Health care jobs are in demand in 2025 — one of the top roles can pay $385,000
The health sector holds many of the best job opportunities for workers in 2025, due to factors like high labor demand and pay, according to a new ranking from job search site Indeed.
Health care roles account for six of the top 25 jobs for 2025, according to Indeed: veterinarian (ranked No. 1), physician (No. 3), clinical psychologist (No. 8), radiologist (No. 14), registered nurse (No. 18) and director of clinical services (No. 22).
That's the highest share of top jobs relative to other sectors, and the second year in a row health care dominated the list.
Indeed's analysis looked at professions that met three criteria: a minimum salary of $75,000 per year, growth of at least 20% in postings on the site over the last three years and offerings of remote or hybrid roles for at least 5% of postings. The jobs are ranked by their share of postings on Indeed.
Health care has seen «extremely, extremely rapid» job growth, said Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter.
«It is just relentless,» Pollak said. «It's extremely robust and consistent, and we don't see any slowdown at all.»
The U.S. economy added 902,000 health care and social assistance jobs in 2024 — more than double the closest competing segment, government, which added 480,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Total employment in health care occupations is «projected to grow much faster than the average» for all U.S. jobs from 2023 to 2033, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Ample job opportunity in the sector stems from many factors, said Jennifer Herrity, a career expert at Indeed.
For example, an aging U.S. population increases the need for health care; retirements among workers in the health field have created shortages in some
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