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Employment Projections
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Industries with the most rapidly declining wage and salary employment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total wage and salary employment |
TE1200 | 160,458.6 | 166,224.3 | 5,765.7 | 3.6 |
|
Apparel manufacturing |
315000 | 79.0 | 49.2 | -29.8 | -37.7 |
|
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media |
334600 | 9.7 | 6.3 | -3.4 | -35.0 |
|
Newspaper publishers |
513110 | 83.4 | 62.4 | -21.0 | -25.2 |
|
Coal mining |
212100 | 39.9 | 29.9 | -10.0 | -25.0 |
|
Jewelry and silverware manufacturing |
339910 | 20.4 | 15.8 | -4.6 | -22.5 |
|
Tobacco manufacturing |
312200 | 11.1 | 8.9 | -2.2 | -19.9 |
|
Printing and related support activities |
323000 | 343.9 | 285.6 | -58.3 | -16.9 |
|
Fossil fuel electric power generation |
221112 | 74.1 | 62.4 | -11.7 | -15.8 |
|
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills |
322100 | 82.5 | 70.2 | -12.3 | -14.9 |
|
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing |
335100 | 34.6 | 29.5 | -5.1 | -14.6 |
|
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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Last modified date: August 27, 2026