What are the most in demand jobs in Lake Charles, LA?

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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 Lake Charles, LA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Lake Charles have a particular interest in sales associates.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Lake Charles, LA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Lake Charles? Turns out the most in demand job in Lake Charles is sales associate with 521 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Lake Charles

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

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 Lake Charles, LA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Sales Associate	521	$37,612
2	Registered Nurse	501	$63,778
3	Licensed Practical Nurse	264	$45,298
4	Physician	218	$215,760
5	Assistant Manager	211	$37,897
6	Assistant Store Manager	209	$35,446
7	Cashier	202	$18,330
8	Security Officer	195	$23,795
9	Customer Service Representative	191	$23,116
10	Delivery Driver	171	$35,625
11	Certified Nursing Assistant	144	$21,427
12	Store Manager	140	$41,066
13	Shift Supervisor	134	$33,584
14	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	128	$64,161
15	Registered Nurse PRN	115	$72,066
16	Technician	109	$38,383
17	Account Executive	106	$50,912
18	Customer Service Associate	93	$24,174
19	Barista	91	$21,473
20	Cook	90	$20,620
21	Food Service Worker	83	$18,664
22	Sales Representative	81	$46,493
23	Bartender	75	$20,587
24	Opener	75	$24,011
25	Pharmacist Technician	75	$29,898
26	Retail Sales Consultant	75	$35,468
27	Driver	74	$23,626
28	Emergency Medicine Physician	74	$144,684
29	Registered Nurse In The ICU	73	$73,622
30	Associate	72	$43,451
31	Physical Therapist Assistant	72	$46,754
32	Field Service Technician	68	$53,535
33	Server	67	$22,475
34	In-Stock Associate	66	$21,279
35	Shift Leader	66	$24,883
36	Teacher	64	$38,896
37	Store Associate	63	$23,670
38	Manufacturing Team Member	62	$24,503
39	Occupational Therapist	60	$78,073
40	Shift Manager	60	$28,861
41	Speech Language Pathologist	60	$62,107
42	Sales Leader	59	$72,349
43	Emergency Medical Technician	58	$28,065
44	Software Engineer	58	$63,162
45	Truck Driver	58	$50,180
46	Owner/Operator	57	$169,652
47	General Manager	56	$60,347
48	Medical Assistant	55	$26,627
49	Physical Therapist	55	$67,861
50	Respiratory Therapist	55	$51,484
51	Assistant Restaurant Manager	54	$40,225
52	Hospitalist Physician	54	$224,769
53	Sales Consultant	54	$42,043
54	Specialist	52	$45,593
55	Retail Merchandiser	51	$23,278
56	Outside Sales Representative	49	$46,113
57	Finance Advisor	47	$65,153
58	Crew Person	46	$18,813
59	Driver/Owner Operator	46	$92,166
60	CDL Driver	44	$58,726
61	Key Holder	44	$27,428
62	Manager	43	$68,203
63	Associate Dentist	42	$113,356
64	Housekeeper	42	$19,881
65	Pharmacist	41	$118,428
66	Senior Software Engineer	41	$73,177
67	Restaurant General Manager	40	$54,819
68	Line Cook	39	$22,686
69	Maintenance Technician	39	$34,736
70	Management Trainee	39	$39,752
71	Merchandising Specialist	39	$33,484
72	Assets Protection Specialist	38	$34,951
73	Family Practice Physician	38	$182,991
74	Bilingual Interpreter	36	$39,795
75	Company Driver	36	$63,160
76	Restaurant Manager	36	$46,106
77	Electrical Engineer	35	$70,479
78	Event Specialist	35	$35,124
79	Merchandising Associate	35	$26,205
80	Parts Delivery Driver	35	$27,403
81	Engineer	34	$74,589
82	Home Health Aid	34	$22,755
83	Medical Coder	34	$35,231
84	Substitute Teacher	34	$29,142
85	Account Manager	33	$43,244
86	Associate Retailer	33	$22,774
87	Co-Manager	33	$80,539
88	Developer	33	$67,162
89	Associate Brand Manager	32	$75,158
90	Bus Person	32	$18,880
91	Car Washer	32	$19,758
92	Department Supervisor	32	$48,257
93	Over The Road Driver	32	$65,702
94	Patient Access Representative	32	$22,486
95	Sales Manager	32	$53,802
96	Sous Chef	32	$36,710
97	Assistant General Manager	31	$47,768
98	Handyman	31	$32,576
99	Operations Associate	31	$32,106
100	Pet Groomer	31	$20,972