What are the most in demand jobs in Knoxville, TN?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Knoxville, TN are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Knoxville? Turns out the most in demand job in Knoxville is clinic registered nurse with 1,404 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Knoxville

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

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 Knoxville, TN

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Clinic Registered Nurse	1,404	$61,933
2	Registered Nurse	1,330	$61,119
3	Sales Associate	1,108	$36,483
4	Certified Nursing Assistant	921	$25,924
5	Physician	821	$225,966
6	Shift Leader	784	$28,461
7	Customer Service Representative	744	$25,686
8	Licensed Practical Nurse	655	$41,539
9	Assistant Manager	603	$31,714
10	Housekeeper	600	$21,834
11	Delivery Driver	571	$36,304
12	Food Service Worker	565	$20,163
13	Server	547	$21,839
14	Clinical Research Nurse	518	$43,259
15	General Manager	479	$59,674
16	Patient Care Assistant	469	$24,386
17	Shift Manager	465	$24,879
18	Pharmacist Technician	413	$32,056
19	Cook	405	$23,721
20	Store Manager	395	$41,886
21	Crew Member	380	$23,815
22	Cashier	378	$22,023
23	Surgical Technician	345	$46,544
24	Shift Supervisor	344	$34,281
25	Manufacturing Team Member	343	$24,633
26	Retail Cashier	327	$25,526
27	Account Representative	298	$31,957
28	Student Nurse	298	$27,087
29	Medical Assistant	294	$28,265
30	Assistant Store Manager	276	$41,345
31	Barista	275	$22,471
32	Maintenance Technician	271	$38,061
33	Account Executive	267	$55,631
34	Support Team Member	262	$23,260
35	Department Manager	245	$45,070
36	Teacher	232	$40,356
37	Customer Service Associate	229	$25,392
38	Restaurant General Manager	225	$48,740
39	Postdoctoral Research Associate	224	$46,491
40	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	221	$71,147
41	Driver	214	$23,839
42	Unit Secretary	213	$26,426
43	Assistant General Manager	208	$51,519
44	Sales Representative	198	$47,632
45	Service Technician	193	$32,830
46	Emergency Medical Technician	191	$40,704
47	Store Associate	191	$24,820
48	Maintenance Person	183	$23,967
49	Physical Therapist	181	$63,337
50	Sales Consultant	179	$43,881
51	Associate	178	$39,990
52	Automotive Technician	176	$37,963
53	Security Officer	172	$24,143
54	Team Leader	170	$52,175
55	Retail Sales Consultant	163	$37,366
56	Warehouse Associate	163	$25,283
57	Staff Nurse	162	$49,988
58	Restaurant Manager	161	$37,239
59	Technician	158	$30,996
60	Machine Operator	157	$26,656
61	Nurse	156	$40,190
62	Patient Service Representative	152	$26,781
63	Truck Driver	151	$54,581
64	Cardiologist	148	$272,800
65	Line Cook	144	$23,052
66	Oncology Registered Nurse	144	$80,039
67	Registered Health Nurse	131	$63,528
68	Service Team Member	130	$19,412
69	Family Practice Physician	127	$185,539
70	Material Handler	124	$25,561
71	Registered Nurse PRN	120	$61,975
72	Phlebotomist	119	$29,762
73	Home Health Aid	116	$22,624
74	Outside Sales Representative	115	$48,870
75	Bartender	114	$19,765
76	Certified Public Accountant	114	$61,017
77	Warehouse Worker	112	$25,767
78	Merchandiser	111	$26,278
79	Neurologist	111	$184,622
80	Administrative Assistant	110	$28,881
81	Receptionist	109	$24,435
82	Family Medicine Physician	108	$205,265
83	Laboratory Technician	108	$32,873
84	Laboratory Assistant	102	$25,799
85	Order Selector	102	$34,780
86	Prep Cook	102	$23,662
87	Family Practitioner	100	$186,768
88	Life Insurance Agent	98	$76,135
89	Sales Leader	98	$70,027
90	Specialist	97	$45,063
91	Account Manager	94	$41,097
92	Respiratory Therapist	94	$52,203
93	Analyst	92	$57,653
94	Forklift Operator	89	$26,474
95	Medical Technologist	89	$45,494
96	Retail Merchandiser	89	$24,200
97	Occupational Therapist	88	$67,510
98	Health Insurance Agent	87	$45,740
99	Registered Nurse In The ICU	87	$88,158
100	Internal Medicine Physician	85	$232,614