One Job Owns the No. 1 Slot Across Almost Every State

Lightcast's state-by-state ranking is overwhelmingly led by one title: Registered Nurse is the most-posted job in 49 of 50 states. Lower down the ladder, Retail Sales Associate dominates the second slot, while Truck Driver and Physician titles recur most often at third.

This is a rank chart, not a posting-volume chart. Each link shows how many states share the same sequence from the 1st most-posted title to the 2nd and 3rd, based on the Lightcast article's state rankings from October 2024 to October 2025.

Source: Lightcast, "Job titles in highest-demand, state by state". Data used here was extracted from the article's embedded state-by-state ranking visualization.