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Employment Projections
 Table 2.4 Industries with the most rapidly declining wage and salary employment (Employment in thousands)
2024 National Employment Matrix title 2024 National Employment Matrix code Employment, 2024 Employment, 2034 Employment change, numeric, 2024–34 Employment change, percent, 2024–34

Total, all industries

TE1000 169,956.1 175,167.9 5,211.8 3.1

Coal mining

212100 42.5 23.2 -19.3 -45.3

Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media

334600 10.5 6.2 -4.3 -41.3

Fossil fuel electric power generation

221112 74.5 51.5 -23.0 -30.9

Apparel manufacturing

315000 84.5 58.8 -25.7 -30.4

Jewelry and silverware manufacturing

339910 21.0 15.7 -5.3 -25.3

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing

336300 553.3 429.3 -124.0 -22.4

Newspaper publishers

513110 89.4 71.5 -17.9 -20.0

Turned product and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing

332720 74.2 59.8 -14.4 -19.5

Nuclear electric power generation

221113 38.2 31.5 -6.7 -17.6

Gambling industries (except casino hotels)

713200 123.3 104.2 -19.1 -15.5

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

Last Modified Date: August 28, 2025