What are the most in demand jobs in Jackson, MS?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Jackson, MS are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Jackson? Turns out the most in demand job in Jackson is registered nurse with 1,368 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Jackson

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

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 Jackson, MS

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	1,368	$58,903
2	Licensed Practical Nurse	463	$43,470
3	Registered Nurse PRN	362	$67,216
4	Sales Associate	343	$37,600
5	Physician	338	$182,245
6	Staff Nurse	317	$48,687
7	Certified Nursing Assistant	255	$21,499
8	Shift Manager	231	$28,083
9	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	225	$70,148
10	Customer Service Representative	221	$21,658
11	Medical Technologist	220	$42,442
12	Delivery Driver	216	$34,294
13	Substitute Teacher	202	$22,263
14	Registered Nurse In The ICU	201	$84,158
15	Truck Driver	187	$55,564
16	General Manager	179	$38,315
17	Account Executive	177	$44,726
18	Assistant Manager	177	$23,815
19	Food Service Worker	161	$20,489
20	Department Manager	153	$42,451
21	Manufacturing Team Member	149	$26,134
22	Pharmacist Technician	149	$42,907
23	Cashier	148	$18,552
24	Surgical Technician	148	$54,126
25	Maintenance Technician	145	$34,827
26	Driver	139	$26,668
27	Cook	131	$19,122
28	Shift Supervisor	119	$27,155
29	Certified Public Accountant	118	$56,392
30	Maintenance Person	114	$24,727
31	1st Grade Teacher	111	$33,171
32	Life Management Teacher	109	$67,795
33	Server	106	$23,245
34	Senior Engineer	102	$81,371
35	Store Manager	101	$34,342
36	Automotive Technician	100	$30,662
37	Hospitalist Physician	97	$199,620
38	Engineer	95	$68,158
39	Pre-K Teacher	95	$29,589
40	Assistant Store Manager	93	$31,692
41	Sales Representative	93	$53,145
42	Respiratory Therapist	89	$50,134
43	Telemetry Registered Nurse	88	$88,457
44	Analyst	86	$51,035
45	Medical Laboratory Technician	86	$49,481
46	Solutions Architect	85	$94,098
47	Account Manager	82	$38,892
48	Support Team Member	82	$21,703
49	Sales Consultant	80	$40,840
50	CDL Driver	78	$59,556
51	Company Driver	76	$62,826
52	Patient Care Assistant	73	$21,173
53	Registered Health Nurse	73	$64,102
54	Barista	72	$21,709
55	Phlebotomist	72	$27,258
56	Clinic Registered Nurse	70	$64,147
57	Crew Member	70	$20,180
58	Customer Service Associate	70	$26,807
59	Family Practice Physician	70	$168,454
60	Housekeeper	70	$22,004
61	Operations Manager	70	$47,037
62	Health Insurance Agent	69	$54,830
63	Specialist	68	$40,782
64	Truck Driver Class A	68	$55,295
65	Emergency Medicine Physician	65	$148,500
66	Teacher	65	$35,097
67	Care Associate	64	$24,549
68	Internal Medicine Physician	64	$233,476
69	Business Analyst	63	$54,533
70	Family Practitioner	63	$162,513
71	Owner/Operator	63	$170,777
72	Sales Associate And Customer Service	63	$23,951
73	Massage Therapist	62	$45,041
74	CDL Class A Driver	60	$67,009
75	Security Officer	60	$21,427
76	Service Specialist	60	$36,203
77	Student Internship	60	$29,494
78	Pediatric Physician Assistant	59	$195,957
79	Billing Specialist	58	$28,616
80	Program Instructor	58	$41,020
81	Physical Therapist	56	$68,738
82	Registered Nurse Case Manager	56	$56,248
83	Solution Specialist	56	$67,737
84	Speech Language Pathologist	56	$70,849
85	Life Insurance Agent	55	$68,468
86	Radiologic Technician	55	$50,058
87	Assistant General Manager	54	$36,105
88	Field Service Technician	54	$39,349
89	Pharmacist	54	$118,759
90	Team Leader	54	$45,080
91	Accounts Receivable Specialist	53	$33,636
92	Administrative Assistant	53	$27,646
93	Principal	53	$87,251
94	Shift Leader	52	$28,490
95	Unit Secretary	52	$35,436
96	Medical Coder	51	$34,615
97	Customer Service Technician	50	$26,201
98	Project Manager	48	$54,713
99	Driver/Owner Operator	46	$101,044
100	Family Medicine Physician	43	$172,891