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Employment Projections

Fastest declining occupations

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Table 1.5 Fastest declining occupations, 2023 and projected 2033 (Numbers in thousands)
2023 National Employment Matrix title 2023 National Employment Matrix code Employment, 2023 Employment, 2033 Employment change, numeric, 2023–33 Employment change, percent, 2023–33 Median annual wage, dollars, 2023[1]

Total, all occupations

00-0000 167,849.8 174,589.0 6,739.2 4.0 48,060

Word processors and typists

43-9022 39.9 24.8 -15.2 -38.0 46,450

Roof bolters, mining

47-5043 2.0 1.4 -0.6 -32.0 66,660

Telephone operators

43-2021 4.7 3.5 -1.2 -26.4 38,080

Switchboard operators, including answering service

43-2011 44.9 33.6 -11.3 -25.2 36,750

Data entry keyers

43-9021 163.9 122.8 -41.0 -25.0 37,790

Foundry mold and coremakers

51-4071 11.8 8.9 -2.9 -24.6 44,300

Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining

47-5044 5.3 4.1 -1.2 -22.9 64,070

Patternmakers, metal and plastic

51-4062 2.2 1.7 -0.5 -22.2 49,670

Telemarketers

41-9041 85.2 66.8 -18.3 -21.5 34,480

Engine and other machine assemblers

51-2031 49.0 38.6 -10.4 -21.3 50,270

Manufactured building and mobile home installers

49-9095 3.3 2.7 -0.6 -19.6 38,980

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

51-4032 5.8 4.7 -1.1 -19.2 44,620

Prepress technicians and workers

51-5111 23.3 19.0 -4.3 -18.5 45,070

Cutters and trimmers, hand

51-9031 6.9 5.6 -1.3 -18.4 37,040

Order clerks

43-4151 106.3 87.3 -19.0 -17.9 41,600

Grinding and polishing workers, hand

51-9022 12.5 10.3 -2.2 -17.8 38,940

Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons

49-9045 0.6 0.5 -0.1 -17.8 48,410

Model makers, metal and plastic

51-4061 2.9 2.4 -0.5 -17.6 64,190

Print binding and finishing workers

51-5113 38.1 31.4 -6.7 -17.5 38,100

Camera and photographic equipment repairers

49-9061 2.6 2.2 -0.4 -16.9 46,850

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

51-2011 31.4 26.3 -5.2 -16.4 61,240

Timing device assemblers and adjusters

51-2061 0.4 0.3 -0.1 -16.3 48,840

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

51-4022 9.3 7.9 -1.5 -15.7 46,990

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

51-2041 59.3 50.3 -9.1 -15.3 48,480

File clerks

43-4071 87.2 73.9 -13.3 -15.3 38,130

Office machine operators, except computer

43-9071 29.2 24.8 -4.4 -15.1 37,450

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

43-3051 160.3 136.2 -24.2 -15.1 52,240

Tellers

43-3071 350.3 298.8 -51.4 -14.7 37,640

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers

41-9091 32.4 27.7 -4.8 -14.6 34,910

New accounts clerks

43-4141 42.2 36.0 -6.2 -14.6 44,630

Footnotes:

[1] Data are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage data cover non-farm wage and salary workers and do not cover the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, or household workers.

Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: August 29, 2024