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Fastest declining occupations

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**Table 1.5 Fastest declining occupations, 2021 and projected 2031**
(Numbers in thousands)
2021 National Employment Matrix title	2021 National Employment Matrix code	Employment, 2021	Employment, 2031	Employment change, 2021–31	Percent employment change, 2021–31	Median annual wage, 2021 (1)
Total, all occupations	00-0000	158,134.7	166,452.1	8,317.4	5.3	$45,760
Word processors and typists	43-9022	46.1	28.5	-17.6	-38.2	$44,030
Parking enforcement workers	33-3041	8.6	5.4	-3.2	-37.1	$46,590
Cutters and trimmers, hand	51-9031	8.2	5.9	-2.3	-28.4	$30,230
Nuclear power reactor operators	51-8011	4.8	3.5	-1.3	-26.8	$104,260
Print binding and finishing workers	51-5113	42.2	31.8	-10.5	-24.8	$36,590
Watch and clock repairers	49-9064	2.2	1.7	-0.5	-24.7	$44,250
Data entry keyers	43-9021	155.9	117.4	-38.5	-24.7	$35,630
Telephone operators	43-2021	4.0	3.0	-1.0	-24.5	$37,630
Switchboard operators, including answering service	43-2011	49.0	37.2	-11.8	-24.0	$30,150
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	49-2096	9.2	7.1	-2.2	-23.4	$40,670
Prepress technicians and workers	51-5111	26.0	20.1	-5.9	-22.7	$42,610
Roof bolters, mining	47-5043	1.9	1.5	-0.4	-21.5	$59,770
Floral designers	27-1023	44.4	35.1	-9.3	-21.0	$29,880
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	49-9095	3.9	3.1	-0.8	-20.3	$36,360
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons	49-9045	0.7	0.5	-0.1	-20.2	$54,250
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants	43-6011	508.0	405.4	-102.6	-20.2	$62,060
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	51-2011	34.3	27.7	-6.6	-19.4	$49,480
Legal secretaries and administrative assistants	43-6012	157.8	127.5	-30.4	-19.2	$47,710
Grinding and polishing workers, hand	51-9022	16.1	13.1	-3.0	-18.7	$35,670
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4032	6.9	5.6	-1.3	-18.6	$38,580
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4022	11.8	9.6	-2.2	-18.3	$44,520
Timing device assemblers and adjusters	51-2061	0.6	0.5	-0.1	-18.3	$37,780
Telemarketers	41-9041	115.7	94.7	-21.0	-18.2	$28,910
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers	51-2021	11.4	9.3	-2.0	-17.9	$38,360
Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining	47-5044	4.5	3.7	-0.8	-17.8	$57,900
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4035	15.2	12.5	-2.7	-17.7	$46,850
Order clerks	43-4151	143.9	119.7	-24.2	-16.8	$37,920
Nuclear technicians	19-4051	5.4	4.5	-0.9	-16.6	$99,340
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	51-2041	63.6	53.6	-10.1	-15.8	$45,480
Power plant operators	51-8013	29.2	24.7	-4.5	-15.5	$80,850
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

Last Modified Date: September 8, 2022