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Employment Projections
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Fastest declining occupations
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| 2025 National Employment Matrix title | 2025 National Employment Matrix code | Employment, 2025 | Employment, 2035 | Employment change, numeric, 2025–35 | Employment change, percent, 2025–35 | Median annual wage, dollars, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total, all occupations |
00-0000 | 170,280.8 | 176,198.5 | 5,917.6 | 3.5 | 50,980 |
|
Word processors and typists |
43-9022 | 40.4 | 26.5 | -13.9 | -34.4 | 49,280 |
|
Telephone operators |
43-2021 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -1.0 | -27.6 | 41,740 |
|
Switchboard operators, including answering service |
43-2011 | 35.4 | 26.2 | -9.2 | -26.0 | 38,630 |
|
Data entry keyers |
43-9021 | 131.8 | 98.2 | -33.6 | -25.5 | 41,340 |
|
Foundry mold and coremakers |
51-4071 | 12.7 | 9.8 | -2.9 | -23.0 | 48,110 |
|
Patternmakers, metal and plastic |
51-4062 | 1.5 | 1.1 | -0.3 | -22.8 | 58,000 |
|
Telemarketers |
41-9041 | 60.9 | 47.8 | -13.0 | -21.4 | 35,450 |
|
Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
51-9022 | 10.8 | 8.7 | -2.1 | -19.2 | 42,660 |
|
Roof bolters, mining |
47-5043 | 2.2 | 1.8 | -0.4 | -18.9 | 78,540 |
|
Cutters and trimmers, hand |
51-9031 | 5.9 | 4.8 | -1.1 | -18.9 | 38,020 |
|
Print binding and finishing workers |
51-5113 | 32.3 | 26.6 | -5.6 | -17.5 | 42,290 |
|
Order clerks |
43-4151 | 78.9 | 65.1 | -13.8 | -17.5 | 46,170 |
|
Model makers, metal and plastic |
51-4061 | 2.6 | 2.2 | -0.5 | -17.3 | 63,340 |
|
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4022 | 8.9 | 7.4 | -1.5 | -17.2 | 49,030 |
|
Engine and other machine assemblers |
51-2031 | 33.5 | 27.8 | -5.7 | -17.0 | 53,710 |
|
Carpet installers |
47-2041 | 17.4 | 14.5 | -2.8 | -16.4 | 50,340 |
|
Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
43-3051 | 159.6 | 134.3 | -25.4 | -15.9 | 58,260 |
|
File clerks |
43-4071 | 76.2 | 64.2 | -12.0 | -15.8 | 43,600 |
|
Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining |
47-5044 | 5.9 | 5.0 | -0.9 | -15.8 | 74,500 |
|
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
51-6021 | 26.3 | 22.2 | -4.1 | -15.7 | 35,060 |
|
Camera and photographic equipment repairers |
49-9061 | 1.8 | 1.5 | -0.3 | -15.5 | 52,720 |
|
Prepress technicians and workers |
51-5111 | 24.7 | 20.9 | -3.8 | -15.3 | 48,690 |
|
Sewing machine operators |
51-6031 | 117.2 | 99.5 | -17.7 | -15.1 | 36,670 |
|
Fabric and apparel patternmakers |
51-6092 | 3.0 | 2.6 | -0.5 | -15.0 | 62,750 |
|
Office machine operators, except computer |
43-9071 | 25.8 | 21.9 | -3.8 | -14.9 | 40,960 |
|
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
49-2096 | 8.6 | 7.4 | -1.3 | -14.5 | 48,420 |
|
Desktop publishers |
43-9031 | 4.6 | 4.0 | -0.7 | -14.5 | 55,290 |
|
Adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors |
25-3011 | 41.1 | 35.4 | -5.7 | -13.9 | 61,540 |
|
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
51-6063 | 13.9 | 12.0 | -1.9 | -13.7 | 39,530 |
|
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons |
49-9045 | 1.1 | 0.9 | -0.2 | -13.7 | 61,290 |
|
Note: Wage data are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program. The 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: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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Last modified date: August 27, 2026