Goodbye ‘finance guys’ — there’s a new hottest career sector people want to

Step aside, “finance guys” — according to single Americans, health care is the most attractive career sector. 

The survey of 1,000 single men and 1,000 single women aimed to uncover the hottest careers of 2025 and which are the most dateable.

Men and women agreed that those in health care make the best partners (29%) and, when broken down by specific jobs, 26% of respondents said doctors are the most attractive career for a partner, while nurses ranked third (22%).

While careers in education ranked as the second most attractive overall (23%), men were more likely to find it desirable for a partner than women (28% vs. 19%).

Following the “summer of the finance bro,” 18% of women are still looking for a man with a job in finance, but it still ranked below being an entrepreneur (21%), and was tied with women looking for an artist (18%).

Lawyers (24%), scientists (16%), pharmacists (15%) and careers in tech (14%), such as web or software developers, also ranked in the top most dateable jobs for both genders.

Conducted by Talker Research on behalf of The League, the survey not only looked at the most desirable careers for 2025, but also worked to explore how careers — and everything that comes along with them — impact the lives of singles.

Perhaps because of the way careers impact Americans’ lives, 44% would prefer someone whose career ambition is the same as their own — while 34% are looking for someone who is even more ambitious. 

Alongside ambition also, often, comes salary — and 39% of respondents said they’d like to be an equal “breadwinner” with their partner.

However, this was more common for women surveyed: 45% of women prefer it to be equal, compared to 33% of men. 

The survey explored the ideal time to have the “career conversation” with potential partners.

According to the results, a fifth of respondents (22%) said that, ideally, they’ll have a conversation about work values, goals and aspirations before going on a first date.

When respondents are on a first date, on average, they mention their job within the first hour of a first date (minute 54).

Some don’t want to wait even that long, as the results found that 18% will bring their job up within the first half hour.

“Careers in healthcare typically combine aspects of…