Dental hygienist was recently ranked among the top 10 best healthcare jobs in the U.S. for 2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
U.S. News & World Report recently released its Best Jobs list for 2025, ranking more than 200 jobs across several industries based on hiring demand, wages, safety and stability, and work-life balance. To read more about the ranking's methodology, click here. Twenty-five healthcare jobs were included in the list.
Here is how three dental roles ranked among the 25 best healthcare jobs in 2025:
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Physician assistant
3. Speech-language pathologist
4. Veterinarian
5. Nurse anesthetist
6. Veterinary technologist and technician
7. Physical therapist
8. Occupational therapist
9. Respiratory therapist
10. Dental hygienist
11. Genetic counselor
12. Anesthesiologist
13. Psychiatrist
14. Optometrist
15. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon
16. Orthotist and prosthetist
17. Pharmacist
18. Registered nurse
19. Dentist
20. Diagnostic medical sonographer
21. Pediatrician
22. Hearing aid specialist
23. OB-GYN
24. Pharmacy technician
25. Emergency medicine physician