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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Employment Projections > Data

Fastest declining occupations

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Table 1.5 Fastest declining occupations, 2019 and projected 2029
(Numbers in thousands)
2019 National Employment Matrix title and code		Employment		Change, 2019–29		Median annual wage, 2019 (1)
2019 National Employment Matrix title and code		2019	2029	Number	Percent	Median annual wage, 2019 (1)
Total, all occupations	00-0000	162,795.6	168,834.7	6,039.2	3.7	$39,810
Word processors and typists	43-9022	52.7	33.5	-19.2	-36.4	$40,340
Parking enforcement workers	33-3041	8.1	5.2	-2.9	-36.2	$40,920
Nuclear power reactor operators	51-8011	5.3	3.4	-1.9	-35.7	$100,530
Watch and clock repairers	49-9064	3.2	2.1	-1.0	-32.3	$42,520
Cutters and trimmers, hand	51-9031	9.8	6.9	-2.9	-29.9	$30,200
Telephone operators	43-2021	5.0	3.6	-1.4	-27.9	$35,750
Travel agents	41-3041	82.0	60.8	-21.3	-25.9	$40,660
Data entry keyers	43-9021	172.4	130.0	-42.4	-24.6	$33,490
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	49-2096	10.4	8.0	-2.4	-23.2	$37,380
Switchboard operators, including answering service	43-2011	69.9	54.1	-15.7	-22.5	$30,610
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	49-9095	2.9	2.2	-0.6	-22.3	$33,890
Timing device assemblers and adjusters	51-2061	1.3	1.0	-0.3	-22.3	$35,080
Legal secretaries and administrative assistants	43-6012	171.8	133.8	-38.0	-22.1	$47,300
Postmasters and mail superintendents	11-9131	13.4	10.5	-2.9	-21.9	$76,900
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4022	16.4	13.0	-3.5	-21.1	$39,670
Prepress technicians and workers	51-5111	30.2	24.0	-6.3	-20.7	$40,510
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants	43-6011	593.4	472.4	-121.1	-20.4	$60,890
Floral designers	27-1023	51.8	41.4	-10.4	-20.1	$28,040
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers	41-9091	72.9	58.3	-14.6	-20.0	$27,420
Grinding and polishing workers, hand	51-9022	29.0	23.4	-5.6	-19.5	$30,600
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators	51-9151	12.3	9.9	-2.4	-19.4	$32,280
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons	49-9045	0.8	0.7	-0.2	-19.3	$53,990
Desktop publishers	43-9031	10.4	8.4	-2.0	-19.0	$45,390
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4032	11.2	9.1	-2.1	-19.0	$38,910
Nuclear technicians	19-4051	6.7	5.4	-1.3	-18.9	$82,080
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	51-6021	38.3	31.1	-7.2	-18.9	$24,190
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers	51-2021	13.0	10.5	-2.4	-18.7	$36,520
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4035	19.2	15.6	-3.6	-18.6	$43,210
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	43-5053	98.5	80.9	-17.6	-17.8	$60,140
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	51-2011	43.9	36.3	-7.6	-17.4	$54,210
Footnotes: (1) Data are from the Occupational Employment 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 1, 2020