What are the most in demand jobs in Palo Alto, 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 Palo Alto, CA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Palo Alto have a particular interest in software engineers.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Palo Alto, CA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Palo Alto? Turns out the most in demand job in Palo Alto is software engineer with 1,602 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Palo Alto

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

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 Palo Alto, CA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Software Engineer	1,602	$111,858
2	Staff Engineer	1,390	$106,989
3	Senior Software Engineer	1,372	$131,173
4	Member, Technical Staff	973	$110,522
5	Software Development Engineer	966	$120,669
6	Clinical Research Nurse	869	$104,651
7	Senior Member Technical Staff	709	$137,367
8	Senior Engineer	671	$120,277
9	Sales Associate	666	$39,687
10	Engineer	646	$98,444
11	Senior Product Manager	503	$158,143
12	Devops Engineer	488	$122,611
13	Physician Assistant	384	$138,781
14	Product Manager	367	$128,799
15	Data Engineer	358	$123,104
16	Scientist	315	$113,642
17	Senior Software Development Engineer	314	$141,195
18	Senior Manager	313	$131,342
19	Solutions Architect	303	$117,092
20	Program Manager	299	$100,350
21	Data Scientist	291	$104,446
22	Certified Nursing Assistant	288	$32,837
23	Developer	277	$111,846
24	Research Scientist	273	$117,149
25	Staff Software Engineer	263	$149,210
26	Research And Development Internship	260	$50,250
27	Reliability Engineer	259	$115,021
28	Information Technology Project Manager	251	$112,644
29	Associate	247	$70,622
30	Security Officer	246	$34,527
31	Pharmacist Technician	242	$44,910
32	Registered Nurse	234	$100,585
33	Senior Staff Engineer	231	$138,548
34	Architect	229	$89,754
35	Medical Assistant	214	$37,770
36	Senior Project Manager	205	$128,147
37	Senior Stack Engineer	202	$127,444
38	Physical Therapist	195	$100,962
39	Administrative Assistant	193	$44,890
40	Product Designer	191	$98,818
41	Senior Scientist	190	$134,973
42	Massage Therapist	186	$55,252
43	Product Engineering Internship	185	$30,776
44	Barista	184	$28,497
45	Information Technology Internship	183	$42,605
46	Engineering Manager	179	$158,105
47	Research Engineer	178	$118,354
48	Senior Product Marketing Manager	177	$165,959
49	Patient Care Manager	176	$94,441
50	Oncology Nurse	173	$100,476
51	Executive Assistant	172	$61,418
52	Internship	172	$41,923
53	Cook	170	$32,705
54	Senior Director	167	$199,047
55	Retail Sales Lead	166	$34,768
56	Business Analyst	163	$81,865
57	Assistant Store Manager	162	$38,639
58	Engineering Internship	160	$51,741
59	Clinical Medical Assistant	159	$44,291
60	Software Engineering Internship	154	$75,034
61	Manager	143	$103,520
62	Account Executive	141	$63,698
63	Housekeeping Assistant	138	$34,608
64	Product Marketing Manager	135	$142,457
65	Software Development Manager	135	$156,031
66	Vice President	135	$189,084
67	Sonographer	133	$106,730
68	Systems Engineer	131	$87,243
69	Clinical Laboratory Scientist	128	$71,931
70	Radiologic Technician	128	$62,320
71	Senior Product Designer	128	$123,614
72	Store Manager	125	$51,797
73	Clinical Pharmacist	124	$161,911
74	Machining Engineer	119	$135,913
75	Server	119	$33,481
76	Senior Technical Program Manager	117	$162,029
77	Teacher	117	$55,961
78	Shift Supervisor	116	$48,533
79	User Experience Researcher	114	$105,786
80	Assistant Manager	113	$55,074
81	General Manager	111	$114,179
82	User Experience Designer	111	$98,408
83	Pediatric Nurse	105	$111,698
84	Maintenance Technician	102	$45,460
85	Senior Data Scientist	102	$128,544
86	Senior Manager Of Marketing	101	$153,347
87	Customer Success Manager	100	$96,957
88	Human Resources Business Partner	99	$129,341
89	Product Management Director	99	$196,150
90	Data Analyst	98	$70,033
91	Surgical Technician	98	$65,705
92	Security Engineer	96	$121,578
93	Client Associate	94	$54,968
94	Business Development Manager	91	$118,006
95	Food Service Worker	91	$31,297
96	Product Developer	91	$108,507
97	Senior User Experience Designer	91	$123,887
98	Chief Technology Officer	90	$177,773
99	Performance Engineer	89	$125,818
100	Beauty Advisor	88	$60,355