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Employment Projections

Industries with the most rapidly declining wage and salary employment

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Table 2.4 Industries with the most rapidly declining wage and salary employment
(Employment in thousands of jobs)

Industry Description

Sector

2017 NAICS

Wage and Salary employment, 2021

Wage and Salary employment, 2031

Wage and Salary employment change, 2021–31

Compound annual rate of change, 2021–31

Tobacco manufacturing

Manufacturing

3122

10.7

5.0

-5.7

-7.4

Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media

Manufacturing

3346

11.3

5.5

-5.7

-6.9

Apparel, leather and allied product manufacturing

Manufacturing

315, 316

117.0

75.2

-41.8

-4.3

Printing and related support activities

Manufacturing

323

367.4

270.6

-96.8

-3.0

Coal mining

Mining

2121

36.6

27.1

-9.5

-3.0

Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers

Information

5111

247.4

187.4

-60.0

-2.7

Satellite, telecommunications resellers, and all other telecommunications

Information

5174, 5179

89.5

70.2

-19.3

-2.4

Cable and other subscription programming

Information

5152

45.8

36.1

-9.7

-2.4

Other furniture related product manufacturing

Manufacturing

3379

37.4

29.8

-7.6

-2.2

Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

3336

87.0

72.2

-14.8

-1.9

Railroad rolling stock manufacturing

Manufacturing

3365

19.1

16.0

-3.1

-1.7

Consumer goods rental and general rental centers

Financial activities

5322, 5323

147.5

125.3

-22.2

-1.6

Other general purpose machinery manufacturing

Manufacturing

3339

265.3

225.5

-39.8

-1.6

Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing

Manufacturing

3311

78.9

68.3

-10.6

-1.4

Electric lighting equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

3351

41.7

36.1

-5.6

-1.4

Metalworking machinery manufacturing

Manufacturing

3335

159.4

138.3

-21.1

-1.4

Logging

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting

1133

46.1

40.1

-6.0

-1.4

Textile mills and textile product mills

Manufacturing

313, 314

201.5

175.4

-26.1

-1.4

Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing

Manufacturing

3331

197.9

172.4

-25.5

-1.4

Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing

Manufacturing

3372

97.5

84.9

-12.6

-1.4

Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: September 8, 2022