What are the most in demand jobs in San Luis Obispo, CA?

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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 San Luis Obispo, CA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in San Luis Obispo have a particular interest in registered nurses.

The top ten most in demand jobs in San Luis Obispo, CA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in San Luis Obispo? Turns out the most in demand job in San Luis Obispo is registered nurse with 584 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in San Luis Obispo

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

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 San Luis Obispo, CA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	584	$97,958
2	Sales Associate	307	$38,289
3	Software Development Engineer	149	$116,608
4	Store Manager	146	$51,138
5	Technician	143	$41,618
6	Shift Supervisor	133	$46,710
7	Physical Therapist	114	$98,727
8	Certified Nursing Assistant	112	$31,936
9	Assistant Store Manager	111	$38,637
10	Customer Service Representative	107	$32,797
11	Medical Assistant	104	$36,186
12	Delivery Driver	99	$41,568
13	Barista	91	$27,232
14	Cashier	91	$28,164
15	Store Associate	83	$30,533
16	Administrative Assistant	81	$43,755
17	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	79	$93,462
18	General Manager	78	$111,307
19	Finance Advisor	75	$76,392
20	Licensed Practical Nurse	74	$48,187
21	Cook	72	$31,781
22	Pharmacist Technician	66	$45,092
23	Engineer	56	$95,842
24	Teacher	56	$56,037
25	Assistant Manager	55	$52,817
26	Associate Retailer	54	$30,624
27	Retail Sales Consultant	54	$39,474
28	Food Service Worker	53	$30,230
29	Housekeeper	53	$33,110
30	Car Washer	52	$28,694
31	Laboratory Assistant	52	$34,118
32	Maintenance Technician	51	$44,617
33	Security Officer	51	$33,856
34	Software Engineer	50	$108,956
35	Clinical Laboratory Scientist	48	$70,733
36	Associate	47	$66,989
37	Sales Leader	46	$91,793
38	Associate Brand Manager	45	$115,552
39	Certified Public Accountant	42	$72,466
40	Manufacturing Team Member	42	$34,257
41	Crew Member	41	$28,624
42	Massage Therapist	41	$52,540
43	Patient Service Representative	41	$34,713
44	Job Coach	40	$30,822
45	Patient Service Associate	39	$30,113
46	Staff Nurse	39	$89,439
47	Surgical Technician	39	$66,197
48	Area Supervisor	37	$40,557
49	Mental Health Professional	37	$60,842
50	Radiologic Technician	37	$59,377
51	Substitute Teacher	37	$35,370
52	Certified Medical Assistant/Certified Nurse Assistant	35	$42,732
53	Nurse Practitioner	35	$112,900
54	Administrator Support Coordinator	34	$37,669
55	Physician Assistant	34	$135,407
56	Clinical Educator	33	$97,530
57	Merchandiser	33	$35,374
58	Preschool Teacher	33	$37,306
59	Support Team Member	33	$33,352
60	Customer Service Retail Associate	32	$27,689
61	Service Worker	32	$37,099
62	Special Education Paraeducator	32	$38,964
63	Endoscopy Registered Nurse	31	$128,754
64	Manager	31	$99,997
65	Parts Delivery Driver	30	$31,349
66	Psychiatrist	30	$269,696
67	Sales Consultant	30	$84,778
68	Sales Representative	30	$51,846
69	Clinical Social Worker	29	$82,642
70	Occupational Therapist	29	$97,577
71	Oncology Registered Nurse	29	$113,907
72	Shift Leader	29	$35,783
73	Custodian/Substitute Custodian	28	$34,477
74	Department Supervisor	28	$60,388
75	Pet Groomer	28	$31,017
76	Receptionist	28	$34,184
77	Seasonal Associate	28	$31,363
78	Senior Project Manager	28	$127,701
79	Specialist	28	$63,618
80	Speech Therapist	28	$75,651
81	Unit Secretary	28	$47,604
82	Assistant	27	$41,240
83	CDL Driver	27	$51,124
84	Engineer Of System Development	27	$129,368
85	Expert	27	$114,618
86	Inventory Specialist	27	$43,233
87	Key Holder	27	$30,454
88	Nurse Manager	27	$92,013
89	Psychiatric Technician	27	$66,983
90	Retail Pharmacist	27	$158,622
91	Senior Staff Psychologist	27	$128,176
92	Student Internship	27	$40,160
93	Telemetry Registered Nurse	27	$104,314
94	Coordinator	26	$54,334
95	Head Start Teacher	26	$37,655
96	Respiratory Therapist	26	$71,691
97	Service Specialist	26	$52,313
98	Store Protection Specialist	26	$35,768
99	Clinical Psychologist	25	$101,443
100	Driver	25	$38,671