What are the most in demand jobs in Wilmington, NC?

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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 Wilmington, NC actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Wilmington have a particular interest in staff nurses.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Wilmington, NC are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Wilmington? Turns out the most in demand job in Wilmington is staff nurse with 942 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Wilmington

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

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 Wilmington, NC

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Staff Nurse	942	$45,979
2	Sales Associate	915	$28,453
3	Physician	706	$206,960
4	Certified Nursing Assistant	454	$23,884
5	Delivery Driver	452	$33,005
6	Assistant Manager	410	$37,940
7	Registered Nurse	403	$56,442
8	Customer Service Representative	400	$25,724
9	Shift Supervisor	345	$33,786
10	Licensed Practical Nurse	330	$41,218
11	Food Service Worker	286	$19,858
12	Nurses' Aide	279	$23,696
13	Cashier	262	$19,942
14	Cook	234	$23,558
15	Store Manager	218	$46,105
16	Server	204	$21,434
17	Barista	202	$22,381
18	Pharmacist Technician	201	$31,124
19	Assistant Store Manager	198	$44,592
20	Support Team Member	190	$19,892
21	Hospitalist Physician	188	$221,894
22	Associate	173	$43,655
23	Shift Manager	169	$27,369
24	Patient Care Technician	167	$29,547
25	Customer Service Associate	161	$24,229
26	Medical Assistant	152	$31,445
27	Maintenance Technician	143	$38,155
28	Assistant Restaurant Manager	136	$41,183
29	Shift Leader	136	$29,761
30	Store Associate	133	$24,914
31	Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist	132	$71,730
32	Family Practice Physician	130	$164,260
33	Department Manager	128	$47,348
34	Housekeeper	126	$21,197
35	Maintenance Person	118	$24,714
36	Massage Therapist	113	$44,053
37	Sales Consultant	113	$55,039
38	Crew Member	112	$19,911
39	Family Medicine Physician	111	$168,900
40	Health Insurance Agent	110	$68,321
41	Sales Leader	108	$68,572
42	Senior Project Manager	107	$107,913
43	Emergency Medicine Physician	104	$140,713
44	Medical Laboratory Technician	102	$43,209
45	Life Insurance Agent	100	$77,001
46	Ultrasound Technologist	99	$63,094
47	Customer Service Technician	97	$35,369
48	Internal Medicine Physician	97	$212,854
49	Manager	96	$84,760
50	Occupational Therapist	94	$63,266
51	Certified Public Accountant	89	$65,537
52	General Manager	85	$68,504
53	Specialist	85	$51,073
54	Lead Customer Service Representative	84	$32,824
55	Account Executive	83	$55,310
56	CDL Driver	82	$54,538
57	Administrative Assistant	81	$30,144
58	Line Cook	81	$23,261
59	Assistant	80	$31,380
60	Automotive Technician	79	$35,032
61	Patient Representative	79	$33,392
62	Physical Therapist	75	$68,677
63	Truck Driver	75	$60,503
64	Medical Director	74	$190,926
65	Baker	72	$23,294
66	Store Assistant	71	$29,370
67	Restaurant Associate	70	$23,760
68	Team Leader	70	$56,829
69	Emergency Medical Technician	68	$42,480
70	Service Manager	68	$65,104
71	Service Technician	67	$34,855
72	Technician	66	$32,193
73	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	64	$67,742
74	Sales Representative	64	$51,079
75	Associate Director	63	$93,376
76	Pharmacist	63	$132,578
77	Sales Associate And Customer Service	63	$23,159
78	Key Holder	62	$27,019
79	Teacher	61	$35,414
80	Car Detailer	60	$21,169
81	Security Officer	60	$25,492
82	Company Driver	59	$67,392
83	Manufacturing Team Member	59	$20,399
84	Respiratory Therapist	59	$52,769
85	Driver	57	$22,331
86	Support Associate	57	$33,197
87	Bartender	56	$19,204
88	Kitchen Manager	56	$48,645
89	Phlebotomy Technician	56	$31,461
90	Plumber	56	$36,813
91	Assistant Manager Of Operations	55	$54,977
92	Director Of Project Management	55	$111,417
93	Pediatric Physician Assistant	55	$169,454
94	Project Manager	55	$87,736
95	Operations Associate	54	$39,734
96	Mental Health Associate	53	$40,024
97	Outside Sales Representative	53	$50,604
98	Child Care Teacher	52	$24,312
99	Paramedic	52	$45,582
100	Inpatient Nursing Aide	51	$45,270