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Fastest declining occupations
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Table 1.5 Fastest declining occupations, 2016 and projected 2026
(Numbers in thousands)
2016 National Employment Matrix title and code |
Employment |
Change, 2016–26 |
Median annual wage, 2017 |
2016 |
2026 |
Number |
Percent |
Total, all occupations |
00-0000 |
156,063.8 |
167,582.3 |
11,518.6 |
7.4 |
$37,690 |
Locomotive firers |
53-4012 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
-0.9 |
-78.6 |
$60,360 |
Respiratory therapy technicians |
29-2054 |
10.8 |
4.7 |
-6.1 |
-56.3 |
$50,350 |
Parking enforcement workers |
33-3041 |
9.4 |
6.1 |
-3.3 |
-35.3 |
$39,030 |
Word processors and typists |
43-9022 |
74.9 |
50.1 |
-24.8 |
-33.1 |
$39,740 |
Watch repairers |
49-9064 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
-0.5 |
-29.7 |
$35,770 |
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
49-2096 |
12.1 |
9.0 |
-3.1 |
-25.6 |
$34,530 |
Foundry mold and coremakers |
51-4071 |
12.5 |
9.5 |
-3.0 |
-24.0 |
$35,140 |
Pourers and casters, metal |
51-4052 |
8.4 |
6.5 |
-2.0 |
-23.4 |
$38,210 |
Computer operators |
43-9011 |
51.5 |
39.7 |
-11.8 |
-22.8 |
$44,270 |
Telephone operators |
43-2021 |
9.1 |
7.0 |
-2.0 |
-22.6 |
$36,320 |
Mine shuttle car operators |
53-7111 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
-0.3 |
-21.9 |
$56,890 |
Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
51-2023 |
45.7 |
35.9 |
-9.8 |
-21.4 |
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Data entry keyers |
43-9021 |
203.8 |
160.6 |
-43.3 |
-21.2 |
$30,930 |
Postmasters and mail superintendents |
11-9131 |
14.2 |
11.2 |
-3.0 |
-20.9 |
$74,840 |
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
51-2022 |
218.9 |
173.3 |
-45.6 |
-20.8 |
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Coil winders, tapers, and finishers |
51-2021 |
14.1 |
11.2 |
-2.9 |
-20.7 |
$33,310 |
Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
51-9022 |
26.6 |
21.1 |
-5.4 |
-20.5 |
$28,830 |
Timing device assemblers and adjusters |
51-2093 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
-0.2 |
-20.1 |
$34,800 |
Switchboard operators, including answering service |
43-2011 |
93.2 |
74.7 |
-18.5 |
-19.9 |
$28,700 |
Prepress technicians and workers |
51-5111 |
34.6 |
27.7 |
-6.9 |
-19.9 |
$39,910 |
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4032 |
12.3 |
9.9 |
-2.4 |
-19.5 |
$37,270 |
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
51-6063 |
22.2 |
17.9 |
-4.3 |
-19.3 |
$27,960 |
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4035 |
17.6 |
14.2 |
-3.4 |
-19.3 |
$42,650 |
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4022 |
19.2 |
15.5 |
-3.7 |
-19.2 |
$38,650 |
Legal secretaries |
43-6012 |
194.7 |
157.5 |
-37.1 |
-19.1 |
$44,730 |
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators |
51-9151 |
26.9 |
22.0 |
-4.9 |
-18.1 |
$27,480 |
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders |
51-6061 |
11.3 |
9.2 |
-2.0 |
-18.1 |
$28,280 |
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers |
51-2011 |
41.8 |
34.5 |
-7.3 |
-17.4 |
$53,510 |
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants |
43-6011 |
685.3 |
566.2 |
-119.2 |
-17.4 |
$57,410 |
Engine and other machine assemblers |
51-2031 |
38.0 |
31.5 |
-6.5 |
-17.2 |
$43,390 |
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