GoKawiilHealthcare overtakes influencer status as top career choice for Gen Z, survey finds
A PacSun and GlobalData survey of over 6,000 Americans aged 11 to 24 found that medicine and healthcare careers edged out influencer work as the most desired profession, drawing 19% of responses compared to 18.8% for content creation. This reverses last year's results, when influencing led at 22.2% versus 19.4% for healthcare.
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The shift suggests young people increasingly value job stability over the glamor of social media fame, likely influenced by a tougher job market and healthcare's consistent hiring growth. Federal labor data backs this up, projecting healthcare and social assistance to add more jobs than any other sector through 2035, with nurse practitioner roles growing 41%.
- Healthcare narrowly overtook influencing as the top dream career among 11-24 year-olds for the first time.
- The change reverses last year's survey, where influencer was the top pick.
- Healthcare's appeal is tied to strong job growth, including a projected 41% rise in nurse practitioner employment by 2035.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Sherin Shibu, 2026-09-14
Published there as: “Young Adults Have a Surprising New Top Dream Career, and It Isn’t Being an Influencer”
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