What are the most in demand jobs in Plainfield, IL?

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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 Plainfield, IL actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Plainfield have a particular interest in sales associates.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Plainfield, IL are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Plainfield? Turns out the most in demand job in Plainfield is sales associate with 103 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Plainfield

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

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 Plainfield, IL

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Sales Associate	103	$31,315
2	Shift Supervisor	94	$38,260
3	Pharmacist Technician	78	$32,888
4	Customer Service Representative	70	$30,038
5	Crew Member	68	$25,969
6	Security Officer	65	$30,615
7	Store Associate	64	$28,174
8	Cook	61	$27,777
9	Massage Therapist	61	$48,087
10	Automotive Technician	60	$34,994
11	Cashier	59	$23,590
12	Shift Manager	59	$27,131
13	General Manager	57	$79,071
14	Shift Leader	55	$29,062
15	Store Assistant	55	$30,743
16	Teacher	54	$45,995
17	Customer Service Associate	50	$28,138
18	Manufacturing Team Member	50	$28,504
19	Lead Retail Consultant	45	$48,126
20	Team Leader	45	$51,886
21	Driver	43	$26,981
22	Support Team Member	43	$27,340
23	Truck Driver	41	$56,942
24	Retail Consultant	40	$48,023
25	Event Specialist	38	$33,897
26	Licensed Practical Nurse	38	$43,501
27	Barista	37	$24,572
28	Retail Merchandiser	37	$27,270
29	Assistant Manager	36	$36,607
30	Lead Teacher	34	$34,054
31	Delivery Driver	33	$38,725
32	Department Manager	32	$48,637
33	Maintenance Person	32	$31,710
34	Food Service Worker	31	$23,407
35	Parts Delivery Driver	30	$29,981
36	Sales Consultant	30	$48,342
37	Hair Stylist	29	$32,656
38	Substitute Teacher	29	$22,525
39	Manager Trainee	28	$58,783
40	Electrical Engineer	25	$67,724
41	Registered Nurse	25	$61,503
42	Ship Joiner	25	$36,612
43	Speech Language Pathologist	25	$65,040
44	Associate Retailer	23	$26,367
45	Bus Assistant	23	$26,655
46	Area Supervisor	22	$57,675
47	Driver Trainer	22	$52,150
48	Specialist	22	$60,741
49	Store Manager	22	$45,321
50	Physical Therapist	21	$67,442
51	Certified Nurses' Aide	20	$25,409
52	Operator And Truck Driver	20	$163,115
53	Care Partner	19	$24,170
54	Customer Service Trainer	19	$29,977
55	Maintenance Technician	19	$44,628
56	Patient Representative	19	$35,757
57	Service Representative	19	$31,811
58	Stock Team Member	19	$30,187
59	Assistant Manager Trainee	18	$27,944
60	Merchandiser	18	$28,582
61	Quality Technician	18	$36,240
62	Restaurant General Manager	18	$55,178
63	Toddler Assistant Teacher	18	$27,684
64	Lawn Specialist	17	$32,249
65	Patient Care Technician	17	$35,508
66	Project Management Internship	17	$27,709
67	Adviser Sales	16	$42,081
68	Customer Service Retail Associate	16	$23,938
69	Dietary Aide	16	$22,754
70	Fitness Trainer	16	$36,643
71	Medical Assistant	16	$32,487
72	Operations Associate	16	$47,045
73	Representative	16	$36,641
74	Pre-K Teacher	15	$38,220
75	Project Manager	15	$65,146
76	Residential Sales Representative	15	$55,951
77	Restaurant Manager	15	$39,691
78	Retail Clerk	15	$24,312
79	Sales Expert	15	$37,779
80	School Psychologist	15	$57,462
81	Behavior Technician	14	$42,431
82	Landscape Crew Leader	14	$34,629
83	Life Management Teacher	14	$86,002
84	Receiving Clerk	14	$28,462
85	Sales Representative	14	$53,580
86	Helper/Driver	13	$71,177
87	Housekeeper	13	$24,772
88	Member Service Representative	13	$29,398
89	Outside Sales Representative	13	$53,639
90	Tree Care Foreman	13	$43,000
91	Banking Associate	12	$30,368
92	Compliance Analyst	12	$64,258
93	Director Of Operations And Finance	12	$119,540
94	Line Cook/Dishwasher	12	$28,451
95	Manager	12	$85,368
96	Optometrist	12	$203,654
97	Physical Therapy Technician	12	$18,367
98	Structures Engineer	12	$74,015
99	1st Grade Teacher	11	$43,142
100	Assistant Store Manager	11	$37,646