News and World Report's annual "Best Jobs" list this year fall under health care or health care support roles, like physician, dentist, anesthesiologist and occupational therapist.
For the first time, physician assistant tops the list of the best jobs.News reviewed federal labor data to identify jobs with the greatest hiring demand and scored them based on a variety of measures including projected growth rate, median salary, employment rate, future job prospects, stress level and work-life balance. .
Other top health care jobs as ranked by U.S.Sixteen of the 25 best jobs paying more than $100,000 per year are also in health care.Non-health care jobs that made the 100 Best Jobs list include software developer (No.2), statistician (No.6) and information security analyst (No.15).For example, home health aides, also a health care role, is the top post for a job seeker without a college degree
A high school degree is needed, and the median salary for the role is $25,280
News' list of the best jobs for 2021: