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Industries with the fastest growing and most rapidly declining wage and salary employment

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**Table 2.3 Industries with the Fastest Growing and Most Rapidly Declining Wage and Salary Employment**
Industry Description	Sector	2017 NAICS	Thousands of Jobs		Change	Compound Annual Rate of Change
Industry Description	Sector	2017 NAICS	2019	2029	2019 - 2029	2019 - 2029
Fastest Growing
Forestry	Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	1131, 1132	8.0	11.5	3.5	3.7
Individual and family services	Health care and social assistance	6241	2,611.3	3,663.9	1,052.6	3.4
Support activities for mining	Mining	213	343.1	454.2	111.1	2.8
Home health care services	Health care and social assistance	6216	1,527.4	1,983.4	456.0	2.6
Outpatient care centers	Health care and social assistance	6214	963.0	1,239.6	276.6	2.6
Other personal services	Other services	8129	357.3	454.4	97.1	2.4
Computer systems design and related services	Professional and business services	5415	2,202.2	2,776.7	574.5	2.3
Offices of other health practitioners	Health care and social assistance	6213	968.8	1,207.8	239.0	2.2
Grantmaking and giving services and social advocacy organizations	Other services	8132, 8133	418.8	518.2	99.4	2.2
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	Professional and business services	5416	1,531.1	1,865.3	334.2	2.0
Other educational services	Educational services	6114-7	816.9	992.0	175.1	2.0
Independent artists, writers, and performers	Leisure and hospitality	7115	53.1	64.1	11.0	1.9
Software publishers	Information	5112	461.0	555.3	94.3	1.9
Office administrative services	Professional and business services	5611	526.1	624.8	98.7	1.7
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions	Leisure and hospitality	712	172.9	202.7	29.8	1.6
Other ambulatory health care services	Health care and social assistance	6219	313.6	366.9	53.3	1.6
Animal food manufacturing	Manufacturing	3111	64.0	74.8	10.8	1.6
Metal ore mining	Mining	2122	41.8	48.6	6.8	1.5
Couriers and messengers	Transportation and Warehousing	492	815.8	942.1	126.3	1.4
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment (except automotive and electronic) repair and maintenance	Other services	8113	219.6	252.9	33.3	1.4
Most Rapidly Declining
Tobacco manufacturing	Manufacturing	3122	11.3	6.7	-4.7	-5.2
Cable and other subscription programming	Information	5152	53.0	32.3	-20.7	-4.8
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers	Information	5111	298.5	199.3	-99.2	-4.0
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing	Manufacturing	3351	46.0	30.8	-15.2	-3.9
Federal electric utilities	Federal government	NA	14.9	10.1	-4.8	-3.8
Apparel, leather and allied product manufacturing	Manufacturing	315, 316	137.7	94.2	-43.5	-3.7
Communications equipment manufacturing	Manufacturing	3342	83.5	58.0	-25.5	-3.6
Travel arrangement and reservation services	Professional and business services	5615	219.5	153.5	-66.0	-3.5
Cement and concrete product manufacturing	Manufacturing	3273	199.0	141.9	-57.1	-3.3
Consumer goods rental and general rental centers	Financial activities	5322, 5323	176.9	131.7	-45.2	-2.9
Clay product and refractory manufacturing	Manufacturing	3271	38.6	29.2	-9.4	-2.8
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing	Manufacturing	3372	110.9	86.2	-24.7	-2.5
Printing and related support activities	Manufacturing	323	424.6	342.3	-82.3	-2.1
Wired telecommunications carriers	Information	5171	519.5	419.3	-100.2	-2.1
Railroad rolling stock manufacturing	Manufacturing	3365	24.1	19.8	-4.3	-1.9
Seafood product preparation and packaging	Manufacturing	3117	35.3	29.3	-6.0	-1.8
Other transportation equipment manufacturing	Manufacturing	3369	35.2	29.6	-5.7	-1.7
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)	Financial activities	533	23.3	19.6	-3.7	-1.7
Coal mining	Mining	2121	51.9	43.6	-8.3	-1.7
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing	Manufacturing	3329	281.6	237.4	-44.2	-1.7
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: September 1, 2020