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100M+
Profiles
9.6M+
Job Titles
40
Years

Unexpected Career Paths

Real titles. Real people.

The Unfiltered Job Title Gallery

Not everyone follows the corporate playbook. Here's what people actually call themselves.

Brutally Honest

- No pretense here

Self-Employed Royalty

- CEOs of themselves

Startup Speak

- The classics never die

Unexpectedly Specific

- Niche is an understatement

Aspirational

- Dream big or go home

Wait, What?

- Not exactly job titles

All titles sourced from real professional profiles. We couldn't make this up if we tried.

Grayed out = real titles, but not enough data to analyze

25 Years of Growth

Jobs That Keep Growing

Some careers didn't just survive the decades - they exploded.

Data Scientist 367x
110 2000 → 2025 40,420

The sexiest job of the 21st century

Social Media Manager 317x
230 2000 → 2025 72,820

Getting paid to tweet

Content Creator 306x
130 2000 → 2025 39,810

Mom, I made it

Data Engineer 169x
230 2000 → 2025 38,810

Plumbers of the data world

Customer Success Manager 126x
280 2000 → 2025 35,230

SaaS created a whole profession

Influencer 137x
300 2000 → 2025 41,040

Unemployed but with followers

Digital Marketing Specialist 155x
150 2000 → 2025 23,270

SEO, SEM, SMM, OMG

Software Engineer Intern 94x
350 2000 → 2025 32,820

Tech pipelines got serious

Behavioral Health Technician 201x
180 2000 → 2025 36,090

Mental health finally matters

Mental Health Therapist 25x
1,120 2000 → 2025 28,020

We all need someone to talk to

Nurse Practitioner 15x
5,450 2000 → 2025 82,070

Filling the doctor gap

Behavioral Therapist 152x
110 2000 → 2025 16,670

ABA therapy boom

Mental Health Counselor 16x
1,120 2000 → 2025 18,260

Destigmatization works

Therapist 12x
4,080 2000 → 2025 47,080

Everyone has a therapist now

Founder 15x
31,990 2000 → 2025 483,400

Everyone is a founder now

Co-Founder 23x
10,330 2000 → 2025 236,060

Because founding alone is hard

Entrepreneur 13x
4,560 2000 → 2025 60,210

Unemployed with optimism

Founder & CEO 13x
5,110 2000 → 2025 65,780

Chief Everything Officer

Yoga Instructor 36x
920 2000 → 2025 32,740

Namaste became a career

Freelance Photographer 17x
3,230 2000 → 2025 53,490

Instagram changed everything

Real Estate Agent 21x
12,060 2000 → 2025 249,820

Housing boom = agent boom

Personal Trainer 13x
3,930 2000 → 2025 51,920

Getting paid to yell at people

Freelance Writer 8x
8,220 2000 → 2025 65,670

Content hungry internet

Life Coach 32x
670 2000 → 2025 21,620

Guidance as a service

Photographer 7x
17,860 2000 → 2025 124,890

Everyone needs content

Author 8x
8,210 2000 → 2025 63,830

Self-publishing revolution

Artist 3x
28,230 2000 → 2025 87,060

Creative economy rise

Actor 4x
8,560 2000 → 2025 37,280

Streaming needs actors

Retired 3x
193,130 2000 → 2025 550,670

Boomers are retiring

Unemployed 20x
3,400 2000 → 2025 69,470

Honesty as a job title

Semi Retired 9x
4,020 2000 → 2025 35,890

Work-life balance achieved

Homemaker 5x
7,660 2000 → 2025 35,850

Reclaiming the title

Growth reflects people listing these as job titles on professional profiles

The Other Side

Jobs in Decline

Automation, industry shifts, and changing consumer habits are reshaping the workforce.

Java Developer -65%
26,580 2016 → 2024 9,250

Python ate their lunch

Python Developer -27%
5,700 2016 → 2024 4,150

Oh, wait...

Systems Analyst -25%
15,570 2016 → 2024 11,650

Absorbed by other roles

Programmer Analyst -44%
10,370 2016 → 2024 5,820

Title went extinct

Data Entry -29%
7,160 2016 → 2024 5,090

OCR and automation

Teller -36%
25,890 2016 → 2024 16,490

ATMs won

Personal Banker -25%
34,540 2016 → 2024 25,790

Mobile banking happened

Lead Teller -62%
7,280 2016 → 2024 2,750

Branch closures

Store Manager -18%
219,540 2016 → 2024 179,420

E-commerce sends its regards

Department Manager -39%
32,150 2016 → 2024 19,730

Stores got smaller

Co Manager -43%
9,510 2016 → 2024 5,430

Lean management

Key Holder -50%
7,650 2016 → 2024 3,820

Fewer stores, fewer keys

Bookseller -35%
5,510 2016 → 2024 3,590

Amazon sends its regards

Waiter -40%
11,670 2016 → 2024 6,990

Everyone is a "server" now

Sandwich Artist -44%
7,580 2016 → 2024 4,240

Subway footlong decline

HR Assistant -51%
8,190 2016 → 2024 4,020

HRIS replaced them

Emergency Room RN -47%
8,500 2016 → 2024 4,520

Title consolidation

Critical Care RN -40%
7,600 2016 → 2024 4,540

Now just "ICU Nurse"

