The people who hold some of the jobs in the “2021 Best Health Care Jobs” list can help you breathe, eat, walk, speak, hear, move and see better. They can also help patients prevent disease, illness and injury, as well as diagnose, fight and treat illness. For more information on how jobs are ranked, read the Best Jobs Methodology.

Here are the best health care jobs, according to U.S. News & World Report:

• physician assistant
• nurse practitioner
• physician
• speech-language pathologist
• dentist
• orthodontist

See full rankings here.