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Gen Z are becoming pet parents because they can’t afford human babies—now veterinarian is one of the hottest jobs of 2025, says Indeed
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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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To: wildcard_redneck

no guarantee that kids take care of their parents.
People should not have kids just to have free nurses.


81 posted on 01/15/2025 8:48:29 AM PST by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: MNDude

Gen Z probably doesn’t understand how babies are made. The few that might don’t understand when the he/him undress a she/they and there’s no plug in port for sperm deposit.


82 posted on 01/15/2025 8:56:02 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: MNDude

JUST WAIT FOR THE FIRST $500 VET BILL FOR WELNESS CHECKS AND JABS. WITH nRNA IB THEM.


83 posted on 01/15/2025 9:05:10 AM PST by GailA (Welcome back Jesus and President Trump. We missed you.)
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To: MNDude

My niece, who also has four children, is also a great dog lover. Her Great Dane recently started ailing and the vet recommended an MRI in aid of a diagnosis. It was going to cost $4K. So high vet costs are nothing new. I also had an old girlfriend who put her dog through $10K of chemo and radiation after he was diagnosed with cancer. He died anyway and probably never understood all he was going through.


84 posted on 01/15/2025 9:07:24 AM PST by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: mairdie

MY MOBILE VET WAS ADAMANT ABOUT NEVER TAKING THAT SHOT.

Neither of us ever did.


85 posted on 01/15/2025 9:11:55 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: MNDude

* Child custody $

* Divorce by female $$

* Alimony $$$

* UnFamily law $$$$


86 posted on 01/15/2025 9:13:45 AM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: ronniesgal
"no guarantee that kids take care of their parents.
People should not have kids just to have free nurses"

While there is no guarantee of sons and daughters taking care of their parents it is a downright, infrangible, inviolable, conclusive, out-and-out, total, unconditioned and absolute guaranteed impossible that your dog or cat can take care of you when you are old.

Even if you die alone your kids will bury you while your dog or cat will eat your face.

If you have a chance to start a family, start one now because them's the rules.

87 posted on 01/15/2025 9:15:44 AM PST by wildcard_redneck ( )
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To: MNDude

This is mostly correct.

Day care. Car seats. Education costs. Increased insurance. Attendance policies that penalize you for sick kids. Over Time mandates that push you to work 10 to 14 hour shifts.

Kids don’t seem appealing.

However neither do pets like dogs. My friend’s wife is a vet. Most of her customers are older people who are retired.

The issue isn’t a lack of maturity, it is a sickness of society. We are going to collapse soon, because the next two generations were never born.


88 posted on 01/15/2025 9:17:14 AM PST by redgolum
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To: okkev68

“Medical and Pet have been two of the fasters growing industries.”

also, in colorado, there’s now an “artisanal” brewery and a pot shop on every corner, so two of the biggest growth industries in colorado are designed to get people stoned ...


89 posted on 01/15/2025 9:17:41 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: j.havenfarm

perhaps you need a therapy dog...

i will lend you one of my fur babies.


90 posted on 01/15/2025 9:18:04 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: MNDude

Many veterinarians are now weaponizing our love for our pets to charge rates as high pediatric bills.


91 posted on 01/15/2025 9:24:34 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Alberta's Child

“Young people have this delusional expectation that they should have the same standard of living in their 20s that their parents have in their 50s.”

i don’t think that’s a new thing: 50 years ago, my sister had the same expectations ...


92 posted on 01/15/2025 9:26:47 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: MNDude

Nonsense. They just don’t want the responsibility of raising a child.


93 posted on 01/15/2025 9:33:08 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Blurb2350

A term I hate with a passion.


94 posted on 01/15/2025 9:34:47 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Alberta's Child
Biggest problem as I see it: Young people have this delusional expectation that they should have the same standard of living in their 20s that their parents have in their 50s.

Exactly. They think they don't deserve to have to start where we did.

The first house we bought was a WRECK but it was all we could afford. And many times during those years, I wondered how we'd have ever made it if we had a mortgage to pay off because we lived pretty much paycheck to paycheck, not out of choice or because of financialmismanagement.

I grew up with very little, and the money I earned I worked to hard for to waste. I was so tight, I squeaked.

95 posted on 01/15/2025 9:40:01 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: metmom

I grew up with very little, and the money I earned I worked to hard for to waste


and that is what we need to recreate. Maybe the democrats are helpful.


96 posted on 01/15/2025 9:44:08 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Skwor
BS they are becoming “pet parents” because they have refused to grow up.

Sure, blame them. Don't mention who failed to raise them.

A lot of this younger generation doesn't want to inflict upon children what was inflicted upon them. Having "adults" blame them is part of the problem.

And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes, don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes, where's your shame?
You've left us up to our necks in it

David Bowie "Changes" 1972

...Nineteen... Seventy... Two...

97 posted on 01/15/2025 9:44:53 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Alberta's Child
Biggest problem as I see it: Young people have this delusional expectation that they should have the same standard of living in their 20s that their parents have in their 50s.

They're one of the few generations in history that instead of building on those who came before them, they're instead expected to pay for those who came before them. We're $36 trillion in the hole and they're getting the bill.

98 posted on 01/15/2025 9:49:47 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: MNDude

Having children is one of the most human (and not only human.. ) traits and it has nothing to do with economics. Just look at the highest birth rates occurring in the most underdeveloped countries. Modern youth just can’t be bothered with diapers, sleep deprivation and necessity to abandon the feeling of being a center of the universe.


99 posted on 01/15/2025 9:50:56 AM PST by exinnj
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To: rktman

Why did vet bills go up with Obamacare?


100 posted on 01/15/2025 9:53:28 AM PST by Kathy in OC
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