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Employment Projections
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Fastest declining occupations
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| 2024 National Employment Matrix title | 2024 National Employment Matrix code | Employment, 2024 | Employment, 2034 | Employment change, numeric, 2024–34 | Employment change, percent, 2024–34 | Median annual wage, dollars, 2024[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total, all occupations |
00-0000 | 169,956.1 | 175,167.9 | 5,211.8 | 3.1 | 49,500 |
|
Word processors and typists |
43-9022 | 40.0 | 25.6 | -14.4 | -36.1 | 47,850 |
|
Roof bolters, mining |
47-5043 | 2.3 | 1.5 | -0.8 | -34.2 | 76,640 |
|
Telephone operators |
43-2021 | 4.0 | 2.9 | -1.1 | -27.5 | 39,130 |
|
Switchboard operators, including answering service |
43-2011 | 36.6 | 27.0 | -9.6 | -26.3 | 38,370 |
|
Data entry keyers |
43-9021 | 141.6 | 104.9 | -36.7 | -25.9 | 39,850 |
|
Foundry mold and coremakers |
51-4071 | 12.7 | 9.4 | -3.3 | -25.9 | 45,700 |
|
Patternmakers, metal and plastic |
51-4062 | 1.6 | 1.2 | -0.4 | -24.4 | 54,540 |
|
Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining |
47-5044 | 6.4 | 5.0 | -1.4 | -22.3 | 68,860 |
|
Telemarketers |
41-9041 | 67.4 | 52.5 | -14.9 | -22.1 | 34,410 |
|
Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
51-9022 | 11.8 | 9.3 | -2.5 | -21.2 | 41,690 |
|
Engine and other machine assemblers |
51-2031 | 38.4 | 30.3 | -8.1 | -21.1 | 52,540 |
|
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4032 | 5.3 | 4.3 | -1.0 | -19.6 | 46,630 |
|
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4022 | 8.8 | 7.2 | -1.7 | -18.9 | 49,240 |
|
Model makers, metal and plastic |
51-4061 | 3.2 | 2.6 | -0.6 | -18.2 | 62,700 |
|
Cutters and trimmers, hand |
51-9031 | 7.0 | 5.7 | -1.3 | -18.1 | 38,800 |
|
Timing device assemblers and adjusters |
51-2061 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -17.5 | 40,790 |
|
Order clerks |
43-4151 | 89.5 | 74.1 | -15.4 | -17.2 | 44,660 |
|
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons |
49-9045 | 1.1 | 0.9 | -0.2 | -16.9 | 58,540 |
|
Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
43-3051 | 161.1 | 134.2 | -27.0 | -16.7 | 55,290 |
|
Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
51-2041 | 53.8 | 45.0 | -8.8 | -16.3 | 49,900 |
|
Print binding and finishing workers |
51-5113 | 35.8 | 30.0 | -5.8 | -16.1 | 39,820 |
|
File clerks |
43-4071 | 84.3 | 70.9 | -13.4 | -15.9 | 41,270 |
|
Nuclear power reactor operators |
51-8011 | 5.7 | 4.9 | -0.9 | -15.3 | 122,610 |
|
Office machine operators, except computer |
43-9071 | 25.5 | 21.6 | -3.9 | -15.2 | 39,020 |
|
Camera and photographic equipment repairers |
49-9061 | 2.3 | 1.9 | -0.3 | -15.1 | 49,300 |
|
Prepress technicians and workers |
51-5111 | 26.2 | 22.3 | -3.8 | -14.6 | 47,300 |
|
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers |
51-2011 | 33.6 | 28.7 | -4.9 | -14.5 | 61,680 |
|
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4035 | 13.8 | 11.8 | -2.0 | -14.4 | 48,310 |
|
Adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors |
25-3011 | 40.9 | 35.3 | -5.6 | -13.7 | 59,950 |
|
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4034 | 18.9 | 16.4 | -2.6 | -13.6 | 48,620 |
|
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 |
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Last Modified Date: August 28, 2025