What are the most in demand jobs in Omaha, NE?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Omaha, NE are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Omaha? Turns out the most in demand job in Omaha is registered nurse with 1,642 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Omaha

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

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 Omaha, NE

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	1,642	$53,459
2	Sales Associate	1,257	$39,126
3	Sales Representative	1,206	$56,377
4	Licensed Practical Nurse	948	$42,833
5	Customer Service Representative	766	$28,087
6	Certified Nursing Assistant	722	$28,279
7	Delivery Driver	675	$40,475
8	Server	633	$22,280
9	Assistant Manager	618	$21,064
10	Sales Consultant	543	$45,478
11	General Manager	507	$57,053
12	Account Executive	477	$53,376
13	Cook	447	$25,981
14	Store Manager	439	$34,057
15	Shift Supervisor	436	$32,711
16	Medical Assistant	427	$31,155
17	Security Officer	423	$30,769
18	Maintenance Technician	421	$39,449
19	Cashier	418	$22,392
20	Software Developer	374	$63,568
21	Project Manager	357	$73,168
22	Software Engineer	355	$63,333
23	Associate	351	$43,163
24	Principal Consultant	348	$108,421
25	Pharmacist Technician	334	$43,460
26	Barista	326	$24,154
27	Customer Service Associate	322	$25,651
28	Shift Manager	310	$27,314
29	Senior Software Engineer	309	$76,887
30	Manager	304	$63,314
31	Driver	303	$27,208
32	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	297	$74,645
33	Solutions Architect	282	$92,973
34	Restaurant Associate	262	$25,546
35	Assistant Store Manager	259	$29,661
36	Analyst	256	$59,481
37	Physical Therapist	243	$65,085
38	Specialist	241	$43,372
39	Warehouse Associate	241	$27,603
40	Field Service Technician	234	$48,098
41	Service Agent	234	$23,402
42	Certified Medical Assistant/Certified Nurse Assistant	229	$30,911
43	Staff Nurse	227	$44,365
44	Phlebotomist	223	$29,606
45	Crew Member	204	$26,548
46	Service Technician	203	$33,618
47	Restaurant Manager	202	$37,442
48	Store Associate	201	$28,779
49	Substitute Teacher	198	$26,918
50	Environmental Service Technician	197	$31,379
51	Line Cook	196	$26,270
52	Account Manager	195	$39,575
53	Teacher	191	$42,951
54	Student Nurse Technician	187	$29,793
55	Engineer	182	$59,653
56	Baker	179	$24,202
57	CDL Driver	177	$61,582
58	Physician	177	$222,533
59	Service Manager	174	$48,680
60	Mental Health Technician	173	$29,377
61	Product Manager	169	$64,401
62	Technical Support Specialist	168	$44,120
63	Manufacturing Team Member	167	$29,012
64	Truck Driver	166	$49,267
65	Bartender	164	$15,556
66	Business Analyst	163	$64,238
67	Respiratory Therapist	159	$44,752
68	Sales Manager	159	$53,989
69	Internship	157	$27,584
70	Outside Sales Representative	157	$52,803
71	Department Manager	156	$43,113
72	Machine Operator	156	$28,968
73	Systems Engineer	154	$72,659
74	Housekeeper	147	$22,723
75	Clerk	145	$28,537
76	Prep Cook	143	$24,040
77	Administrative Assistant	142	$29,352
78	Restaurant General Manager	142	$46,618
79	Java Developer	139	$65,835
80	Coordinator	134	$41,666
81	Finance Analyst	132	$50,013
82	Shift Leader	132	$26,150
83	Surgical Technician	132	$43,096
84	Patient Access Representative	131	$31,222
85	Sales Leader	130	$62,585
86	Technical Sales Representative	130	$64,377
87	Registered Nurse Manager	129	$48,754
88	Hourly Manager	128	$18,700
89	Pizza Delivery Driver	122	$27,905
90	Senior Project Manager	122	$95,637
91	Senior Engineer	121	$73,462
92	Merchandising Associate	120	$29,741
93	Retail Merchandiser	119	$27,466
94	Senior Business Analyst	119	$74,948
95	Data Engineer	118	$74,196
96	Supervisor	117	$42,172
97	Accountant	116	$41,603
98	Retail Sales Consultant	115	$42,882
99	Systems Administrator	115	$65,808
100	Massage Therapist	114	$48,276