Posted on 10/18/2025 9:28:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
For years, Silicon Valley and Wall Street seemed to have a monopoly on ambition. Tech and finance were the dream industries, places where ambition met prestige and paychecks stretched into six figures. But in 2025, that dream looks different.
According to a new Click Intelligence report, the most desired job in the world right now isn't in AI, crypto, or venture capital. It's nursing.
The study analyzed global Google search data across four categories: 'how to be [job title]', '[job title] courses', '[job title] career opportunities', and '[job title] salary.' When those numbers were combined, 'nurse' came out on top with more than 21.5 million monthly career-related searches — over three times more than any other profession.
After nursing, the list moves into a mix of corporate, creative, and technical paths. The top ten most desired jobs of 2025 are:
Across these roles, the average salary hovers around $125,000, but that number tells only part of the story. What's striking is that many of these careers — nursing, accounting, dentistry — involve structure, stability, and clear entry paths. In a decade defined by instability, that kind of clarity seems to hold its own allure.
Nursing's dominance says something profound about where our collective priorities are heading. After years of global crisis and healthcare strain, people seem to crave work that feels meaningful and real.
The pandemic left a mark on the public imagination; nurses became symbols of resilience and purpose. And while the profession is demanding — physically, emotionally, and bureaucratically — it also offers something increasingly rare: a stable, human-centered career that exists far outside the digital echo chamber.
It's telling that despite their high pay, many traditional 'dream jobs' in tech and finance no longer lead the list. Roles like software engineer, data analyst, and data scientist still rank high, but they share the stage now with caregiving and service-based careers.
The pendulum seems to be swinging from disruption to stability, from chasing the next significant innovation to seeking something more grounded. People want work that matters, not just work that scales.
Of course, millions of Google searches don't necessarily translate into millions of new nurses or project managers. Curiosity, career exploration, and cultural fascination all shape these numbers. But search trends can still reveal something more profound — a collective pulse.
When people all over the world are typing 'how to become a nurse' or 'accountant salary', it signals a shift in aspiration. In a time when AI can automate tasks but not compassion, the future of work may not be about escaping our humanity, but returning to it.
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Just got out of hospital after a 10 day stay for a liver resection. (They got it all, Thank God) I was among angels the whole time. They cleaned me, they cared for me in the middle of the night, they kept my spirits up with their positive, helpful attitude. There is no modesty in a hospital, but they were modest. As a retired Medical Device Engineer, I embarassed to ask them to do some tasks I could not do myself. All the nurses I encountered in my stay were
gentle and caring. May God Bless Them All.
Speaking of chicks, I’ve noticed over the past several years that conventional doctors are being replaced by women nurse practitioners. And the ranks of actual doctors are heavily infiltrated by women. I’m wondering why men do not want to be doctors anymore?
Not the first job likely to be destroyed by “AI”.
It’s popular until you find out what it entails.
And, in 10-12 years there won’t be the need.
Right now the “boomer” generation is a bulge going through the system. The need for nurses will remain high as that generation uses a much higher percentage of medical services. Ones they die off…the need will fall off.
Of course, if America remains obese, the need might remain high as younger people will need a lot of orthopedic and cardiac care.
Also the highest rates of marrying doctors?
Lots of professional jobs with professional salaries require those hours. Wouldn’t surprise me, however, if they had to change that with the new generation of workers.
Don’t worry globalists will flood us with 3rd worlders to fill medical staff. Citizens need not apply.
I’ve known of several doctor/nurse pairings. I’ve also heard that their is a relatively high rate of hanky panky going on between and among medical practitioners. I’ve also heard of that with respect to pilots/stewardesses. It may be just a matter of proximity and opportunity.
I’ve also known of police officer/emergency nurse pairings. If I hadn’t been married during my career, I could have imagined dating a nurse or two. Oh, and I know for a fact that there is some significant hanky panky between cops and other cops, and between cops and nurses. A lot of it has been hearsay, and I have no idea if the incidence is any higher than among other professions.
And any apparent reduction in the number of doctors may be a result of the cost and rigors of medical school/internships and the cost of operating a practice, including the cost of malpractice insurance.
RE: Don’t worry globalists will flood us with 3rd worlders to fill medical staff. Citizens need not apply.
The country that supplies the most number of trained nurses ( yes, they’re well trained and pass our rigid nursing exams ) is the Philippines.
In fact you see them now in many western countries worldwide ( including the UK and Canada ). But it’s not just western countries, it’s also ARAB countries ( e.g., UAE and Saudi Arabia ).
And statistics show that Filipinos are the second highest earning ethnic group in the USA. The highest earning are Indians. On average, the earn more than White folks.
I have similar thoughts on the matter. My current doctor’s nurse at the VA is quite good looking and is a flirt. She’s fun to be around, but that’s it. There’s also a male nurse there, and I’ve seen them both out in public, and they are both married, but not to each other.
And I suspect hanky panky between a nurse practitioner and a doctor at the cardiology department.
It really does not matter what profession or job we are talking about, if two people of the opposite sex work together long enough there will be hanky panky.
At my last job before retirement I had a co-worker come right out and asked me to go make out. I refused and she was forever highly suggestive from then on.
The job before that a coworker told me she could be my “service station” at work. I refused. She found another guy, she got pregnant, told her husband, who told the other guys wife, and that other guy was divorced.
I can go on and on, but this happens all over the place.
“I’ve also heard that their is”
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And I even proofread and missed it.
Nursing/EMT/Paramedic also has the quickest burn out rate. BTDT
“Gee, none of those jobs are on MY list of most desirable:
Indy race car driver
Jet pilot
Swimsuit photographer
Guess I’m out of touch.”
Fighter or Commercial jet?
With the emergency services, there is a phenomenon called trauma bonding. It is shared experiences of everything that happens in emergencies and shared experiences, along with the physical attraction that occurs between personnel when they are all attractive and in shape.
Yep, there is definitely something to that.
So true. The security was worth it to my wife. Heck, it was worth it to me-I would never have met her otherwise!
Right...it IS a “hands-on” job.
Almost enough to afford the rent.
I have known a lot of them. Some are legit, but there were a number that I knew of that weren't. We had one Cardiologist I had to work with who was married and professionally, was a royal a-hole. Really. He was seeing a woman on the side who was good friends with my wife (they worked together in the CCU). They had a thing going on for years. I heard all the stories. Bah. He was a jerk to work with, and cheated on his wife to boot. Pathetic. No respect professionally, no respect personally.
If only most of them would work in hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities, with the very ill. Most want to wear high heels and have sit at the desk jobs on nurse pay.
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