If your clients are looking for a new job or their children are deciding on a career path, the following professions have considerably more job postings per month than positions filled, according to CareerBuilder.
CareerBuilder and the Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) looked at the average number of people hired per month in more than 700 occupations from January 2013 through August 2014. Using EMSI's labor-market database, which pulls from over 90 national and state employment resources, they compared the number of monthly hires to the number of job postings for each occupation for the same period.
Growth over the past four years, as well as median pay for each job is also cited.
The following 10 professions are in demand, with No. 1 having the most job openings.
No. 10
Sales Manager
Gap between postings and hires: 6,309
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +8 percent
Median annual pay: $108,118
No. 9
Speech Language Pathologist
Gap between postings and hires: 8,001
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +5 percent
Median annual pay: $70,720
No. 8
Physical Therapist
Gap between postings and hires: 13,545
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +10 percent
Median annual pay: $80,350
No. 7
Medical and Health Services Manager
Gap between postings and hires: 15,070
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +6 percent
Median annual pay: $90,708
No. 6
Web Developer
Gap between postings and hires: 15,492
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +17 percent
Median annual pay: $58,281
No. 5
Network and Computer Systems Administrator
Gap between postings and hires: 17,054
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +7 percent
Median annual pay: $74,547
No. 4
Industrial Engineer
Gap between postings and hires: 18,151
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +9 percent
Median annual pay: $81,036
No. 3
Registered Nurse
Gap between postings and hires: 19,118
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +5 percent
Median annual pay: $67,620
No. 2
Software Developer, Applications
Gap between postings and hires: 21,084
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +15 percent
Median annual pay: $92,892
No. 1
Marketing Executive
Gap between postings and hires: 22,996
Job growth (2010 - 2014): +10 percent
Median annual pay: $119,433
