Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons Top Jobs in July Based on Help Wanted Online Data
MONTGOMERY – Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that as of July 2021, the yearly comparison of online job ads is 88,730, up 95% from July 2020. The dramatic increase reflects the shutdown period during the COVID-19 pandemic. The monthly total of online job ads for July 2021 is up 0.6% with 26,705 new online ads.
The five occupations with the most online job ads continue to be for registered nurses, retail salespersons, customer service representatives, sales representatives, and truck drivers with 14,439 ads placed for those occupations in July.
The HWOL data is compiled from all online job postings in the state, including those posted on the state’s free online jobs database, AlabamaWorks.alabama.gov, and other sources, such as traditional job boards, corporate boards, and social media sites.
Twelve percent of job ads have salaries of $75,000 and above; 14% have salaries in the $50-75,000 range; 21% have salaries in the $35-49,000 range; and 53% have salaries of $35,000 or under.
The two employers posting the most online ads in July were: UAB Health System (1,232) and Huntsville Hospital (992). These were followed by Encompass Health (677), University of Alabama at Birmingham (671), University of South Alabama (670), St. Vincent’s Health System (605), Lowe’s (585), Baptist Health (521), Humana (516), and Aramark (437) to round out the top 10.
Training and Development Specialists are the focus of this month’s in-depth analysis by the LMI division. The median annual salary is advertised as $48,596 with 25% earning more than $60,284. In the last 12 months there were 697 online ads for this occupation. Training and Development Specialists design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. Within the state of Alabama, Training and Development Specialists have a good outlook during the period of 2018-2028. This occupation is expected to have over 300 Average Annual Total Openings statewide.
| TOP OCCUPATIONS WITH MOST ONLINE ADS | Online Ads July 2021 |
Online Ads July 2020 |
Change (Percent) | Average Hourly Wage |
| Registered Nurses | 4,772 | 1,952 | 144.5% | $29.55 |
| Retail Salespersons | 2,999 | 1,574 | 90.5% | $14.14 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 2,446 | 1,015 | 141.0% | $17.36 |
| Sales Reps, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 2,244 | 1,151 | 95.0% | $34.52 |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 1,978 | 825 | 139.8% | $21.85 |
| Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers | 1,465 | 907 | 61.5% | $9.59 |
| Food Service Managers | 1,327 | 858 | 54.7% | $29.15 |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 1,307 | 775 | 68.6% | $17.91 |
| Software Developers, Applications | 1,266 | 673 | 88.1% | $50.48 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers | 1,261 | 613 | 105.7% | $14.27 |
Media Release/Alabama Department of Labor
