What are the most in demand jobs in Seattle, WA?

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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 Seattle, WA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Seattle have a particular interest in software development engineers.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Seattle, WA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Seattle? Turns out the most in demand job in Seattle is software development engineer with 26,000 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Seattle

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

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 Seattle, WA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Software Development Engineer	26,000	$111,811
2	Registered Nurse	5,998	$72,591
3	Senior Software Development Engineer	5,914	$143,865
4	Software Development Manager	5,826	$133,707
5	Senior Software Engineer	5,150	$129,512
6	Software Engineer	5,122	$108,212
7	Information Technology Project Manager	3,859	$95,421
8	Senior Technical Program Manager	3,681	$138,933
9	Senior Project Manager	3,571	$117,672
10	Senior Product Manager	3,528	$143,731
11	Program Manager	2,770	$76,929
12	Data Engineer	2,713	$104,723
13	Principal Product Manager	2,592	$170,092
14	Engineer	2,318	$83,419
15	Medical Assistant	2,181	$39,335
16	Senior Technical Product Manager	2,045	$145,571
17	Business Owner/Engineer	1,844	$92,144
18	Senior Engineer	1,834	$105,542
19	Data Scientist	1,818	$111,005
20	Scientist	1,812	$82,826
21	Senior Finance Analyst	1,812	$91,340
22	Certified Nursing Assistant	1,724	$33,808
23	Account Executive	1,700	$71,948
24	Research Scientist	1,680	$84,028
25	Business Analyst	1,618	$76,215
26	Senior Manager	1,595	$128,820
27	Senior User Experience Designer	1,426	$120,822
28	Sales Associate	1,393	$37,026
29	Engineer Of System Development	1,325	$116,833
30	Barista	1,276	$27,689
31	Sales Representative	1,245	$54,899
32	Software Developer	1,232	$102,174
33	Senior Scientist	1,215	$113,590
34	Executive Assistant	1,211	$56,084
35	Solutions Architect	1,204	$105,561
36	Cook	1,187	$34,931
37	User Experience Designer	1,187	$95,719
38	Project Manager	1,157	$97,115
39	Quality Assurance Engineer	1,148	$78,174
40	Systems Administrator	1,111	$80,724
41	Finance Manager	1,095	$89,832
42	Customer Service Representative	1,063	$33,332
43	Security Engineer	1,060	$111,721
44	Product Manager	1,056	$116,378
45	Vending Manager	1,053	$107,525
46	Finance Analyst	976	$76,124
47	Engineering Manager	963	$114,829
48	Physician	955	$250,361
49	Shift Supervisor	930	$44,557
50	Systems Engineer	859	$84,686
51	Principal Software Engineer	853	$171,115
52	Administrative Assistant	848	$38,398
53	Maintenance Technician	836	$40,503
54	Pharmacist Technician	808	$43,722
55	Senior Manager Of Marketing	750	$141,577
56	Licensed Practical Nurse	746	$44,100
57	Account Manager	726	$85,194
58	Business Development Manager	717	$121,689
59	Developer	695	$113,612
60	Reliability Engineer	680	$110,302
61	Research Fellow	680	$56,593
62	Senior Data Scientist	680	$147,514
63	Member, Technical Staff	670	$87,736
64	Human Resources Business Partner	643	$84,477
65	Delivery Driver	619	$40,056
66	Senior Systems Engineer	615	$116,138
67	Recruiter	613	$52,231
68	Marketing Manager	610	$104,562
69	Clinical Medical Assistant	595	$42,623
70	Physician Assistant	583	$100,001
71	Architect	575	$76,879
72	Senior Product Marketing Manager	575	$152,024
73	Development Engineer	570	$92,868
74	User Experience Researcher	570	$93,599
75	Clinic Registered Nurse	569	$76,315
76	Housekeeper	569	$31,341
77	Security Officer	569	$37,860
78	Senior Technician Specialist	565	$109,850
79	Senior Associate	562	$87,959
80	Corporate Counsel	559	$155,872
81	Tax Manager	545	$96,352
82	Senior Security Engineer	531	$125,136
83	Machining Engineer	528	$119,188
84	Senior Manager, Product Management	527	$157,162
85	Associate	522	$57,666
86	Senior Member Technical Staff	513	$127,015
87	Product Marketing Manager	512	$129,779
88	Assistant Manager	509	$47,836
89	Massage Therapist	508	$55,094
90	Data Analyst	503	$72,232
91	Senior Development Manager	500	$164,686
92	Cashier	498	$28,595
93	Manager	497	$77,357
94	Sales Consultant	488	$66,874
95	Senior Consultant	488	$111,885
96	Senior Business Analyst	485	$88,643
97	Devops Engineer	481	$110,391
98	Store Manager	467	$49,781
99	Server	451	$31,913
100	Operations Manager	439	$78,484