What are the most in demand jobs in Houston, 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 Houston, TX actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Houston have a particular interest in registered nurses.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Houston, TX are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Houston? Turns out the most in demand job in Houston is registered nurse with 7,289 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Houston

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

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 Houston, TX

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	7,289	$65,663
2	Sales Associate	4,235	$35,417
3	Customer Service Representative	3,291	$25,741
4	Sales Representative	2,349	$51,584
5	Account Executive	2,309	$55,676
6	Project Manager	2,224	$83,603
7	General Manager	2,005	$67,346
8	Maintenance Technician	1,814	$35,207
9	Licensed Practical Nurse	1,813	$46,009
10	Security Officer	1,628	$25,638
11	Delivery Driver	1,612	$34,006
12	Support Team Member	1,598	$21,647
13	Cashier	1,562	$22,020
14	Software Engineer	1,527	$76,710
15	Medical Assistant	1,503	$28,745
16	Cook	1,399	$23,285
17	Assistant Manager	1,320	$44,776
18	Server	1,312	$21,990
19	Shift Supervisor	1,268	$35,663
20	Engineer	1,266	$76,387
21	Senior Software Engineer	1,263	$97,058
22	Administrative Assistant	1,254	$29,114
23	Housekeeper	1,244	$21,243
24	Sales Consultant	1,244	$58,285
25	Store Manager	1,209	$47,931
26	Registered Nurse PRN	1,193	$81,726
27	Account Manager	1,191	$57,936
28	Senior Associate	1,156	$77,519
29	Barista	1,154	$21,530
30	Service Technician	1,121	$39,455
31	Restaurant Manager	1,111	$52,272
32	Assistant Store Manager	1,084	$36,943
33	Field Service Technician	1,077	$64,424
34	Pharmacist Technician	1,053	$33,368
35	Patient Care Technician	1,050	$28,924
36	Manager	1,035	$79,847
37	Sales Manager	1,025	$79,353
38	Senior Project Manager	1,006	$106,251
39	Crew Member	1,001	$21,782
40	Surgical Technician	1,000	$54,196
41	Specialist	998	$59,416
42	Solutions Architect	992	$93,133
43	Associate	989	$48,824
44	Technician	976	$34,613
45	Business Development Manager	971	$89,674
46	Service Representative	966	$30,686
47	Developer	964	$84,184
48	Senior Manager	963	$109,751
49	Shift Manager	959	$30,235
50	Faculty	928	$52,231
51	Adjunct Faculty	923	$55,424
52	Physician	881	$212,951
53	Senior Consultant	878	$96,442
54	Patient Care Assistant	869	$22,037
55	Software Developer	866	$81,816
56	Business Analyst	860	$60,783
57	Sales Professional	857	$65,798
58	Speech Language Pathologist	853	$61,815
59	Research Assistant	832	$39,921
60	Internship	827	$31,958
61	Project Engineer	815	$81,343
62	Registered Nurse In The ICU	812	$87,184
63	Tax Manager	799	$88,560
64	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	790	$75,910
65	Store Assistant	769	$27,694
66	Driver	756	$27,601
67	Senior Accountant	755	$66,892
68	Architect	754	$83,149
69	Construction Manager	751	$79,209
70	Finance Analyst	745	$59,744
71	Warehouse Associate	738	$27,247
72	Consultant	735	$73,270
73	Clinical Research Nurse	721	$54,969
74	Accountant	709	$49,958
75	Analyst	704	$63,824
76	Food Service Worker	700	$19,658
77	Store Associate	699	$24,239
78	Operations Manager	687	$74,412
79	Automotive Technician	682	$40,708
80	Teacher	681	$45,254
81	Shift Leader	677	$33,725
82	Physical Therapist	672	$71,421
83	Representative	655	$42,295
84	Data Analyst	646	$61,779
85	Medical Technologist	637	$44,839
86	Program Manager	637	$81,000
87	Customer Service Associate	621	$26,710
88	Service Manager	618	$83,777
89	Occupational Therapist	612	$69,657
90	Sales Specialist	607	$64,707
91	Team Leader	563	$61,288
92	Buyer	562	$42,738
93	Area Supervisor	560	$43,744
94	Coordinator	553	$52,352
95	Bartender	549	$22,488
96	Physician Assistant	544	$106,301
97	Electrical Engineer	521	$78,206
98	Receptionist	521	$25,702
99	Outside Sales Representative	514	$48,083
100	Senior Administrative Assistant	514	$40,242