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The health sector holds a lot of one of the best job opportunities for staff in 2025, resulting from aspects like high labor demand and pay, based on a recent rating from job search site Indeed.
Health care roles account for six of the highest 25 jobs for 2025, based on 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 is the best share of top jobs relative to other sectors, and the second 12 months in a row health care dominated the list.
Indeed’s evaluation checked out professions that met three criteria: a minimum salary of $75,000 per 12 months, growth of at the least 20% in postings on the positioning during the last three years and offerings of distant or hybrid roles for at the least 5% of postings. The roles 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’s just relentless,” Pollak said. “It’s extremely robust and consistent, and we do not see any slowdown in any respect.”
The U.S. economy added 902,000 health care and social assistance jobs in 2024 — greater than double the closest competing segment, government, which added 480,000 jobs, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Total employment in health care occupations is “projected to grow much faster than the common” for all U.S. jobs from 2023 to 2033, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Ample job opportunity within the sector stems from many aspects, said Jennifer Herrity, a profession expert at Indeed.
For instance, an aging U.S. population increases the necessity for health care; retirements amongst staff within the health field have created shortages in some roles; and health care jobs are at a lower risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence than those in other industries like software developers and engineers, Herrity said.
‘Surprisingly high’ salaries, high barrier to entry
Strong labor demand has contributed to many health care jobs being “surprisingly high paying,” Pollak said.
For instance, radiologists earn a median annual salary of about $385,000, the top-paying job on Indeed’s list. The standard physician earns $225,000 a 12 months, the second-highest salary of the bunch.
“High salaries and a history of stability make health care a highly attractive field, albeit with a high barrier to entry, especially for roles like radiology, which require a minimum of 13 years of college,” Indeed wrote about its 2025 list.
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The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump may bring a shake-up to the health care sector, though.
For instance, Trump and Republican allies may cut federal spending for Medicaid or allow Inexpensive Care Act subsidies to run out to lift money for other policy priorities like tax cuts, which could lower health care demand.
Conversely, mass deportations could exacerbate labor shortages and result in higher pay. Immigrants accounted for 18% of health care staff in 2021, based on the Migration Policy Institute.
Job seekers hoping to “money in on high-paying and fast-growing jobs with no long-term investment in education” can perhaps look outside the health sector, in an occupation akin to a sales representative, Indeed said. Many firms hiring sales reps may consider applicants with a highschool diploma and the correct mixture of skills, it said. Sales reps make a $182,000 median annual salary, based on Indeed.
