Registered nurses, truck drivers, and software developers are among the professions in heaviest demand. Job postings for those positions and others far outweigh actual hires based on new research.
In partnership with Economic Modeling Specialists Intl., CareerBuilder compiled a list of the hottest in-demand jobs for 2016. The research found occupations where the number of job ads companies post each month outpace the number of people they actually hire. The list includes other data points, such as job growth and salary, which together indicate that these occupations have seen healthy growth and may be in demand in the coming year.
CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. looked at the average number of people hired per month in more than 700 occupations from January 2015 to September 2015 and compared that to the number of job postings for each occupation (aggregated from online job sites for the same period).
Among occupations that require a college education and have the largest gap between job openings and hires are the following. The first number is the unique job postings followed by the actual hires. The last figure is median hourly wage.
- Registered Nurses: 296,631 / 97,549 / $32.04
- Software Developers, Applications: 114,921 / 31,272 / $45.92
- Marketing Managers: 91,630 / 8,447 / $61.12
- Sales Managers: 70,558 / 17,750 / $53.20
- Medical and Health Services Managers: 63,683 / 11,850 / $44.62
Among occupations that don’t typically require a college degree but have gaps between job openings and hires are the following. The first number is the unique job postings followed by the actual hires. The last figure is median hourly wage.
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: 1,091,024 / 106,355 / $19.00
- Food Service Managers: 52,132 / 18,724 / $23.34
- Computer User Support Specialists: 63,533 / 32,596 / $22.89
- Insurance Sales Agents: 40,909 / 22,075 / $23.01
- Medical Records and Health Information Technicians: 21,505 / 7,609 / $17.26
