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

The top ten most in demand jobs in Santa Maria, CA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Santa Maria? Turns out the most in demand job in Santa Maria is registered nurse with 690 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Santa Maria

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

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 Santa Maria, CA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	690	$97,427
2	Sales Associate	266	$38,054
3	Physical Therapist	176	$98,278
4	Medical Coder	139	$55,860
5	Shift Supervisor	135	$46,343
6	Delivery Driver	133	$41,492
7	Customer Service Representative	123	$32,757
8	Cashier	112	$27,994
9	Store Manager	112	$50,977
10	Assistant Store Manager	109	$38,604
11	Medical Assistant	102	$35,893
12	Assistant Manager	96	$52,441
13	Barista	96	$27,012
14	Licensed Practical Nurse	93	$48,082
15	Server	89	$32,197
16	Occupational Therapist	85	$97,408
17	Certified Nursing Assistant	72	$31,795
18	Cook	71	$31,616
19	Store Associate	71	$30,390
20	Physician Assistant	68	$134,707
21	Merchandiser	67	$35,300
22	Pharmacist Technician	67	$45,078
23	Registered Nurse Case Manager	66	$106,935
24	Shift Manager	66	$36,282
25	Surgical Technician	66	$66,144
26	Customer Service Associate	65	$35,826
27	Instructional Assistant	62	$36,503
28	Driver	61	$38,449
29	General Manager	61	$110,706
30	Certified Phlebotomist	58	$45,004
31	Food Service Worker	55	$30,031
32	Home Health Aid	54	$27,842
33	Maintenance Technician	54	$44,468
34	Technician	54	$41,550
35	Nurse Practitioner	51	$112,386
36	Maintenance Person	50	$40,773
37	Teacher	50	$56,017
38	Project Engineer	48	$82,384
39	Clinical Laboratory Scientist	47	$70,467
40	Field Service Technician	47	$74,530
41	Housekeeper	47	$32,938
42	Truck Driver	45	$50,893
43	Administrative Assistant	44	$43,492
44	Associate Retailer	44	$30,402
45	Sales Consultant	44	$84,323
46	Sonographer	44	$103,590
47	Aide	43	$28,171
48	Pharmacist Manager	43	$137,564
49	Substitute Teacher	42	$35,238
50	Team Leader	42	$78,368
51	Area Supervisor	41	$40,175
52	Bartender	41	$29,286
53	Registered Health Nurse	40	$97,902
54	Account Executive	39	$61,267
55	Restaurant Manager	39	$50,479
56	Security Officer	39	$33,735
57	Operations Associate	38	$68,191
58	Account Manager	37	$67,743
59	Behavior Therapist	37	$31,851
60	Patient Service Associate	36	$30,045
61	Physician	36	$187,003
62	Respiratory Care Practitioner	36	$80,992
63	Support Team Member	36	$33,143
64	Installer	35	$36,923
65	Sales Leader	35	$90,736
66	Sales Representative	35	$51,761
67	Speech Language Pathologist	35	$75,801
68	Clinician	34	$72,130
69	Parts Delivery Driver	34	$31,232
70	Pet Groomer	34	$30,909
71	Territory Sales Representative	33	$62,820
72	Merchandising Specialist	32	$54,024
73	Prep Cook	32	$31,462
74	Retail Sales Lead	32	$33,932
75	Route Driver	32	$47,113
76	Seasonal Associate	32	$31,139
77	Home Health Nurse	31	$74,841
78	Store Protection Specialist	31	$35,508
79	Clinic Registered Nurse	30	$97,796
80	Clinical Supervisor	30	$75,433
81	Crew Member	30	$28,517
82	Operations Manager	30	$90,713
83	Radiologic Technician	30	$58,717
84	Retail Merchandiser	30	$32,350
85	Associate	29	$66,357
86	Event Specialist	29	$47,220
87	Hair Stylist	29	$32,102
88	Health Information Technician	29	$40,400
89	Line Cook	29	$32,965
90	Oncology Nurse	29	$96,720
91	Resource Technician	29	$54,495
92	Job Coach	28	$30,772
93	Operations Representative	28	$50,909
94	Residential Counselor	28	$33,565
95	City Driver	27	$45,575
96	Customer Care Representative	27	$39,154
97	Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant	26	$57,812
98	Department Supervisor	26	$60,081
99	Optometrist	26	$169,557
100	Assistant	25	$40,947