Hospital Corpsman -40%
8,170 2016 → 2024 4,940

Military downsizing

Medical Transcriptionist -20%
8,270 2016 → 2024 6,600

Voice recognition AI

Staff Nurse -16%
11,270 2016 → 2024 9,420

Generic titles fading

Lab Assistant -56%
8,400 2016 → 2024 3,720

Automation in labs

Lab Technician -45%
9,320 2016 → 2024 5,130

Promoted themselves to "scientist"

Teachers Aide -49%
6,760 2016 → 2024 3,460

Budget cuts

Teacher's Assistant -57%
6,310 2016 → 2024 2,690

Grad school contraction

Behavior Therapist -55%
6,340 2016 → 2024 2,850

Rebranded to BCBA

Pharma Sales Rep -46%
5,540 2016 → 2024 2,990

Doctors stopped listening

Copy Editor -21%
5,250 2016 → 2024 4,150

Spellcheck came for them

Infantryman -40%
7,740 2016 → 2024 4,640

Smaller army

Corps Member -48%
5,610 2016 → 2024 2,910

Service programs shrinking

Decline in people listing these as job titles on professional profiles

Data-Driven Insights

The Changing Labor Market

Fascinating patterns from analyzing millions of career transitions over the past two decades.

Top 30 Job Titles

2025, from social profiles

Rankings

Based on job titles listed in professional social network profiles. Entrepreneurs dominate - "Owner", "President", and "Founder" reflect how people present themselves online. Note: "Retired" and "Student" appear because people list these as their current status.

# Job Title People
1 Owner 2,262,610
2 President 1,054,560
3 Retired 574,340
4 Registered Nurse 556,530
5 Project Manager 552,280
6 Business Owner 533,440
7 Founder 503,560
8 Manager 435,960
9 Teacher 432,820
10 Administrative Assistant 404,690
11 Chief Executive Officer 377,590
12 General Manager 371,410
13 CEO 370,060
14 Realtor 352,780
15 Software Engineer 347,160
# Job Title People
16 Sales Associate 326,350
17 Office Manager 313,570
18 Director 308,390
19 Account Manager 305,590
20 Operations Manager 305,280
21 Partner 300,160
22 Vice President 296,400
23 Associate 259,140
24 Principal 256,800
25 Customer Service Rep 250,790
26 Real Estate Agent 248,340
27 Student 242,460
28 Co-Founder 241,110
29 Consultant 240,860
30 Account Executive 235,480

Note: 2025 data includes profiles through early December and may be incomplete.

Exploding Jobs

2010 to 2024

Growth

Tech titles dominate the growth charts. "Customer Success Manager" didn't exist before SaaS. Mental health awareness drove healthcare roles. Social media created entirely new career paths.

Job Title 2024 Growth
Behavioral Health Technician 36,070 32x
Customer Success Manager 35,180 28x
Content Creator 39,200 28x
Data Engineer 38,700 26x
Social Media Manager 72,530 23x
Software Engineer Intern 32,780 19x
Digital Marketing Specialist 23,250 16x
Product Owner 17,210 14x
Business Development Representative 31,390 12x
Talent Acquisition Specialist 30,250 12x

Collapsing Jobs

2010 to 2024

Decline

Automation, digital transformation, and changing business models have reshaped entire industries. Banking moved online. Retail shifted to e-commerce. Voice recognition replaced transcription.

Job Title 2024 Remaining
Programmer Analyst 5,470 46%
Crew Leader 2,850 44%
Lead Teller 2,640 50%
Teller 15,240 59%
Medical Transcriptionist 5,670 59%
Customer Service Rep 8,200 53%
Senior Systems Analyst 3,480 61%

Nearly Extinct

Professions fading away

Photo Lab Technician

Peak 2010: 6,100

-85%
Six Sigma Black Belt

Peak 2005: 22,100

-82%
Game Advisor

Peak 2012: 30,400

-75%
Licensed Personal Banker

Peak 2011: 25,500

-82%
Pharmaceutical Sales Rep

Peak 2008: 61,600

-52%
Stockbroker

Peak 2000: 3,100

-61%

COVID Impact

2019 to 2021 surge

Fulfillment Associate

94,100 → 218,000

2.3x
Food Delivery Driver

32,500 → 76,400

2.4x
Travel Nurse

49,700 → 113,200

2.3x
Podcast Host

38,200 → 86,900

2.3x
Back End Developer

15,100 → 32,600

2.2x
2.1x

Cyclical Jobs

Following election and census cycles

Cyclical
Campaign Manager 19 direction reversals

The most cyclical job title in the dataset. Spikes every election year, dips in between.

2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Enumerator Census cycles

Census workers - hired every 10 years for the national count. Massive spikes, then nearly zero.

2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2024

AI Threat Watch

Jobs to monitor

Based on patterns from Medical Transcriptionist's decline, these roles may face similar pressure from AI automation.

Paralegal Medium risk
Copy Editor Medium risk
Bookkeeper Medium risk

Fun Facts

Interesting tidbits from the data

"Various" was a top job title in the 90s - people didn't know how to fill their profiles properly.

Colonel peaked in 1992-93 (post-Gulf War) at 3,290, now down to 1,000.

Enumerator is the most volatile job - 0 to 11,430 and back every 10 years.