What are the most in demand jobs in New Bedford, MA?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in New Bedford, MA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in New Bedford? Turns out the most in demand job in New Bedford is registered nurse with 334 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in New Bedford

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

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 New Bedford, MA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	334	$72,392
2	Physician	322	$189,755
3	Certified Nursing Assistant	199	$32,890
4	Physical Therapist	185	$76,937
5	Customer Service Representative	163	$32,371
6	Sales Associate	151	$37,740
7	Internal Medicine Physician	148	$214,162
8	Pharmacist Technician	124	$35,149
9	Delivery Driver	113	$40,495
10	Licensed Practical Nurse	105	$48,951
11	General Manager	101	$84,021
12	Hospitalist Physician	96	$184,393
13	Family Medicine Physician	93	$181,155
14	Emergency Medicine Physician	92	$159,912
15	Teacher	92	$56,543
16	Shift Supervisor	84	$32,437
17	Group Worker	79	$32,724
18	Teller	79	$29,080
19	Family Practice Physician	77	$168,309
20	Acute Care Physician	74	$198,389
21	Housekeeper	72	$31,665
22	Assistant Manager	68	$45,342
23	Speech Language Pathologist	61	$72,010
24	Maintenance Technician	59	$48,991
25	Food Service Worker	54	$27,896
26	Primary Care Physician	53	$185,923
27	Advocate	51	$35,712
28	Department Manager	49	$69,471
29	Psychiatrist	49	$225,315
30	Relationship Banker	49	$48,080
31	Shift Manager	49	$33,330
32	Maintenance Person	48	$34,691
33	Medical Director	44	$214,878
34	Security Officer	44	$33,206
35	Waitstaff	44	$33,475
36	Pharmacist	43	$137,277
37	Cook	41	$32,411
38	Home Health Aid	41	$30,650
39	Driver	39	$35,817
40	Shift Leader	39	$35,844
41	Community Health Educator	38	$48,083
42	Customer Service Associate	37	$32,522
43	Occupational Therapist	37	$76,184
44	Truck Driver	37	$69,409
45	Machine Operator	33	$29,318
46	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	32	$83,640
47	Social Worker	32	$53,585
48	Store Manager	32	$52,885
49	Substitute Teacher	32	$29,923
50	Patient Access Representative	31	$35,680
51	Retail Merchandiser	31	$25,436
52	CDL Driver	30	$70,518
53	Receptionist	30	$31,336
54	Branch Manager	29	$65,376
55	Parts Delivery Driver	29	$35,152
56	Hospitalist	28	$194,167
57	Social Services Manager	28	$47,072
58	Adult Psychiatrist	27	$222,896
59	Cashier	27	$28,273
60	Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner	27	$140,340
61	Assistant Store Manager	26	$40,668
62	Counter Sales Person	26	$35,784
63	Ob/Gyn Physician	26	$179,391
64	Universal Banker	26	$59,165
65	Clinician	25	$46,216
66	Store Associate	25	$29,746
67	Neurologist	24	$208,530
68	Anesthesiologist	23	$277,704
69	Director Of Community Life	23	$82,927
70	Driver/Owner Operator	23	$127,495
71	Emergency Room Nurse	23	$76,111
72	Owner/Operator	23	$168,062
73	Pediatric Physician Assistant	23	$200,637
74	Physical Therapist Assistant	23	$58,075
75	Respiratory Therapist	23	$64,821
76	Therapeutic Mentor	23	$32,794
77	Clinical Social Worker	22	$61,063
78	Field Engineer	22	$85,856
79	Gastroenterologist	21	$240,066
80	Geriatric Physician	21	$192,033
81	Internship	21	$37,563
82	Select Banker	21	$91,957
83	Surgical Technician	21	$56,455
84	Truck Driver-Over-The-Road	21	$74,973
85	Assembler	20	$28,490
86	Behavior Analyst	20	$71,702
87	Manufacturing Team Member	20	$29,884
88	Personal Banking Representative	20	$45,347
89	Retail Sales Consultant	20	$41,784
90	Specialist	20	$70,759
91	Telemetry Registered Nurse	20	$117,899
92	Anesthesiologist/Physician	19	$228,883
93	Behavior Technician	19	$41,094
94	Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist	19	$161,295
95	Clinical Director	19	$98,385
96	Coordinator	19	$43,976
97	Customer Account Representative	19	$41,085
98	Sampler	19	$87,156
99	Accounts Payable Clerk	18	$43,107
100	Application Engineer	18	$74,003