What are the most in demand jobs in Philadelphia, PA?

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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Philadelphia, PA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Philadelphia? Turns out the most in demand job in Philadelphia is registered nurse with 4,603 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Philadelphia

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

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 Philadelphia, PA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	4,603	$65,864
2	Sales Associate	2,259	$33,044
3	Software Engineer	1,514	$71,067
4	Sales Representative	1,450	$70,070
5	Account Executive	1,426	$57,320
6	Research Specialist	1,404	$51,219
7	Shift Supervisor	1,355	$34,000
8	Physician	1,198	$195,109
9	Project Manager	1,152	$90,111
10	Senior Associate	1,138	$84,906
11	Medical Assistant	1,100	$29,952
12	Certified Nursing Assistant	1,035	$30,000
13	Senior Manager	985	$121,826
14	Engineer	979	$71,163
15	Cashier	963	$20,913
16	Customer Service Representative	963	$29,195
17	Licensed Practical Nurse	932	$45,767
18	General Manager	931	$76,509
19	Developer	918	$77,243
20	Pharmacist Technician	903	$32,087
21	Direct Support Professional	895	$25,400
22	Senior Software Engineer	893	$87,347
23	Security Officer	879	$27,137
24	Server	857	$26,497
25	Cook	775	$26,708
26	Solutions Architect	766	$94,966
27	Staff Nurse	745	$55,762
28	Store Manager	721	$48,765
29	Administrative Assistant	716	$31,706
30	Delivery Driver	710	$35,039
31	Assistant Manager	703	$56,041
32	Barista	700	$25,259
33	Nurse Practitioner	680	$83,714
34	Senior Consultant	667	$87,563
35	Physician Assistant	658	$135,147
36	Senior Project Manager	656	$112,413
37	Sales Consultant	636	$51,607
38	Software Developer	622	$76,556
39	Data Engineer	601	$81,369
40	Program Manager	594	$84,140
41	Assistant Store Manager	591	$42,775
42	Architect	584	$80,151
43	Data Analyst	584	$66,490
44	Registered Nurse PRN	577	$65,858
45	Food Service Worker	575	$19,805
46	Maintenance Technician	558	$43,186
47	Clinical Researcher	533	$60,041
48	Service Associate	527	$51,601
49	Associate	521	$51,942
50	Tutor	520	$36,510
51	Business Analyst	499	$66,617
52	Field Service Technician	499	$55,836
53	Internship	499	$34,026
54	Manager	492	$103,459
55	Patient Service Associate	482	$35,689
56	Account Manager	481	$65,527
57	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	471	$73,470
58	Specialist	470	$66,442
59	Support Team Member	468	$25,660
60	Team Leader	462	$64,084
61	Clinician	451	$50,188
62	Consultant	445	$70,103
63	Nurse	441	$59,953
64	Physical Therapist	435	$67,411
65	Residential Counselor	433	$26,879
66	Technician	432	$34,184
67	Associate Director	430	$111,855
68	House Manager	423	$34,421
69	Clinical Research Nurse	420	$73,586
70	Senior Tax Associate	410	$80,201
71	Line Cook	396	$25,911
72	Associate Partner	392	$141,620
73	Administrative Coordinator	391	$40,862
74	Customer Service Associate	387	$32,669
75	Bartender	386	$17,994
76	Information Technology Specialist	379	$76,697
77	Clinic Registered Nurse	378	$76,410
78	Director	372	$80,552
79	Registered Nurse In The ICU	372	$86,813
80	Coordinator	365	$41,478
81	Devops Engineer	362	$84,724
82	Senior Director	355	$157,304
83	Shift Manager	350	$31,363
84	Nanny	348	$23,422
85	Assistant Professor	340	$84,148
86	Sales Manager	338	$104,738
87	Principal Consultant	336	$116,733
88	Finance Analyst	320	$68,456
89	Patient Care Assistant	319	$26,493
90	Sales Specialist	319	$53,764
91	Tax Manager	317	$93,859
92	Senior Engineer	300	$87,564
93	Maintenance Person	299	$33,163
94	Department Manager	295	$51,409
95	Senior Accountant	291	$65,138
96	Service Representative	291	$36,788
97	Data Scientist	289	$76,413
98	Case Manager	287	$35,560
99	Operations Manager	279	$84,396
100	Senior SAP Consultant	276	$99,963