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

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

What's the most in demand job on the market in Rockford? Turns out the most in demand job in Rockford is registered nurse with 1,022 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Rockford

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

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 Rockford, IL

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	1,022	$61,591
2	Physician	774	$195,028
3	Sales Associate	582	$31,121
4	Certified Nursing Assistant	555	$29,272
5	Speech Language Pathologist	389	$64,705
6	Assistant Manager	286	$36,908
7	Server	272	$22,015
8	Customer Service Representative	267	$30,241
9	Cashier	263	$23,732
10	Physical Therapist	252	$67,615
11	Project Engineer	242	$73,460
12	Cook	227	$28,077
13	General Manager	211	$79,731
14	Shift Manager	190	$27,483
15	Pharmacist Technician	184	$33,044
16	Licensed Practical Nurse	181	$43,781
17	Delivery Driver	171	$38,983
18	Electrical Engineer	167	$67,756
19	Aide	163	$24,980
20	Special Education Teacher	163	$45,055
21	Occupational Therapist	160	$67,644
22	Technician	160	$38,609
23	Shift Supervisor	146	$38,397
24	Crew Member	145	$26,287
25	Truck Driver	145	$56,701
26	Family Practice Physician	143	$195,148
27	Customer Service Associate	141	$28,281
28	Department Manager	138	$48,758
29	Teacher	138	$45,997
30	Store Manager	135	$45,277
31	Clinic Registered Nurse	134	$72,679
32	Security Officer	134	$30,892
33	Account Executive	127	$58,443
34	Truck Driver Class A	127	$59,836
35	Adjunct Faculty	125	$54,991
36	Senior Associate	124	$86,106
37	Assistant Store Manager	119	$37,484
38	Family Medicine Physician	117	$202,421
39	Hospitalist Physician	116	$228,115
40	Internal Medicine Physician	107	$225,433
41	Emergency Medicine Physician	106	$151,139
42	Maintenance Technician	106	$44,878
43	Education Paraprofessional	100	$29,149
44	Environmental Service Technician	95	$32,083
45	Shift Leader	95	$29,215
46	Mechanical Engineer	93	$69,607
47	CDL Driver	90	$60,998
48	CT Technologist	88	$61,742
49	Acute Care Physician	87	$212,333
50	CDL Class A Driver	84	$67,108
51	Driver	84	$27,355
52	Senior Mechanical Engineer	83	$85,788
53	Store Associate	83	$28,338
54	Tutor	83	$30,837
55	Food Service Worker	81	$23,673
56	Mechanic	81	$44,042
57	Company Driver	80	$70,688
58	Over The Road Driver	80	$66,150
59	Case Manager	78	$45,050
60	Certified Public Accountant	78	$66,797
61	Patient Service Representative	78	$29,386
62	Owner/Operator	77	$187,433
63	Senior Electrical Engineer	77	$81,549
64	Ultrasound Technologist	77	$66,939
65	Bartender	76	$21,204
66	Phlebotomist	76	$34,823
67	Cafeteria Worker	74	$28,894
68	Barista	71	$24,949
69	Respiratory Therapist	71	$54,387
70	Manufacturing Engineer	70	$60,137
71	Massage Therapist	70	$48,479
72	Senior Electronic Engineer	70	$72,721
73	Associate	68	$47,034
74	Line Cook	68	$26,799
75	Pediatric Physician Assistant	68	$219,014
76	Assembly Technician	67	$33,535
77	Student Internship	66	$33,136
78	Support Team Member	66	$27,690
79	Systems Engineer	65	$69,107
80	Sales Representative	63	$53,913
81	Service Representative	62	$32,417
82	Manufacturing Team Member	61	$28,749
83	Prep Cook	61	$27,193
84	Quality Engineer	61	$65,230
85	Radiologic Technician	59	$51,630
86	Registered Nurse In The ICU	57	$96,740
87	Route Sales Representative	57	$40,233
88	Internship	56	$30,395
89	Physical Therapist Assistant	56	$45,849
90	Engineering Internship	55	$52,483
91	Medical Assistant	55	$32,637
92	City Driver	54	$42,508
93	Instructional Paraprofessional	54	$27,623
94	Pharmacist	53	$125,704
95	Sales Associate And Cashier	52	$24,539
96	Software Engineer	52	$67,436
97	Med Technician	51	$35,912
98	Administrative Assistant	50	$34,823
99	Buyer	50	$49,103
100	Physician Assistant	50	$118,546