The health care sector claimed the highest share of top jobs for 2025, according to Indeed. They accounted for six of the top 25 jobs: Veterinarian, physician, clinical psychologist, radiologist, ...

The field does have advantages for workers. Health care jobs are everywhere — rural and urban; in hospitals, neighborhood clinics, and people’s homes. There’s an abundance of lower-paying entry-level ...

Without hiring from the health care and social assistance industries, the U.S. economy lost jobs in 2025—an uncomfortable reality hidden beneath modest payroll gains and an improved unemployment rate.

An aging population is drawing workers to medical and social care, creating reliable jobs and revealing weakness for the rest of the economy.

U.S. job growth in 2025 was concentrated almost entirely in health care and social assistance, while sectors focused on goods production such as manufacturing and transportation saw declines, ...

The health care industry led the nation in job growth in September, continuing a monthslong trend of resisting economic headwinds. Health care added 43,000 positions in September, or about 1 in 3 U.S.

Without health care and social assistance jobs, the U.S. labor market would have seen a plummet of about 570,000 jobs in 2025.

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 ...