Whatcom County Top 25 Jobs, Employers, Skills and Certifications

Summer 2018  Employer Demand report from the Employment Security Department

https://www.esd.wa.gov/labormarketinfo/employer-demand

Employment Rate is lowest in 11 years in Washington State! Here are some of the Top local employers, types of Jobs, hard skills and certifications in Whatcom County! (from https://esd.wa.gov/labormarketinfo/monthly-employment-report)

Top 25 occupations advertised online Return to content
Whatcom County, June, 2018
Source: Employment Security Department/WITS, Occupational Employment Statistics; The Conference Board, Help Wanted OnLine job announcements

Rank, SOC Title, All job postings1, New job postings2, Average annual wages3, Median annual wages3
1 Registered Nurses, 176, 68, $67,597, $70,224
2 Retail Salespersons, 100, 48, $29,713 $22,918
3 Customer Service Representatives 71 41 $32,712 $28,650
4 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 65 45 $48,795 $45,870
5 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 61 42 $29,363 $28,123
6 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 59 42 $41,119 $36,128
7 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 57 21 $45,093 $44,518
8 Nursing Assistants 55 26 $27,083 $28,114
9 Social and Human Service Assistants 55 35 $30,840 $27,772
10 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 54 43 $35,317 $28,707
11 Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 53 42 $23,576 $22,541
12 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 52 30 $65,125 $57,129
13 Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 44 26 $31,845 $28,631
14 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 41 24 $30,557 $28,575
15 Medical Assistants 41 20 $37,001 $35,859
16 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 40 29 $42,547 $44,955
17 Cooks, Restaurant 39 35 $26,667 $27,915
18 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 38 20 $38,577 $36,098
19 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37 29 $30,181 $28,400
20  Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 37 22 $42,495 $44,566
21 Helpers–Production Workers 36 10 $28,165 $27,943
22 Construction Laborers 36 33 $45,346 $44,650
23 Carpenters 36 28 $55,540 $56,072
24 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 36 20 $52,746 $46,421
25 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 35 30 $25,106 $22,541
1 New job postings and jobs reposted from the previous month.
2 Job postings that did not appear in the previous month.
3 Wage estimates are for Workforce Development Areas to which this county belongs, and may differ from published OES wages.

Top 25 employers from online ads
Whatcom County, April 2018 through July 2018
Source: Employment Security Department/WITS; The Conference Board, Help Wanted OnLine job announcements

Rank, Employer, Number, Prior year 1
1 PeaceHealth, 557, 349
2 Express Employment Professionals 162 153
3 Western Washington University 136 139
4 Whatcom Community College 66 4
5 State of Washington 57 21
6 CHS Inc. 54 53
7 WINCO FOODS 51 36
8 Manpower 50 94
9 Kelly Services 49 32
10 Avamere Health Services 48 40
11 Aramark Corporation 40 56
12 Target Corporation 40 1
13 KeyBank 33 20
14 Alcoa Inc. 30 6
15 Bellingham Technical College 29 42
16 Whole Foods 28 6
17 Whatcom County 27 39
18 BP Americas 27 37
19 City of Bellingham 26 33
20 BROOKDALE 26 13
21 Premier School Agendas 25 1
22 Onward Healthcare 24 7
23 NursesRx 24 7
24 Signature Hospice 24 15
25 American Mobile Healthcare 23 7
+Number of postings for same months in 2017.

Top 25 hard skills from online ads
Whatcom County, April 2018 through July 2018
Source: Employment Security Department/WITS; Wanted Analytics

Rank, Hard skills, Number
1 Microsoft Office 604
2 Freight+ 201
3 Forklifts 178
4 Quality Assurance 150
5 Microsoft PowerPoint 135
6 Patient Electronic Medical Record 135
7 Preventive maintenance 114
8 Bilingual 107
9 Hand trucks 102
10 Pallet jacks 100
11 Pediatrics 100
12 Microsoft Internet Explorer 96
13 Geriatrics 93
14 Quality control 90
15 Food preparation 83
16 Internal audit 79
17 Technical support 77
18 Medical-Surgical Nursing 76
19 Instrumentation 73
20 English speaker 64
21 Mathematics 63
22 Behavioral health 58
23 Material Handling 56
24 Epic software 56
25 Accounts payable 52

Top 25 certifications from online ads
Whatcom County, April 2018 through July 2018
Source: Employment Security Department/WITS; Wanted Analytics

Rank, Certification, Number
1 Driver’s License 850
2 Basic Life Support 344
3 Certified Registered Nurse 262
4 Licensed Practical Nurse 193
5 Advanced Cardiac Life Support 153
6 Continuing Education 139
7 Commercial Driver’s License 127
8 Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 125
9 Class A Commercial Drivers License 121
10 First Aid certification 95
11 HAZMAT 90
12 Certified Nursing Assistant 90
13 Food safety programs 84
14 Occupational Safety & Health Administration Certification 81
15 Transportation Worker Identification Credential 78
16 Petroleum Oriented Safety Training 69
17 Certified Medical Assistant 67
18 Accounting 66
19 Department of Social and Health Services 55
20 Medical-Surgical Nurse 54
21 Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System 51
22 Certified Public Accountant 49
23 Board Certified 44
24 National Certified Medical Assistant 41
25 National Healthcareer Association 40