What are the most in demand jobs in Newark, NJ?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Newark, NJ are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Newark? Turns out the most in demand job in Newark is registered nurse with 1,373 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Newark

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

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 Newark, NJ

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	1,373	$75,739
2	Physician	394	$163,857
3	Software Development Engineer	363	$78,846
4	Customer Service Representative	312	$30,861
5	Business Analyst	276	$80,385
6	Residential Assistant	268	$28,974
7	Sales Associate	263	$34,446
8	General Manager	226	$100,051
9	Substitute Teacher	210	$24,729
10	Tutor	204	$32,330
11	Teacher	203	$48,871
12	Field Service Technician	201	$56,852
13	Assistant Manager	177	$65,932
14	Delivery Driver	175	$39,705
15	Project Manager	174	$96,694
16	Account Executive	169	$63,018
17	Shift Supervisor	167	$33,014
18	CDL Driver	166	$64,258
19	Security Officer	166	$28,291
20	Associate Account Executive	165	$58,828
21	Vice President	159	$183,731
22	Licensed Practical Nurse	156	$46,892
23	Cashier	152	$23,577
24	Store Manager	145	$62,142
25	Cook	140	$33,233
26	Certified Nursing Assistant	137	$30,959
27	Developer	134	$84,424
28	Actuarial Associate	129	$88,942
29	Postdoctoral Research Associate	128	$61,122
30	Housekeeping Worker	124	$31,327
31	Account Manager	121	$75,762
32	Driver	119	$32,016
33	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	116	$89,464
34	1st Grade Teacher	110	$54,360
35	Sales Representative	110	$73,453
36	Cardiac Technician	109	$40,475
37	Barista	108	$26,125
38	Certified Public Accountant	108	$88,028
39	Registered Nurse In The ICU	107	$101,258
40	Teller	105	$29,335
41	Pre-K Teacher	100	$51,561
42	Life Management Teacher	96	$97,344
43	Architect	93	$77,245
44	Maintenance Technician	92	$45,220
45	Administrative Assistant	90	$36,933
46	Pharmacist Technician	89	$31,646
47	Research Associate	86	$69,725
48	Surgical Technician	85	$56,730
49	Internship	84	$33,652
50	Medical Assistant	83	$32,391
51	Physical Therapist	82	$73,851
52	Acute Care Physician	81	$190,703
53	Specialist	81	$74,149
54	Solutions Architect	80	$110,241
55	Java Developer	79	$90,601
56	Special Education Teacher	79	$51,702
57	Adjunct Instructor	75	$85,989
58	Applications Developer	75	$80,737
59	Engineer	75	$76,996
60	Food Service Worker	75	$21,248
61	Software Engineer	73	$74,422
62	Senior Software Engineer	72	$94,207
63	Senior Java Developer	71	$113,783
64	Truck Driver	71	$68,221
65	Family Practice Physician	69	$173,330
66	Analyst	68	$74,863
67	Coordinator	68	$50,198
68	Server	68	$28,826
69	Associate Professor	67	$105,579
70	Data Engineer	67	$86,697
71	Operations Associate	64	$54,942
72	Operations Manager	64	$94,479
73	Graduate Internship	63	$50,769
74	Patient Registrar	63	$32,984
75	Speech Language Pathologist	63	$71,752
76	Internal Medicine Physician	62	$222,740
77	Nurse Practitioner	62	$103,636
78	Director	61	$111,484
79	Sales Specialist	61	$55,020
80	Program Instructor	59	$39,889
81	Car Cleaner	58	$23,346
82	Hospitalist Physician	58	$200,875
83	Associate	57	$57,377
84	District Sales Manager	56	$89,188
85	Assistant Store Manager	54	$47,663
86	Business Development Manager	53	$113,126
87	CDL Class A Driver	53	$67,639
88	Student Internship	53	$35,222
89	Information Technology Project Manager	52	$103,485
90	Physician Assistant	52	$141,418
91	Service Agent	52	$26,279
92	Teacher's Assistant And Tutor	52	$23,206
93	Primary Care Physician	51	$209,701
94	Restaurant Manager	50	$60,696
95	Senior Manager	50	$133,737
96	Customer Service Associate	49	$28,519
97	Home Health Aid	49	$25,909
98	Public Safety Dispatcher	49	$44,808
99	Anesthesiologist	47	$273,649
100	Family Medicine Physician	47	$195,657