Posted on 01/15/2025 7:04:20 AM PST by MNDude
Gen Zers are increasingly becoming pet parents now that raising human babies feels like more of a pipe dream—and it’s propelling a job into the spotlight.
Veterinarians have struck gold, ranked at No. 1 on this year’s Best Jobs of 2025 report from Indeed. The study looks into which roles offer the highest salaries, sustained growth, and flexibility—and thanks to generous Gen Z pet parents who only want the best for their fur babies, veterinarians have made (and topped) the list of best gigs for the first time ever since data collection started in 2019.
Out of the 25 ranked positions, vets are also the most prevalent in the market, with 1,065 job postings per 1 million total jobs. Meanwhile, job shares increased 124% between 2021 and 2024.
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“ I was so tight, I squeaked. “
Wow! My wife’s long lost twin sister FOUND! Dang!
LOL!!!!
Make that *am*.
Not much has changed in 50+ years.
Oh I just looked it up. A 2.3% tax was added on certain medical equipment for humans that is sometimes used on pets. A 2.3% tax is not overwhelming and any increase more than that is on the provider. But we’re getting rid of Obamacare right?
well when ya put it that way...lol.
Look at two things
The cost of your first home is today (if it hasn’t been replaced with a new build by now).
The average income of someone the age you were when you bought that house.
They use the same equipment as people docs is what I was told. But, that was 2011 so that could be wrong. The bills went up for the pup we had at that time. Talking to friends who still have pups (or any pet) is real pricey at the vets office.
Well, the affordable care act hasn’t made it affordable for us. 🤔😊👍
Mr Havenfarm is unable to respond to your offer at this time. We’ll have him contact you when he’s released from his psyche hold
Do people really think that we who had children in the 70s and 80s could “afford” them? Of course we couldn’t if you go by the current entitled young people’s definition of “affordability”.
We made do. We didn’t insist on a fully furnished fancy house with two cars in the garage before getting married and having children.
Also, from what I see these pet owners spend hundreds of dollars each month on their pets; probably way more than I spent each month on my children when they were growing up.
Today’s average woman spends 2200 on coffee in thousands of dollars on cosmetics, and brand name bags and luxuries.
Lifetime fitness gym charges $200 a month to be a member, and is filled with these pet owner types.
If these people were making $250,000 a year, they would still find a reason to avoid having family.
The problem is that dogs can not digest corn and other grains. It fills them up, BUTT ends out coming out onto your lawn.
IF you feed them a better diet their poop will be smaller and denser. Most dog food sold in the stores is junk. Especially in the grocery stores. My wife buys our kibble from Chewy.
Some of he stuff sold at Tractor Supply is okay too. Like Call of the Wild. Read the ingredients on the back of the bag.
I do not subscribe to blaming parents for those past the age of consent and legal accountability.
At some point in your life you have to decide for yourself whether to grow up and be part of humanity or remain a child or worse, be a monster. There are countless tales of children raised wrong turning out great and those raised correctly becoming horrible people, ultimately is is always on the individual.
This is not to say raising a child wrong does not matter, only that the credit for an individual actions should always rest upon that individual shoulders.
Have parents played into raising a weak generation, yes but the accountability is with the adult in question.
All my children are high functioning, producing members of society with children of their own being raised with manners and good ethics. Should I take all the credit; no, they have made the decision to be more and deserve the credit for that choice.
LOL
Yes,
I looked it up but forgot to actually send my reply. Doh! A 2.3% tax was added to certain medical equipment, some of which is used on pets even though intended for humans. But that is a very low increase so vets probably raised prices higher because they had an excuse. Like when tariffs raised the prices of washing machines so they raised the price of dryers also, even though there were no increases to the manufacturers. Argh.
No. I have a shih-tuz one of the breeds that has hair that continuously grows - it is considered “hair” and not fur b/c it is straight and fine - if I don’t have him groomed, his hair starts to mat.
I’ve seen better numbers than that but I am having trouble tracking it down for you. What I recall, though is that rural large animal veterinarians make 80 K, mixed animal vets make like 105k, small animal make like 125K. All of that goes up as people’s careers advance, or they become partners in a successful practice.
Our son wants to be a vet, in the very cheapest category: the rural large animal practice. The economics of it don’t look like they work out. It will be a labor of love for my husband and me to support him in veterinary school so that he doesn’t come out with a crushing debt. If he does succeed in getting into veterinary school and pursuing the life he dreams of, it will be our gift to rural America.
Have they ever gotten a vet bill?
The “tight” never really become un-tight. They HATE the idea they spent more than they had to.
BUT....
1) They are dogs, not human.
2) I don't love them like, or as much as my, human children.
Animal worship is on the rise. People are being brainwashed to not have--even HATE--children.
I don't doubt the über-wealthy 'over-population' freaks are behind this messaging and psy op.
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