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Employment Projections
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Fastest declining occupations
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| 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, 2023[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total, all occupations |
00-0000 | 164,482.6 | 169,148.1 | 4,665.5 | 2.8 | 48,060 |
|
Word processors and typists |
43-9022 | 44.0 | 27.0 | -17.0 | -38.6 | 46,450 |
|
Watch and clock repairers |
49-9064 | 2.1 | 1.4 | -0.6 | -29.8 | 58,140 |
|
Roof bolters, mining |
47-5043 | 1.8 | 1.3 | -0.5 | -28.5 | 66,660 |
|
Cutters and trimmers, hand |
51-9031 | 8.3 | 5.9 | -2.3 | -28.2 | 37,040 |
|
Telephone operators |
43-2021 | 4.1 | 3.0 | -1.1 | -26.6 | 38,080 |
|
Data entry keyers |
43-9021 | 165.6 | 122.5 | -43.1 | -26.0 | 37,790 |
|
Switchboard operators, including answering service |
43-2011 | 48.4 | 36.2 | -12.1 | -25.1 | 36,750 |
|
Foundry mold and coremakers |
51-4071 | 11.5 | 8.8 | -2.7 | -23.5 | 44,300 |
|
Legal secretaries and administrative assistants |
43-6012 | 161.4 | 126.2 | -35.3 | -21.8 | 50,680 |
|
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
51-6021 | 29.8 | 23.3 | -6.5 | -21.8 | 32,240 |
|
Patternmakers, metal and plastic |
51-4062 | 2.3 | 1.8 | -0.5 | -21.6 | 49,670 |
|
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons |
49-9045 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -0.1 | -21.4 | 48,410 |
|
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants |
43-6011 | 511.1 | 403.0 | -108.1 | -21.1 | 70,310 |
|
Manufactured building and mobile home installers |
49-9095 | 4.1 | 3.2 | -0.9 | -21.0 | 38,980 |
|
Telemarketers |
41-9041 | 97.7 | 77.6 | -20.1 | -20.6 | 34,480 |
|
Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
51-9022 | 14.5 | 11.7 | -2.8 | -19.5 | 38,940 |
|
Engine and other machine assemblers |
51-2031 | 50.9 | 41.3 | -9.6 | -18.9 | 50,270 |
|
Model makers, metal and plastic |
51-4061 | 3.4 | 2.8 | -0.6 | -18.8 | 64,190 |
|
Timing device assemblers and adjusters |
51-2061 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -18.7 | 48,840 |
|
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4032 | 6.6 | 5.4 | -1.2 | -18.3 | 44,620 |
|
Order clerks |
43-4151 | 132.8 | 108.6 | -24.2 | -18.2 | 41,600 |
|
Floral designers |
27-1023 | 54.5 | 44.7 | -9.8 | -18.0 | 34,690 |
|
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
49-2096 | 9.7 | 7.9 | -1.7 | -18.0 | 45,570 |
|
Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining |
47-5044 | 5.4 | 4.4 | -1.0 | -17.7 | 64,070 |
|
Prepress technicians and workers |
51-5111 | 25.7 | 21.3 | -4.4 | -17.1 | 45,070 |
|
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers |
51-2021 | 11.1 | 9.3 | -1.8 | -16.6 | 44,890 |
|
Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
51-2041 | 59.6 | 49.8 | -9.8 | -16.4 | 48,480 |
|
Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
43-3051 | 165.4 | 138.3 | -27.2 | -16.4 | 52,240 |
|
Print binding and finishing workers |
51-5113 | 41.4 | 34.6 | -6.8 | -16.4 | 38,100 |
|
File clerks |
43-4071 | 91.1 | 76.5 | -14.6 | -16.0 | 38,130 |
|
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 |
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Last Modified Date: April 17, 2024