Industries with the fastest growing and most rapidly declining wage and salary employment
This table also can be found in the article, "Industry employment and output projections to 2024," published in the December 2015 Monthly
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Table 2.3 Industries with the Fastest Growing and Most Rapidly Declining Wage and Salary Employment
Industry Description |
Sector |
2012 NAICS |
Thousands of Jobs |
Change |
Compound Annual Rate of Change |
2014 |
2024 |
2014–24 |
2014–24 |
Fastest Growing |
Home health care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6216 |
1,262.2 |
2,022.6 |
760.4 |
4.8 |
Outpatient care centers |
Health care and social assistance |
6214 |
711.1 |
1,059.2 |
348.1 |
4.1 |
Offices of other health practitioners |
Health care and social assistance |
6213 |
784.2 |
1,136.5 |
352.3 |
3.8 |
Other ambulatory health care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6219 |
278.6 |
389.0 |
110.4 |
3.4 |
Medical and diagnostic laboratories |
Health care and social assistance |
6215 |
247.4 |
327.1 |
79.7 |
2.8 |
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services |
Professional and business services |
5416 |
1,244.4 |
1,573.7 |
329.3 |
2.4 |
Software publishers |
Information |
5112 |
312.5 |
393.2 |
80.7 |
2.3 |
Facilities support services |
Professional and business services |
5612 |
131.4 |
163.2 |
31.8 |
2.2 |
Computer systems design and related services |
Professional and business services |
5415 |
1,777.7 |
2,186.6 |
408.9 |
2.1 |
Nursing and residential care facilities |
Health care and social assistance |
623 |
3,261.0 |
3,996.7 |
735.7 |
2.1 |
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities |
Financial activities |
523 |
877.6 |
1,074.2 |
196.6 |
2.0 |
Offices of physicians |
Health care and social assistance |
6211 |
2,470.2 |
2,992.9 |
522.7 |
1.9 |
Offices of dentists |
Health care and social assistance |
6212 |
891.1 |
1,050.9 |
159.8 |
1.7 |
Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles |
Financial activities |
525 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
Local government passenger transit |
State and local governmet |
NA |
277.6 |
322.0 |
44.4 |
1.5 |
Other information services |
Information |
519 |
217.8 |
251.0 |
33.2 |
1.4 |
Office administrative services |
Professional and business services |
5611 |
461.7 |
530.0 |
68.3 |
1.4 |
Support activities for mining |
Mining |
213 |
438.5 |
501.7 |
63.2 |
1.4 |
Individual and family services |
Health care and social assistance |
6241 |
2,032.5 |
2,318.8 |
286.3 |
1.3 |
Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) |
Information |
5172 |
155.3 |
176.5 |
21.2 |
1.3 |
Most Rapidly Declining |
Apparel, leather, and allied manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
315, 316 |
168.5 |
91.7 |
-76.8 |
-5.9 |
Tobacco manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3122 |
13.6 |
9.2 |
-4.4 |
-3.9 |
Postal Service |
Federal government |
NA |
593.0 |
427.9 |
-165.1 |
-3.2 |
Federal enterprises except the Postal Service and electric utilities |
Federal government |
NA |
81.1 |
58.9 |
-22.2 |
-3.1 |
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media |
Manufacturing |
3346 |
18.9 |
14.0 |
-4.9 |
-2.9 |
Communications equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3342 |
93.5 |
69.5 |
-24.0 |
-2.9 |
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers |
Information |
5111 |
412.3 |
309.0 |
-103.3 |
-2.8 |
Textile mills and textile product mills |
Manufacturing |
313, 314 |
232.1 |
174.2 |
-57.9 |
-2.8 |
Audio and video equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3343 |
18.9 |
14.6 |
-4.3 |
-2.6 |
Glass and glass product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3272 |
85.8 |
67.3 |
-18.5 |
-2.4 |
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills |
Manufacturing |
3221 |
104.2 |
83.0 |
-21.2 |
-2.2 |
Other miscellaneous manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3399 |
275.2 |
219.3 |
-55.9 |
-2.2 |
Hardware manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3325 |
24.3 |
19.6 |
-4.7 |
-2.1 |
Federal electric utilities |
Federal government |
NA |
17.9 |
14.5 |
-3.4 |
-2.1 |
Printing and related support activities |
Manufacturing |
323 |
452.7 |
371.3 |
-81.4 |
-2.0 |
Spring and wire product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3326 |
43.8 |
36.1 |
-7.7 |
-1.9 |
Foundries |
Manufacturing |
3315 |
127.0 |
105.2 |
-21.8 |
-1.9 |
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3341 |
162.8 |
135.5 |
-27.3 |
-1.8 |
Clay product and refractory manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3271 |
39.5 |
33.0 |
-6.5 |
-1.8 |
Wired telecommunications carriers |
Information |
111 |
607.0 |
509.2 |
-97.8 |
-1.7 |
Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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