What are the most in demand jobs in Tuscaloosa, AL?

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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 Tuscaloosa, AL actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Tuscaloosa have a particular interest in physicians.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Tuscaloosa, AL are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Tuscaloosa? Turns out the most in demand job in Tuscaloosa is physician with 449 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Tuscaloosa

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

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 Tuscaloosa, AL

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Physician	449	$224,315
2	Sales Associate	336	$38,106
3	Food Service Worker	264	$19,338
4	Assistant Professor	230	$94,823
5	Delivery Driver	213	$32,265
6	Server	197	$20,053
7	Registered Nurse	195	$60,671
8	Assistant Manager	186	$46,010
9	Customer Service Representative	186	$23,558
10	Shift Supervisor	180	$36,477
11	Cashier	176	$21,139
12	Restaurant Manager	174	$39,581
13	Cook	158	$22,167
14	Shift Leader	154	$27,689
15	Hospitalist Physician	139	$234,459
16	Barista	132	$21,875
17	Store Manager	132	$44,621
18	Associate Professor	108	$106,080
19	Manufacturing Team Member	108	$21,150
20	Family Practice Physician	102	$193,978
21	Crew Member	100	$23,184
22	General Manager	94	$64,303
23	Line Cook	91	$22,002
24	Truck Driver	89	$56,019
25	Assistant Store Manager	83	$40,231
26	Prep Cook	80	$19,788
27	Bartender	78	$18,852
28	Emergency Medicine Physician	77	$135,523
29	Licensed Practical Nurse	77	$42,373
30	Retail Merchandiser	76	$23,647
31	Teacher	75	$41,707
32	Customer Service Associate	71	$28,375
33	Maintenance Technician	69	$37,319
34	Security Officer	69	$23,577
35	Instructor	67	$45,869
36	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	67	$66,548
37	Pharmacist Technician	66	$28,295
38	Restaurant General Manager	66	$53,414
39	CDL Class A Driver	65	$60,756
40	Retail Sales Consultant	65	$38,830
41	Certified Public Accountant	63	$59,827
42	Automotive Technician	62	$32,579
43	Internal Medicine Physician	62	$206,160
44	Family Medicine Physician	60	$189,155
45	Sales Consultant	59	$47,636
46	Assistant Restaurant Manager	56	$41,949
47	Company Driver	56	$61,042
48	Retail Cashier	56	$25,076
49	Utility Worker	56	$26,383
50	Driver	55	$30,199
51	Lead Customer Service Representative	53	$30,610
52	Physical Therapist	52	$66,870
53	Sales Leader	52	$70,859
54	CDL Driver	51	$47,278
55	Assistant General Manager	50	$53,233
56	Hair Stylist	50	$31,749
57	Owner/Operator	50	$161,800
58	Kitchen Manager	48	$43,969
59	Service Team Member	47	$18,440
60	Student Internship	47	$24,723
61	Flatbed Truck Driver	46	$52,655
62	Service Technician	46	$41,171
63	Baker	45	$21,316
64	Key Holder	45	$29,398
65	Restaurant Associate	45	$22,286
66	Driver/Owner Operator	43	$103,061
67	Acute Care Physician	42	$223,429
68	Associate	42	$39,941
69	Finance Advisor	42	$63,976
70	Laboratory Technician	41	$31,450
71	Operations Associate	41	$39,682
72	Software Engineer	41	$62,366
73	Outside Sales Representative	40	$46,883
74	Staff Nurse	40	$49,136
75	Internship	39	$25,189
76	Sales Representative	39	$57,790
77	Store Associate	39	$23,554
78	Support Team Member	39	$20,630
79	Shift Manager	38	$26,376
80	Equipment Operator	37	$20,892
81	Associate Retailer	35	$22,834
82	Finance Specialist	35	$50,828
83	Manager	35	$71,116
84	Information Technology Specialist	34	$62,511
85	Server Assistant	34	$19,752
86	Life Insurance Agent	33	$82,615
87	Mental Health Worker	33	$26,320
88	Over The Road Driver	33	$63,309
89	Store Assistant	33	$27,110
90	Cab Driver	32	$31,306
91	General Surgeon	32	$296,513
92	Professor	32	$135,828
93	Substitute Teacher	32	$27,663
94	Parts Delivery Driver	31	$26,607
95	Beauty Advisor	30	$44,382
96	Housekeeper	30	$20,635
97	Team Leader	30	$49,968
98	Mechanic	29	$31,727
99	Groundman	28	$32,318
100	In-Stock Associate	28	$20,955