What are the most in demand jobs in Iowa City, IA?

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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 Iowa City, IA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Iowa City have a particular interest in staff nurses.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Iowa City, IA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Iowa City? Turns out the most in demand job in Iowa City is staff nurse with 346 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Iowa City

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

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 Iowa City, IA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Staff Nurse	346	$44,593
2	Physician	310	$208,273
3	Registered Nurse	281	$50,697
4	Customer Service Representative	253	$28,941
5	Postdoctoral Scholar	240	$46,224
6	Call Center Representative	222	$27,196
7	Certified Nursing Assistant	219	$27,387
8	Sales Associate	168	$28,069
9	Medical Assistant	143	$31,593
10	Delivery Driver	133	$35,264
11	Sales Representative	130	$55,875
12	Assistant Manager	125	$28,587
13	Shift Leader	119	$27,944
14	General Manager	110	$61,798
15	Licensed Practical Nurse	105	$43,254
16	Senior Software Engineer	103	$78,223
17	Teacher	100	$41,040
18	Faculty	99	$65,806
19	Clerk	92	$30,735
20	Crew Member	88	$22,471
21	Shift Supervisor	87	$36,687
22	Research Assistant	86	$35,024
23	Family Medicine Physician	83	$184,848
24	Truck Driver	83	$56,189
25	Account Manager	80	$45,761
26	Emergency Medicine Physician	79	$158,840
27	Inside Sales Representative	78	$34,017
28	Certified Public Accountant	77	$58,871
29	Clinical Medical Assistant	76	$32,887
30	Cashier	74	$23,993
31	Truck Driver Class A	74	$55,998
32	Custodian	73	$24,307
33	Life Insurance Agent	72	$77,559
34	Family Practice Physician	69	$186,531
35	Hospitalist Physician	67	$227,979
36	Imaging Technologist	67	$39,231
37	Certified Pharmacist Technician	65	$34,262
38	Barista	63	$24,514
39	Associate	61	$59,674
40	Telephone Sales Representative	60	$25,454
41	CDL Class A Driver	59	$56,836
42	Warehouse Associate	59	$26,727
43	Specialist	58	$45,804
44	Student Internship	58	$28,022
45	Customer Care Agent	57	$24,544
46	Internship	57	$26,998
47	CDL Driver	56	$49,838
48	Operating Room Nurse	54	$91,925
49	Automotive Technician	52	$30,114
50	Company Driver	52	$63,050
51	Store Associate	52	$27,981
52	Administrative Services Coordinator	51	$37,893
53	Food Service Worker	51	$22,444
54	Owner/Operator	51	$179,472
55	Assistant Restaurant Manager	50	$40,347
56	Lecturer	50	$54,008
57	Bilingual Customer Service	49	$28,471
58	Cook	49	$23,858
59	Health Insurance Agent	49	$60,774
60	Internal Medicine Physician	47	$231,376
61	Driver Trainer	46	$45,933
62	Physical Therapist	46	$62,909
63	Psychiatric Nursing Assistant	45	$29,563
64	Technical Support Representative	45	$32,201
65	Account Executive	43	$52,226
66	Customer Service Associate	43	$26,620
67	Bilingual Sales Representative	42	$36,443
68	Packer	41	$30,872
69	Customer Care Advocate	40	$30,106
70	Applications Developer	39	$64,487
71	Call Center Agent	39	$28,377
72	Driver/Owner Operator	39	$84,750
73	Order Selector	39	$35,407
74	Visiting Assistant Professor	39	$72,609
75	Member Service Representative	38	$25,820
76	Architect	37	$62,671
77	Clinical Technician	37	$30,478
78	Customer Support Specialist	37	$30,483
79	Retail Merchandiser	37	$26,485
80	Server	37	$21,712
81	Assistant Store Manager	36	$30,619
82	Bookkeeper	36	$34,392
83	Laboratory Technician	36	$33,472
84	Brand Ambassador	35	$29,972
85	Customer Care Representative	35	$29,131
86	Maintenance Technician	35	$42,880
87	Express Clerk	34	$30,388
88	Manufacturing Team Member	34	$30,105
89	Accountant	33	$43,103
90	Real Estate Agent	33	$94,558
91	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	33	$74,943
92	Over The Road Driver	32	$61,403
93	Assistant Professor	31	$107,326
94	Cab Driver	31	$42,182
95	Driver	31	$30,047
96	Project Manager	31	$73,850
97	Store Manager	31	$41,014
98	Bartender	30	$19,291
99	Customer Support Technician	30	$33,130
100	Hair Stylist	30	$37,126