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The health sector will offer many of the best employment opportunities for workers by 2025 due to factors such as high labor demand and high wages, the report says new ranking From the job search website Indeed.
According to Indeed, healthcare positions account for five of the top 25 jobs in 2025: physician (No. 3), clinical psychologist (No. 8), radiologist (No. 14), registrar Nurse (18th) and Hospital Director Clinical Services (22nd).
This is the proportion of top jobs relative to other industries, with healthcare dominating the list for the second year in a row.
According to Indeed, animal-centered healthcare roles — veterinarians — rank No. 1.
Indeed’s analysis looked at occupations that met three criteria: a minimum annual salary of $75,000, at least 20% job growth on the site over the past three years, and at least 5% of jobs offering remote or hybrid positions. These jobs are ranked based on the proportion of their postings on Indeed.
Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, said job growth in the health care industry is “extremely, extremely rapid.”
“It’s heartless,” Pollack said. “It’s been very strong and consistent and we’re not seeing any slowdown at all.”
The U.S. economy adds 902,000 people health care and social assistance According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment will more than double by 2024 and more than twice that of the nearest competitive sector, government, which will add 480,000 jobs.
Total U.S. employment in health care occupations across all jobs is “expected to grow much faster than average” from 2023 to 2033, according to Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Jennifer Herrity, Indeed’s career expert, said the industry’s ample job opportunities stem from a variety of factors.
For example, the aging of the U.S. population is increasing demand for health care; retirements of workers in the health field are creating staffing shortages in certain positions; and compared to other industries such as software developers and engineers, health care jobs are being replaced by artificial intelligence, Herity said. The risk of substitution is low.
Salaries are “astonishingly high” and barriers to entry are high
Pollack said strong labor demand has led to “astonishingly high” wages for many health care jobs.
For example, the median annual salary for radiologists is about $385,000, making it the highest-paying job on Indeed’s list. The typical physician salary is $225,000 per year, the second highest salary among this group.
Indeed wrote in its 2025 list: “High pay and a history of stability make health care an attractive field, although the barriers to entry are high, especially for positions like radiology, which require at least 13 years. of school education.
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However, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration may usher in a shakeup for the health care industry.
For example, Trump and Republican allies could cut federal Medicaid spending or allow Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire in order to fund other policy priorities such as tax cuts, which could reduce medical demand.
Conversely, mass evictions could exacerbate labor shortages and cause wages to rise. migrant occupy By 2021, that number will reach 18% of health care workers, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
Job seekers who want to “profit from high-paying, fast-growing jobs without the need for a long-term investment in education” may look outside the healthcare industry into careers such as sales representatives, Indeed said. Many companies hiring sales representatives may consider applicants with a high school diploma and the appropriate skill set, the report said. According to Indeed, the median annual salary for a sales representative is $182,000.
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