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Employment Projections
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Fastest declining occupations
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| 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, 2024[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total, all occupations |
00-0000 | 167,849.8 | 174,589.0 | 6,739.2 | 4.0 | 49,500 |
|
Word processors and typists |
43-9022 | 39.9 | 24.8 | -15.2 | -38.0 | 47,850 |
|
Roof bolters, mining |
47-5043 | 2.0 | 1.4 | -0.6 | -32.0 | 76,640 |
|
Telephone operators |
43-2021 | 4.7 | 3.5 | -1.2 | -26.4 | 39,130 |
|
Switchboard operators, including answering service |
43-2011 | 44.9 | 33.6 | -11.3 | -25.2 | 38,370 |
|
Data entry keyers |
43-9021 | 163.9 | 122.8 | -41.0 | -25.0 | 39,850 |
|
Foundry mold and coremakers |
51-4071 | 11.8 | 8.9 | -2.9 | -24.6 | 45,700 |
|
Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining |
47-5044 | 5.3 | 4.1 | -1.2 | -22.9 | 68,860 |
|
Patternmakers, metal and plastic |
51-4062 | 2.2 | 1.7 | -0.5 | -22.2 | 54,540 |
|
Telemarketers |
41-9041 | 85.2 | 66.8 | -18.3 | -21.5 | 34,410 |
|
Engine and other machine assemblers |
51-2031 | 49.0 | 38.6 | -10.4 | -21.3 | 52,540 |
|
Manufactured building and mobile home installers |
49-9095 | 3.3 | 2.7 | -0.6 | -19.6 | 41,080 |
|
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4032 | 5.8 | 4.7 | -1.1 | -19.2 | 46,630 |
|
Prepress technicians and workers |
51-5111 | 23.3 | 19.0 | -4.3 | -18.5 | 47,300 |
|
Cutters and trimmers, hand |
51-9031 | 6.9 | 5.6 | -1.3 | -18.4 | 38,800 |
|
Order clerks |
43-4151 | 106.3 | 87.3 | -19.0 | -17.9 | 44,660 |
|
Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
51-9022 | 12.5 | 10.3 | -2.2 | -17.8 | 41,690 |
|
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons |
49-9045 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -0.1 | -17.8 | 58,540 |
|
Model makers, metal and plastic |
51-4061 | 2.9 | 2.4 | -0.5 | -17.6 | 62,700 |
|
Print binding and finishing workers |
51-5113 | 38.1 | 31.4 | -6.7 | -17.5 | 39,820 |
|
Camera and photographic equipment repairers |
49-9061 | 2.6 | 2.2 | -0.4 | -16.9 | 49,300 |
|
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers |
51-2011 | 31.4 | 26.3 | -5.2 | -16.4 | 61,680 |
|
Timing device assemblers and adjusters |
51-2061 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -16.3 | 40,790 |
|
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4022 | 9.3 | 7.9 | -1.5 | -15.7 | 49,240 |
|
Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
51-2041 | 59.3 | 50.3 | -9.1 | -15.3 | 49,900 |
|
File clerks |
43-4071 | 87.2 | 73.9 | -13.3 | -15.3 | 41,270 |
|
Office machine operators, except computer |
43-9071 | 29.2 | 24.8 | -4.4 | -15.1 | 39,020 |
|
Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
43-3051 | 160.3 | 136.2 | -24.2 | -15.1 | 55,290 |
|
Tellers |
43-3071 | 350.3 | 298.8 | -51.4 | -14.7 | 39,340 |
|
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers |
41-9091 | 32.4 | 27.7 | -4.8 | -14.6 | 34,530 |
|
New accounts clerks |
43-4141 | 42.2 | 36.0 | -6.2 | -14.6 | 46,610 |
|
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. Note: Data is unavailable for values denoted with a "—". Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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Last Modified Date: April 18, 2025