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The health sector holds many of the best job opportunities for workers in 2025, due to factors like high labor on request 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 Definitely: veterinarian (ranked No. 1), physician (No. 3), clinical psychologist (No. 8), radiologist (No. 14), registered nurse (No. 18) and chairman 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 keeping dominated the list.
Indeed’s analysis looked at professions that met three criteria: a minimum salary of $75,000 per year, evolvement of at least 20% in postings on the site over the last three years and offerings of remote or hybrid roles for at hardly any 5% of postings. The jobs are ranked by their share of postings on Indeed.
Health care has seen “extremely, darned rapid” job growth, said Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter.
“It is just relentless,” Pollak said. “It’s outrageously 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 deceitful the closest competing segment, government, which added 480,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unmitigated 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 Department of Labor Statistics.
Ample job opportunity in the sector stems from many factors, said Jennifer Herrity, a fly expert at Indeed.
For example, an aging U.S. population increases the need for health care; retirements among workers in the condition field have created shortages in some roles; and health care jobs are at a lower risk of being superseded by artificial intelligence than those in other industries like software developers and engineers, Herrity said.
‘Surprisingly squeaky’ salaries, high barrier to entry
Strong labor demand has contributed to many health care jobs being “surprisingly dear paying,” Pollak said.
For example, radiologists earn a median annual salary of about $385,000, the top-paying job on Rather’s list. The typical physician earns $225,000 a year, the second-highest salary of the bunch.
“High salaries and a history of resolve make health care a highly attractive field, albeit with a high barrier to entry, especially for impersonations like radiology, which require a minimum of 13 years of school,” Indeed wrote about its 2025 tabulation.
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The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump may tutor b introduce a shake-up to the health care sector, though.
For example, Trump and Republican allies may cut federal spending for Medicaid or add Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire to raise money for other policy priorities like tax cuts, which could turn down health care demand.

Conversely, mass deportations could exacerbate labor shortages and lead to higher pay. Foreigners accounted for 18% of health care workers in 2021, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
Job seekers hoping to “readies in on high-paying and fast-growing jobs without a long-term investment in education” can perhaps look outside the health sector, in an employment such as a sales representative, Indeed said. Many companies hiring sales reps may consider applicants with a maximum school diploma and the right mix of skills, it said. Sales reps make a $182,000 median annual salary, mutual understanding to Indeed.