Top 20 Jobs in Idaho

The Fastest Growing Jobs in Idaho in the 21st Century include occupations in the Healthcare Industry and IT or Information Technology.

Skilled trades make up another large chunk of fast groing jobs, rounded out by Hotel Resort in a number of capacities, as well as Survey Researchers.

The Communications Industry takes the Top Two Positions in the list of Top 20 jobs forecasted in Idaho to increase up through 2014.

Over 12,100 job listings were gathered for Idaho in mid-March 2010. The top listings most frequently needed are in the following list of Healthcare, Sales, and Dining/Food Service jobs:

1. Physical Therapists and Assistants
2. General Managers
3. Assistant Managers
4. Occupational Therapists
5. Event Specialists
6. Kitchen Managers
7. Sales Representatives
8. Retail Sales and Cashiers
9. Pizza Hut Crew, Shift Manager, Delivery Driver Speech Language Pathologists
10. Outside Sales Representatives

College and High School

• Idaho Vandals - Moscow, Idaho
• Idaho High School Activities Association

League Sports

• Idaho Falls Padres (R)
• Idaho Steelheads (WCHL) - Boise

The Gaming Entertainment Industry is growing in Idaho, including in the businesses owned and operated by the several Native American Nations located in this state. One need not be a member fo the nation or tribe to work in these resort hotel complexes.

There is also a thriving Travel and Tourism business in Idaho that regularly needs employees: Idaho: Adventures in Living

Nations and Tribes

• Kootenai Tribal Council
• Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee
• Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation: Blackfoot, Idaho
• Shoshone-Bannock Tribe

Report Hotels and Entertainment Complexes

Kootenai River Inn & Spa

7169 Plaza St.; Bonners Ferry, ID 83805

800-346-5668

Shoshone-Bannock High Stakes

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes; Box 868; Fort Hall, ID 83203

800-497-4231 

It'se-Ye-Ye Resort 

Nez Perce Tribe; 419 Third Street; Kamiah, Idaho 83536

(208) 935-1638  

Clearwater River Resort

Nez Perce Tribe; 17500 Nez Perce Highway; Lewiston, ID 83501

(208) 746-0723 

Coeur D'Alene

Coeur d'Alene Tribe; 27068 Southwest US Hwy 95; Worley, Idaho 83876

(800) 523-2464 

INSTITUTIONS AND CITIES

• Albertson College of Idaho: Caldwell
• Boise State University: Boise
• Brigham Young University Idaho: Rexburg, Idaho
• College of Southern Idaho: Twin Falls
• Eastern Idaho Technical College: Idaho Falls
• Idaho State University: Pocatello
• Lewis-Clark State College: Lewiston, Oregon
• Lewis-Clark State College: Coeur d'Alene campus
• North Idaho College: Coeur d'Alene
• Northwest Nazarene University Idaho: Nampa
• University of Idaho: Moscow