What are the most in demand jobs in Lakewood, CA?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Lakewood, CA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Lakewood? Turns out the most in demand job in Lakewood is sales associate with 357 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Lakewood

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

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 Lakewood, CA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Sales Associate	357	$37,275
2	Registered Nurse	271	$94,391
3	Shift Supervisor	158	$44,356
4	Assistant Manager	148	$49,837
5	Telemetry Registered Nurse	145	$100,918
6	Cashier	131	$26,893
7	Store Associate	118	$29,555
8	Delivery Driver	105	$40,672
9	Store Manager	90	$49,208
10	Massage Therapist	74	$49,384
11	Barista	70	$25,610
12	Certified Nursing Assistant	68	$30,888
13	General Manager	67	$107,005
14	Manufacturing Team Member	67	$32,131
15	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	67	$89,433
16	Server	58	$31,361
17	Security Officer	56	$32,640
18	Associate	54	$62,749
19	Pharmacist Technician	54	$43,941
20	Licensed Optician	51	$33,454
21	Restaurant Associate	49	$38,149
22	Teacher	48	$53,898
23	Assistant Store Manager	47	$37,859
24	Restaurant Manager	47	$49,751
25	Surgical Technician	46	$63,980
26	Prep Cook	45	$29,498
27	Retail Sales Consultant	43	$38,922
28	Crew Member	38	$27,907
29	Finance Advisor	38	$75,625
30	Line Cook	38	$31,655
31	Shift Leader	38	$34,200
32	Key Holder	36	$29,844
33	Operations Associate	35	$63,410
34	Sales Leader	34	$86,775
35	Service Representative	33	$36,185
36	Cook	32	$30,123
37	Bartender	31	$28,228
38	Endoscopy Registered Nurse	31	$126,896
39	Hair Stylist	30	$32,017
40	Sales Consultant	30	$79,779
41	Per Diem Interpreter	29	$48,708
42	Instructional Aide	28	$32,317
43	Parts Delivery Driver	28	$30,406
44	Per Diem Physical Therapist	28	$106,864
45	Receiving Associate	28	$32,293
46	Sales Associate And Customer Service	28	$34,196
47	Assistant General Manager	27	$58,609
48	Assistant Restaurant Manager	26	$46,921
49	Physician Assistant	26	$130,409
50	Support Team Member	26	$31,479
51	Associate Retailer	25	$29,301
52	Baker	25	$30,383
53	Clinic Registered Nurse	25	$94,702
54	Department Supervisor	25	$58,728
55	Student Internship	25	$38,972
56	Freight Receiver	24	$28,705
57	Area Supervisor	23	$38,339
58	Assets Protection Specialist	23	$47,698
59	Esthetician	23	$35,839
60	Group Fitness Instructor	23	$49,769
61	House Supervisor	23	$82,042
62	In-Stock Associate	23	$26,781
63	Lot Associate	23	$33,465
64	Personal Trainer	23	$48,685
65	Customer Service Representative	22	$32,230
66	Kitchen And Bath Designer	22	$52,672
67	Speech Therapist	22	$72,456
68	Store Protection Specialist	22	$33,898
69	Alarm Technician	21	$44,519
70	Asset Protection Associate	21	$36,089
71	Outside Sales	21	$57,724
72	Registered Nurse In The ICU	21	$99,108
73	Sales Service Coordinator	21	$44,115
74	Support	21	$48,944
75	Tool Repair Technician	21	$49,713
76	Beauty Advisor	20	$51,477
77	Commissioned Sales Associate	20	$55,831
78	Medical Assistant	20	$34,142
79	Owner/Operator	20	$187,213
80	Registered Nurse Case Manager	20	$101,576
81	Event Specialist	19	$45,130
82	Kids Club Attendant	19	$30,343
83	Laboratory Assistant	19	$33,358
84	Optometrist	19	$173,017
85	Real Estate Agent	19	$94,372
86	Service Team Member	19	$31,015
87	Stocker	19	$31,888
88	Teller	19	$29,692
89	Cab Driver	18	$38,321
90	Cashier Associate	18	$30,479
91	Coach	18	$51,080
92	Host/Hostess	18	$25,276
93	Pet Groomer	18	$29,842
94	Seasonal Associate	18	$29,617
95	Shift Manager	18	$34,458
96	Assistant Retail Store Manager	17	$48,092
97	Footwear Sales Associate	17	$34,073
98	Meat Cutter	17	$28,503
99	Retail Sales Lead	17	$33,166
100	Server Assistant	17	$25,478