Disability and occupational projections, Monthly Labor Review Online, October 2010

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Disability and occupational projections

Table 10. Occupations with the greatest job decline for people with disabilities, 2008 and 2018 (projected) [Numbers in thousands]
Code	Occupation	Total employment		Change, 2008-18		People with disabilities		Median annual earnings, 2008	Earnings quartile,(1) 2008	Education and training level
Code	Occupation	2008	2018	Number	Percent	Percent in occupation	Change in total employment	Median annual earnings, 2008	Earnings quartile,(1) 2008	Education and training level
…	All occupations	150,932	166,206	15,274	10.1	6.1	825	$32,390	…	…

…	(2)Bottom 10 occupations in job growth for people with disabilities	4,139	3,623	−516	−12.5	8.9	−45	(3)	…	…
…	(2)Bottom 20 occupations in job growth for people with disabilities	8,549	7,785	−764	−8.9	8.8	−67	(3)	…	…

11-9012	Farmers and ranchers	986	907	−79	−8.0	10.1	−8	$33,550	H	Long-term on-the-job training
51-6031	Sewing machine operators	212	141	−72	−33.7	8.0	−6	19,870	VL	Moderate-term on-the-job training
43-5053	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	180	125	−55	−30.3	10.0	−5	50,020	H	Short-term on-the-job training
43-4XXX4	Correspondence clerks and order clerks	260	194	−66	−25.4	6.3	−4	(5)	L	Short-term on-the-job training
53-7063	Machine feeders and offbearers	141	110	−31	−22.2	12.8	−4	25,570	L	Short-term on-the-job training

43-4071	File clerks	212	163	−50	−23.4	7.9	−4	23,800	L	Short-term on-the-job training
53-7064	Packers and packagers, hand	759	725	−34	−4.5	11.2	−4	19,060	VL	Short-term on-the-job training
41-9041	Telemarketers	342	304	−38	−11.1	9.0	−3	21,960	L	Short-term on-the-job training
51-2020	Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	298	254	−43	−14.5	7.5	−3	(6)	L	Short-term on-the-job training
43-5071	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	751	701	−49	−6.6	6.1	−3	27,660	L	Short-term on-the-job training

41-9091	Door-to-door sales workers, news and streetvendors, and related workers	182	155	−27	−14.8	10.9	−3	20,990	VL	Short-term on-the-job training
51-4031	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	237	204	−33	−14.1	8.2	−3	28,160	L	Moderate-term on-the-job training
51-9196	Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	103	81	−22	−21.5	11.9	−3	33,080	H	Moderate-term on-the-job training
43-9XXX(7)	Miscellaneous office and administrative support workers, including desktop publishers	333	291	−42	−12.5	5.4	−2	(8)	L/H	Short-term on-the-job training/postsecondary vocational award
51-1011	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	681	646	−36	−5.2	6.2	−2	50,440	H	Work experience in a related occupation

51-4032	Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic9	33	24	−9	−26.9	24.7	−2	30,850	L	Moderate-term on-the-job training
43-2011	Switchboard operators, including answering service	155	138	−17	−10.9	12.8	−2	24,220	L	Short-term on-the-job training
43-4199	Information and record clerks, all other	227	200	−27	−11.8	6.7	−2	33,600	H	Short-term on-the-job training
53-7062	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	2,317	2,299	−19	−0.8	9.4	−2	22,660	L	Short-term on-the-job training
43-9051	Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	141	125	−17	−11.8	10.2	−2	25,100	L	Short-term on-the-job training
Footnotes: (1) Key: H = high, L = low, VL = very low. (2) Figures for the bottom 10 and bottom 20 occupations are sums for levels (first three columns and sixth column) and averages for percentages (fourth and fifth columns), with the averages weighted by the number of workers in each occupation. (3) Not available. (4) The 43-9XXX ACS aggregated code comprises Standard Occupational Codes 43-9031 (desktop publishers) and 43-9199 (all other office and administrative support workers). (5) Median earnings for the two occupations in this occupational group are $30,630 for correspondence clerks and $27,990 for order clerks. (6) Median earnings for the three occupations in this occupational group are $27,730 for coil winders, tapers, and finishers; $27,490 for electrical and electronic equipment assemblers; and $29,360 for electromechanical equipment assemblers. (7) The 43-4XXX ACS aggregated code comprises Standard Occupational Codes 43-4021 (correspondence clerks) and 43-4151 (order clerks). (8) Median earnings for the two occupations in this occupational group are $36,600 for desktop publishers and $29,320 for all other office and administrative support workers. (9) The American Community Survey sample size is less than 100 for this occupation.

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