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Employment Projections
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Fastest declining occupations

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 Table 1.5 Fastest declining occupations, 2022 and projected 2032
(Employment in thousands)

2022 National Employment Matrix title

2022 National Employment Matrix code

Employment, 2022

Employment, 2032

Employment change, numeric, 2022–32

Employment change, percent, 2022–32

Median annual wage, dollars, 
2022(1)

Total, all occupations

00-0000

164,482.6

169,148.1

4,665.5

2.8

46,310

Word processors and typists

43-9022

44.0

27.0

-17.0

-38.6

44,330

Watch and clock repairers

49-9064

2.1

1.4

-0.6

-29.8

48,370

Roof bolters, mining

47-5043

1.8

1.3

-0.5

-28.5

60,210

Cutters and trimmers, hand

51-9031

8.3

5.9

-2.3

-28.2

36,130

Telephone operators

43-2021

4.1

3.0

-1.1

-26.6

38,330

Data entry keyers

43-9021

165.6

122.5

-43.1

-26.0

36,190

Switchboard operators, including answering service

43-2011

48.4

36.2

-12.1

-25.1

34,670

Foundry mold and coremakers

51-4071

11.5

8.8

-2.7

-23.5

40,120

Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

43-6012

161.4

126.2

-35.3

-21.8

48,780

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials

51-6021

29.8

23.3

-6.5

-21.8

29,690

Patternmakers, metal and plastic

51-4062

2.3

1.8

-0.5

-21.6

54,970

Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons

49-9045

0.6

0.5

-0.1

-21.4

50,550

Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

43-6011

511.1

403.0

-108.1

-21.1

65,980

Manufactured building and mobile home installers

49-9095

4.1

3.2

-0.9

-21.0

36,820

Telemarketers

41-9041

97.7

77.6

-20.1

-20.6

31,030

Grinding and polishing workers, hand

51-9022

14.5

11.7

-2.8

-19.5

36,960

Engine and other machine assemblers

51-2031

50.9

41.3

-9.6

-18.9

50,850

Model makers, metal and plastic

51-4061

3.4

2.8

-0.6

-18.8

57,620

Timing device assemblers and adjusters

51-2061

0.4

0.3

-0.1

-18.7

42,290

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

51-4032

6.6

5.4

-1.2

-18.3

42,450

Order clerks

43-4151

132.8

108.6

-24.2

-18.2

38,060

Floral designers

27-1023

54.5

44.7

-9.8

-18.0

33,160

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

49-2096

9.7

7.9

-1.7

-18.0

41,600

Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining

47-5044

5.4

4.4

-1.0

-17.7

63,920

Prepress technicians and workers

51-5111

25.7

21.3

-4.4

-17.1

43,560

Coil winders, tapers, and finishers

51-2021

11.1

9.3

-1.8

-16.6

43,160

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

51-2041

59.6

49.8

-9.8

-16.4

47,200

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

43-3051

165.4

138.3

-27.2

-16.4

49,630

Print binding and finishing workers

51-5113

41.4

34.6

-6.8

-16.4

36,970

File clerks

43-4071

91.1

76.5

-14.6

-16.0

37,290

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: September 6, 2023