What are the most in demand jobs in Waterloo, IA?

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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 Waterloo, IA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Waterloo have a particular interest in registered nurses.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Waterloo, IA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Waterloo? Turns out the most in demand job in Waterloo is registered nurse with 709 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Waterloo

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

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 Waterloo, IA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	709	$50,729
2	Sales Associate	336	$27,831
3	Physician	306	$208,569
4	Student Engineer	251	$32,200
5	Patient Care Technician	233	$26,612
6	Licensed Practical Nurse	179	$43,606
7	Food Service Worker	178	$22,718
8	Security Officer	167	$27,734
9	Delivery Driver	163	$35,558
10	Server	163	$21,684
11	Cashier	149	$24,143
12	Certified Medical Assistant/Certified Nurse Assistant	138	$33,423
13	Assistant Manager	134	$28,814
14	Customer Service Representative	127	$29,234
15	Certified Nursing Assistant	119	$27,595
16	Physical Therapist	117	$63,125
17	Manufacturing Team Member	111	$30,362
18	Truck Driver Class A	109	$55,461
19	Occupational Therapist	106	$65,257
20	Cook	103	$24,187
21	Hospitalist Physician	100	$229,279
22	Store Manager	98	$40,964
23	Direct Support Professional	97	$23,271
24	Line Operator	90	$28,948
25	Truck Driver	90	$55,838
26	General Manager	89	$62,626
27	Family Medicine Physician	86	$186,328
28	Maintenance Technician	86	$43,212
29	Customer Service Associate	80	$26,776
30	Family Practice Physician	78	$187,697
31	Service Lead	78	$53,221
32	Assistant Store Manager	77	$30,473
33	Emergency Medicine Physician	77	$158,890
34	Shift Leader	77	$28,222
35	Certified Pharmacist Technician	75	$34,453
36	Account Executive	70	$52,248
37	Bartender	69	$19,171
38	Manager's Assistant/Administrative Assistant	66	$40,997
39	CDL Driver	63	$49,760
40	Manufacturing Engineer	61	$58,044
41	Owner/Operator	59	$183,170
42	Laboratory Associate	58	$33,951
43	Pharmacist Technician	58	$32,509
44	Teacher	58	$41,156
45	Life Insurance Agent	57	$77,967
46	Guest Services	56	$27,116
47	Shift Supervisor	55	$36,902
48	CDL Class A Driver	54	$56,777
49	Barista	53	$24,920
50	Driver	53	$30,557
51	Nurse Practitioner	51	$90,298
52	Housekeeper	50	$23,426
53	Student Internship	50	$28,537
54	Company Driver	49	$63,107
55	Health Insurance Agent	48	$61,178
56	Service Technician	48	$39,125
57	Administrative Assistant	47	$31,258
58	Department Manager	47	$49,127
59	Internal Medicine Physician	46	$233,618
60	Crew Member	44	$22,763
61	Truck Driver-Over-The-Road	44	$62,936
62	Clerk	43	$30,993
63	Clinic Registered Nurse	43	$49,060
64	Radiologic Technician	43	$39,871
65	Adjunct Professor	42	$111,514
66	Line Cook	42	$24,030
67	Over The Road Driver	42	$61,510
68	Acute Care Physician	41	$212,042
69	Merchandiser	41	$28,597
70	Ambulatory Care Coordinator	40	$38,281
71	Reset Merchandiser	40	$27,360
72	Student Nurse Technician	39	$26,945
73	Automation Engineer	38	$65,557
74	Production Supervisor	38	$54,641
75	Retail Merchandiser	38	$26,750
76	Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist	37	$31,543
77	Shift Manager	37	$27,077
78	In-Home Childcare Provider	35	$23,333
79	Registered Nurse Case Manager	35	$55,301
80	Delivery Assistant	34	$28,008
81	Department Supervisor	34	$47,162
82	Machine Maintenance	33	$41,151
83	Registered Health Nurse	33	$50,126
84	Member Service Representative	32	$26,213
85	Brother	31	$42,261
86	Dietary Aide	31	$22,917
87	Driver/Owner Operator	31	$85,346
88	Footwear Sales Associate	31	$24,788
89	Instrument Technician	31	$29,804
90	Pediatric Nurse	31	$58,316
91	Sales Representative	31	$56,392
92	Store Associate	31	$28,169
93	Substitute Teacher	31	$24,812
94	Technician	30	$30,812
95	Assistant Manager Of Operations	29	$40,845
96	Parts Delivery Driver	29	$24,870
97	Specialist	29	$46,277
98	Customer Engagement Specialist	28	$37,623
99	Engineer	28	$62,456
100	General Clerk	28	$28,697