Summary: Hearing care professionals, including audiologists and hearing aid specialists, secured top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 100 Best Jobs for 2025, recognized for their strong job prospects, wage potential, and work-life balance.
Takeaways:
Hearing care professional careers continue to maintain top spots on the U.S. News & World Report’s 100 Best Jobs for 2025 list, with both hearing aid specialist and audiologist careers making the list again.
Audiologists ranked No. 34 in Best Health Care Jobs. The jobs are ranked according to their ability to offer an elusive mix of factors, according to the report, including future prospects, wage potential, employment, job safety and stability, and work-life balance.
Audiologists also ranked on the Best STEM Jobs list for the report, landing at the No. 54 spot.
According to the report, audiologists made a median salary of $87,740 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $105,480 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $74,440.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 10.9% employment growth for audiologists between 2023 and 2033, with an estimated 1,600 jobs expected to open up.
The 2025 Best Jobs rankings offer job seekers detailed information on training and education requirements, median salary, and job satisfaction across diverse sectors, according to the organization. To calculate Best Jobs, U.S. News draws data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to identify jobs with the greatest hiring demand.
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