What are the most in demand jobs in Salt Lake City, UT?

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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 Salt Lake City, UT actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Salt Lake City have a particular interest in registered nurses.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Salt Lake City, UT are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Salt Lake City? Turns out the most in demand job in Salt Lake City is registered nurse with 1,741 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Salt Lake City

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

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 Salt Lake City, UT

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	1,741	$69,804
2	Medical Assistant	1,300	$28,919
3	Sales Representative	1,214	$44,935
4	Customer Service Representative	1,142	$26,518
5	Security Officer	974	$29,704
6	Sales Associate	940	$29,888
7	Certified Nursing Assistant	827	$27,018
8	Software Engineer	768	$71,470
9	Senior Software Engineer	753	$97,501
10	Account Executive	726	$49,221
11	Associate Professor	721	$108,073
12	Cashier	690	$21,294
13	Custodian	682	$20,952
14	Health Care Assistant	649	$30,491
15	Laboratory Technician	631	$40,884
16	Administrative Assistant	616	$28,021
17	Assistant Professor	569	$104,900
18	Technician	561	$30,424
19	Delivery Driver	517	$35,633
20	Pharmacist Technician	474	$38,539
21	Sales Consultant	472	$50,710
22	Cook	455	$26,085
23	Associate	443	$43,492
24	Maintenance Technician	433	$35,474
25	Project Manager	425	$76,308
26	Server	419	$21,441
27	Barista	403	$23,014
28	Assistant Manager	377	$24,750
29	Nurse Practitioner	362	$83,241
30	Warehouse Associate	346	$29,227
31	Engineer	335	$75,083
32	Field Service Technician	334	$60,117
33	Solutions Architect	330	$81,791
34	Devops Engineer	329	$87,767
35	Software Developer	328	$72,196
36	Research Fellow	305	$38,834
37	Faculty	299	$66,773
38	Internship	298	$24,888
39	Housekeeper	294	$25,853
40	Psychiatric Technician	294	$28,020
41	Product Manager	286	$81,820
42	Specialist	283	$38,322
43	Physician Assistant	276	$94,893
44	Principal Consultant	271	$99,953
45	Business Analyst	270	$57,088
46	Office Assistant	267	$26,505
47	Material Handler	261	$29,409
48	Medical Laboratory Scientist	261	$50,558
49	Media Relations Specialist	255	$34,282
50	Service Technician	255	$34,533
51	Crew Member	254	$20,809
52	Substitute Teacher	247	$23,767
53	Program Manager	235	$61,093
54	Licensed Practical Nurse	228	$42,642
55	Account Manager	225	$48,528
56	Research Assistant	214	$30,518
57	Driver	212	$28,949
58	Senior Engineer	211	$96,780
59	Shift Supervisor	211	$33,246
60	Production Operator	207	$28,267
61	Finance Analyst	203	$53,381
62	Sales Manager	200	$56,174
63	Developer	199	$85,778
64	Systems Administrator	195	$62,364
65	Clinical Medical Assistant	193	$29,325
66	Data Analyst	193	$56,135
67	Technical Support Specialist	192	$57,091
68	Phlebotomist	187	$29,354
69	Truck Driver	185	$52,500
70	Registered Nurse PRN	183	$69,348
71	Store Manager	181	$28,346
72	Retail Merchandiser	178	$26,204
73	Customer Service Associate	177	$22,143
74	Systems Engineer	169	$66,957
75	Senior Associate	166	$66,175
76	CDL Driver	163	$53,098
77	Consultant	161	$63,727
78	Physician	157	$190,563
79	Prep Cook	157	$23,555
80	Inside Sales Representative	156	$53,936
81	Life Insurance Agent	154	$72,127
82	Analyst	152	$49,398
83	Java Developer	151	$80,343
84	Program Assistant	151	$26,381
85	General Manager	147	$73,185
86	Process Technician	146	$33,034
87	Health Insurance Agent	144	$45,113
88	Laboratory Aide	142	$18,822
89	Accountant	141	$45,586
90	Social Worker	141	$55,017
91	Coordinator	140	$34,985
92	Crisis Worker	139	$29,734
93	Information Technology Project Manager	139	$66,812
94	Service Specialist	139	$37,343
95	Senior Tax Associate	134	$64,722
96	City Driver	133	$33,247
97	Retail Clerk	133	$21,359
98	Technical Support Technician	133	$35,427
99	Team Leader	132	$42,827
100	Recruiter	131	$37,228