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Occupations with the largest job declines

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Table 1.6 Occupations with the largest job declines, 2020 and projected 2030
(Numbers in thousands)
2020 National Employment Matrix title	2020 National Employment Matrix code	Employment, 2020	Employment, 2030	Employment change, 2020–30	Percent employment change, 2020–30	Median annual wage, 2020 (1)
Total, all occupations	00-0000	153,533.8	165,413.7	11,879.9	7.7	$41,950
Cashiers	41-2011	3,379.1	3,042.7	-336.4	-10.0	$25,020
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	43-6014	2,053.5	1,896.7	-156.9	-7.6	$38,850
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants	43-6011	538.8	438.2	-100.6	-18.7	$63,110
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	41-1011	1,390.6	1,300.4	-90.2	-6.5	$41,580
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators	51-2090	1,262.8	1,178.2	-84.6	-6.7	$33,550
Tellers	43-3071	432.5	359.4	-73.1	-16.9	$32,620
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	51-9061	557.9	489.8	-68.1	-12.2	$40,460
Office clerks, general	43-9061	2,933.9	2,873.6	-60.4	-2.1	$35,330
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	43-3031	1,620.0	1,571.9	-48.1	-3.0	$42,410
Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks	43-5071	734.9	694.3	-40.6	-5.5	$35,260
Retail salespersons	41-2031	3,835.0	3,795.7	-39.3	-1.0	$27,080
Data entry keyers	43-9021	158.4	122.8	-35.6	-22.5	$34,440
Customer service representatives	43-4051	2,923.4	2,888.8	-34.5	-1.2	$35,830
Legal secretaries and administrative assistants	43-6012	160.4	126.7	-33.6	-21.0	$48,980
Correctional officers and jailers	33-3012	418.5	388.5	-30.0	-7.2	$47,410
Postal service mail carriers	43-5052	317.7	293.1	-24.7	-7.8	$51,080
Order clerks	43-4151	133.9	109.5	-24.4	-18.2	$35,590
Buyers and purchasing agents	13-1020	439.0	415.4	-23.6	-5.4	$66,690
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	43-1011	1,487.3	1,464.4	-22.9	-1.5	$58,450
Telemarketers	41-9041	119.7	97.8	-21.9	-18.3	$27,920
Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals	45-2093	256.9	235.5	-21.3	-8.3	$29,130
Bill and account collectors	43-3011	223.1	202.6	-20.5	-9.2	$38,100
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	41-1012	376.4	357.6	-18.8	-5.0	$78,560
Sewing machine operators	51-6031	133.5	114.8	-18.6	-14.0	$28,230
Computer programmers	15-1251	185.7	167.3	-18.3	-9.9	$89,190
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	43-3051	137.3	119.7	-17.7	-12.9	$47,020
Chief executives	11-1011	292.5	275.7	-16.8	-5.7	$185,950
Word processors and typists	43-9022	45.2	28.9	-16.3	-36.0	$41,050
Printing press operators	51-5112	160.9	144.9	-15.9	-9.9	$37,880
Switchboard operators, including answering service	43-2011	59.9	46.3	-13.6	-22.7	$31,430
Footnotes: (1) Data are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 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. Note: Data is unavailable for values denoted with a "—". Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: September 8, 2021