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Employment Projections
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Occupations with the largest job declines
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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 | Median annual wage, dollars, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total, all occupations |
00-0000 | 170,280.8 | 176,198.5 | 5,917.6 | 3.5 | 50,980 |
|
Cashiers |
41-2011 | 3,106.3 | 2,905.7 | -200.6 | -6.5 | 32,880 |
|
Office clerks, general |
43-9061 | 2,600.0 | 2,443.7 | -156.2 | -6.0 | 45,010 |
|
Customer service representatives |
43-4051 | 2,666.0 | 2,524.1 | -141.8 | -5.3 | 44,770 |
|
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive |
43-6014 | 1,889.8 | 1,775.7 | -114.1 | -6.0 | 47,540 |
|
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
43-3031 | 1,532.4 | 1,446.8 | -85.6 | -5.6 | 50,670 |
|
Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks |
43-5071 | 827.7 | 765.0 | -62.8 | -7.6 | 45,260 |
|
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers |
41-1011 | 1,419.8 | 1,367.4 | -52.5 | -3.7 | 48,520 |
|
Tellers |
43-3071 | 339.2 | 294.5 | -44.7 | -13.2 | 43,030 |
|
Data entry keyers |
43-9021 | 131.8 | 98.2 | -33.6 | -25.5 | 41,340 |
|
Correctional officers and jailers |
33-3012 | 397.8 | 368.2 | -29.5 | -7.4 | 58,940 |
|
Packers and packagers, hand |
53-7064 | 555.5 | 528.0 | -27.5 | -5.0 | 36,280 |
|
Food preparation workers |
35-2021 | 908.5 | 881.3 | -27.2 | -3.0 | 35,320 |
|
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers |
11-9013 | 788.7 | 762.2 | -26.5 | -3.4 | 89,900 |
|
Computer user support specialists |
15-1232 | 750.6 | 724.4 | -26.2 | -3.5 | 61,860 |
|
Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
43-3051 | 159.6 | 134.3 | -25.4 | -15.9 | 58,260 |
|
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
13-1031 | 376.1 | 355.5 | -20.6 | -5.5 | 78,000 |
|
Childcare workers |
39-9011 | 1,010.3 | 990.4 | -19.9 | -2.0 | 34,980 |
|
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
51-4031 | 171.0 | 153.1 | -17.9 | -10.5 | 46,330 |
|
Sewing machine operators |
51-6031 | 117.2 | 99.5 | -17.7 | -15.1 | 36,670 |
|
Office and administrative support workers, all other |
43-9199 | 231.1 | 214.1 | -17.0 | -7.3 | 45,670 |
|
Bill and account collectors |
43-3011 | 160.2 | 143.4 | -16.7 | -10.4 | 47,030 |
|
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
43-4111 | 153.6 | 137.6 | -16.0 | -10.4 | 45,920 |
|
Receptionists and information clerks |
43-4171 | 947.5 | 931.6 | -16.0 | -1.7 | 38,010 |
|
Computer numerically controlled tool operators |
51-9161 | 170.0 | 154.1 | -15.9 | -9.4 | 50,690 |
|
Retail salespersons |
41-2031 | 3,998.1 | 3,984.1 | -14.0 | -0.3 | 35,410 |
|
Word processors and typists |
43-9022 | 40.4 | 26.5 | -13.9 | -34.4 | 49,280 |
|
Helpers--production workers |
51-9198 | 167.4 | 153.6 | -13.8 | -8.2 | 39,070 |
|
Order clerks |
43-4151 | 78.9 | 65.1 | -13.8 | -17.5 | 46,170 |
|
Network and computer systems administrators |
15-1244 | 323.6 | 310.4 | -13.2 | -4.1 | 99,130 |
|
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
45-2092 | 546.8 | 533.6 | -13.2 | -2.4 | 35,660 |
|
Note: Wage data are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program. The 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: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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Last modified date: August 27, 2026