{"id":282,"date":"2025-09-05T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/05\/18-booming-industries-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:02:00","slug":"18-booming-industries-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/05\/18-booming-industries-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"From pest control to pet cremation, these 18 industries are surprisingly booming"},"content":{"rendered":"

So many of us are either looking for extra easy ways to make income<\/u><\/a>, or searching for more lucrative and secure career<\/u><\/a> paths to pivot to altogether. But with so much “advancement” being thrown at us, it\u2019s hard to know if a path we are considering will even be around long enough for us to pursue it, and which ones will go the way of the robots<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>

After all, according to a study from Microsoft<\/u><\/a>, dozens of jobs<\/u><\/a> are highly at risk of being replaced by AI, particularly those involving language, analysis, and communication, such as translators, historians, writers (rest assured\u2026a bot did not write this piece\u2026yet!).<\/p>

However, when someone on Reddit asked, \u201cWhat industry is booming way more than people think?\u201d<\/u><\/a> people gave a ton of insight into which jobs might have actual potential. Many prospects are in utilities\u2014things to do with essential services like electricity, natural gas, water, etc.\u2014which makes a lot of sense. But there are also some rather surprising niche sectors in there as well. <\/p>

Of course, take this all with a grain of salt, but perhaps a quick scroll could provide you with some inspiration about thinking outside the box when it comes to making money moves. <\/p>

Check out these surprisingly \u201cbooming\u201d industries\u2026<\/p>

1. Wastewater treatment<\/strong><\/p>

\u201cS*** doesn\u2019t go away.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI work in the Civil Engineering industry. Wastewater treatment is not only a booming industry, but it\u2019s insanely hard to find wastewater engineers! I think they\u2019ve got like a .5% unemployment rate or something insane, maybe even lower.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cCivil 3D designer here working on water projects. Between raw water pipelines and treatment facilities, I feel pretty damn secure in my career. Water always needs to be moved somewhere.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cEnvironmental & Safety Director here. Can confirm. We pay wastewater operators very well in our company and they can be tough to come by!\u201d<\/p>

@mywowscotland<\/a> What happens when you flush the ? Claire is a Waste Water Treatment Operator and she shows what a day in her life looks like working for @scottishwater From testing samples to analysing data and, of course, feeding the fish, Claire shows how her job plays an important part in keeping our water safe. #careers<\/a> #ScottishWater<\/a> #ditl<\/a> \u266c cool water – dayaway<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <\/div>

2. Electricity storage<\/strong><\/p>

\u201cGrid-scale battery storage, used to store excess electricity from wind and solar farms for use during peak demand. This industry is huge and is growing exponentially, especially as the cost of batteries continues to drop and demand increases.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI used to develop BESS systems [Battery Energy Storage Systems] for a renewables developer…We are in need of a lot of electrical & civil engineers, accountants, and people to build the damn things.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cEnergy, particularly electricity, due to AI demand. Electricity demand has been pretty slow and steady the past couple of decades due to better efficiency, but now AI has caused a huge spike.\u201d<\/p>

<\/span>3. Data centers<\/strong><\/p>

\u201cI worked for a utility company near Atlanta and all in just about 3-5 years the data centers became the largest load on electricity by a long shot. Before it was hospitals and shopping centers but the data centers started pulling WAY more load.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI work for a major transformer supplier as an engineer, and I design the pad-mounted ones. We are pumping out transformers as fast as we physically can, but our order backlog is so long that it is being measured in YEARS. Imagine ordering a PS5 and the projected shipping date is 2-4 years later.\u201d <\/p>

\u201cDoing some data center work one day. Ask what the 8 smaller buildings outside are for, cuz they look like generator houses. They were way bigger than the mines, and there were 8 of them. The utility literally cannot supply them with enough power, so they\u2019re just gonna make their own. Blew my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

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