![[Featured Image]: A woman with long brown hair and smiling. She is wearing blue scrubs with white trim. She has a stethoscope around her neck. She is talking to a woman wearing a multi-colored sweater and a head covering.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/4DQzempX6djglTBU7eAeOc/c51aff0334fdc408c844b94cf35e869c/GettyImages-1173646995.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
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12 Best Paying Jobs in Health Care: A 2025 Guide
Interested in working in the health care industry? Here’s a list of the highest paying jobs to consider.
May 13, 2022
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Health
Health care is a booming industry with a wide range of rewarding jobs working with patients, communities, or behind the scenes. Explore your career options with these guides to careers in the health industry.
![[Featured image] A smiling health care professional listens to her patient's heart through a stethoscope while they are in the patient's home.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/3QD1XxFmRJsaAzFKMJAD3n/e7a489421fd0b00df760fe72ad181dcb/GettyImages-2148812369.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image]: Public Health professional analyzing information on a public health issue.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/2zSMOwL2uQdNCphTEwE2fE/f43312fd6736c4affc4a286e02630b1d/GettyImages-108436364__4_.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] A health care worker, who receives a community health worker salary, visits an elderly woman in her home to provide health services like taking blood pressure using a stethoscope.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/7tDfxFg7JeKDMOCd5kDVWr/d4126d0597a78d5a48226c70d59f271a/GettyImages-1629901654.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Two medical technologists examine a test tube in a lab while earning a competitive salary.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/1vnsQj4ogyfnHXvXFJ1wPS/7f041e07c1102cc8b93a390f254ccec7/GettyImages-1405237871.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Two RNs discuss the most common career change for nurses and how they plan to pursue their professional passions.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/6rgmdSAHBxeGgKARBhyj7e/ed935fbe1f1d6b94ffb3e204d4601528/GettyImages-1201413055.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
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![[Featured Image] A group discusses the value of community health worker certification for improving individuals’ skill sets.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/2Akgbix9yWU2lbmoYKrRV6/0594b81181ab4a6cf67e3b16648a6584/GettyImages-611878506.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A nurse educator, one of the highest-paying public health jobs, speaks to students in a classroom.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/2zb1aejuq0pp3gFdLQY3TA/2e78bbdcf32891ffcb8ca2c1e0c9f657/GettyImages-1441981174.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] A public health consultant smiles at a person across the desk while explaining information on a mobile device.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/1lC0uRxgKlIXrp6WgX1qKp/bea3ec5dd2da5ec2bac6427af3ebc331/GettyImages-1401761851.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A community health worker sits in a gymnasium working with two young children.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/6eW74Qx3NQLMZjHVq0VULi/daf1bfc51f7d9608f95554b503081599/GettyImages-1432208095.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A travel nurse in teal scrubs walks through an airport.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/3OenOLQ9Igco9zuHu7jQ1h/da1ce2724f3399832288825366ffb604/GettyImages-1753686442.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] An IT support specialist in a health care facility works on connecting a tablet with a computer system.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/7webZperCypnxa18coQaO7/1948ecb0ef694fd1ea77499e8d1fc150/GettyImages-1440512414.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] Nurse at a computer](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/3pHquPozxtpenNa9v7vync/e9581ad3528967e92dfdcfa939af33aa/iStock-1212168161.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Two health inspectors dressed in white lab coats, gloves, hair nets, and face masks hold clipboards as they inspect packages of vegetables in a supermarket.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/01aOpAwhICi4YEv708n8Xo/003d44f2b518654b512dd3e2eb76cbc1/GettyImages-1471521170__1_.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Working in health care can look like a lot of different things. You may work directly with patients as a doctor, nurse, or physical therapist, or maybe you work within communities through a public health career. You'll also find jobs behind the scenes, working in a lab or with health care data. You'll find several fields to explore:
