What are the most in demand jobs in Paterson, 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 Paterson, NJ actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Paterson have a particular interest in registered nurses.

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

What's the most in demand job on the market in Paterson? Turns out the most in demand job in Paterson is registered nurse with 1,092 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Paterson

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

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 Paterson, NJ

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	1,092	$75,733
2	Care Associate	360	$36,442
3	Physician	307	$163,953
4	Tutor	218	$32,523
5	Associate	176	$57,072
6	Teacher	167	$48,706
7	Licensed Practical Nurse	130	$47,001
8	Residential Assistant	128	$29,149
9	Physical Therapist	125	$73,777
10	Assistant Manager	116	$66,188
11	Sales Associate	112	$34,457
12	Practical Nurse	106	$66,247
13	Home Health Aid	105	$26,025
14	Customer Service Representative	97	$30,842
15	Delivery Driver	94	$39,793
16	Certified Public Accountant	85	$87,922
17	Nurse	85	$60,195
18	Personal Assistant	82	$52,625
19	Crisis Counselor	81	$43,038
20	Medical Assistant	80	$32,342
21	Environmental Services Aide	72	$31,176
22	Customer Service Associate	67	$28,512
23	Medical Service Technician	67	$46,593
24	Store Manager	65	$62,234
25	Acute Care Physician	64	$191,173
26	Pharmacist Technician	59	$31,583
27	Paramedic	58	$45,886
28	Special Education Resource Teacher	58	$62,721
29	2nd Grade Teacher	57	$53,278
30	Account Representative	56	$40,552
31	General Manager	55	$100,234
32	Cat Scan Technologist	54	$56,097
33	Cardiac Technician	53	$40,209
34	Science Teacher	53	$72,360
35	Special Education Teacher	52	$51,671
36	Crew Member	51	$28,037
37	Distribution Clerk	51	$34,174
38	Truck Driver	51	$68,354
39	Primary Care Physician	50	$210,086
40	Driver	49	$32,159
41	Family Practice Physician	49	$173,641
42	Finance Representative	48	$52,040
43	Security Officer	47	$28,324
44	Student Internship	47	$35,280
45	Hospitalist Physician	46	$201,185
46	Substitute Teacher	46	$24,858
47	Pharmacist	45	$135,337
48	Schedule Clerk	45	$42,551
49	Counselor	44	$40,509
50	ESL Teacher	44	$53,381
51	Family Medicine Physician	44	$196,086
52	Certified Nursing Assistant	43	$31,062
53	Medical Technologist	43	$54,108
54	Ultrasound Technologist	43	$72,702
55	Internal Medicine Physician	41	$223,306
56	Automotive Technician	40	$38,939
57	Math Teacher	40	$60,247
58	Medical Director	40	$188,792
59	CDL Driver	39	$64,365
60	Shift Manager	39	$37,084
61	Over The Road Driver	38	$75,170
62	Cafeteria Monitor	37	$33,336
63	Emergency Medicine Physician	36	$157,302
64	Assistant	35	$38,241
65	Medical Coder	35	$50,349
66	Radiologic Technician	34	$64,228
67	Driver/Owner Operator	33	$135,714
68	Project Manager	33	$96,587
69	Surgical Technician	33	$56,547
70	Chemistry Tutor	32	$27,729
71	Nurse Manager	32	$86,338
72	Owner/Operator	32	$160,172
73	Anesthesiologist	31	$274,744
74	Applications Analyst	30	$86,543
75	Assets Protection Specialist	30	$43,847
76	Cashier	30	$23,687
77	Information Technology Associate	30	$86,113
78	Medical Office Assistant	30	$28,271
79	School Nurse	30	$55,409
80	7th Grade Math Teacher	29	$50,965
81	Bus Assistant	29	$26,984
82	Computer Technician	29	$39,793
83	Driver Trainer	29	$61,396
84	Food Service Aide	29	$24,359
85	Ob/Gyn Physician	29	$180,463
86	Residence Counselor	29	$36,079
87	Shift Supervisor	29	$32,773
88	Analyst	28	$74,812
89	District Sales Manager	28	$89,314
90	Software Development Engineer	28	$78,809
91	Aide	27	$34,921
92	Manager	27	$116,270
93	Respiratory Therapist	27	$62,186
94	High School Teacher	26	$60,591
95	Software Developer	26	$83,109
96	Company Driver	25	$71,488
97	Truck Driver-Over-The-Road	25	$73,992
98	Fellow	24	$72,627
99	Freight Receiver	24	$29,804
100	City Driver	23	$53,564