	27	$25,705
86	Service Agent	27	$21,299
87	Service Worker	27	$24,667
88	Physician Assistant	26	$107,521
89	Nurse Technician	25	$37,298
90	Radiologic Technician	25	$52,841
91	Senior Consultant	25	$99,947
92	Account Executive	24	$64,529
93	Customer Service Specialist	24	$28,184
94	Home Health Assistant	24	$21,405
95	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	24	$77,165
96	Sales Manager	24	$104,638
97	Salon Manager	24	$45,239
98	Event Specialist	23	$44,385
99	Processor	23	$35,380
100	Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant	22	$44,714