Tree-fellers, shoemakers, and postal clerks, beware. More than 30% of these jobs may disappear over the next 10 years.
A new release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics sheds light on which American occupations will shrink the most in the coming decade. The 30 fastest-declining jobs are ranked by projected percent decrease between 2012 and 2022, and are expected to lose between 15% and 43% of their workers.
Some industries are taking a bigger blow than others. Textile work, for example, is tanking. And many U.S. Postal Service workers may soon be hanging up their mail bags.
Want a career that will thrive over the next decade and beyond? Then stay away from these fields.
10. Motion picture projectionists
2,100 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 26.5%
Workers earned a median salary of $19,830 in 2012.
9. Postal Service mail carriers
79,200 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 26.8%
Workers earned a median salary of $56,490 in 2012.
8. Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
4,200 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 27.1%
Workers earned a median salary of $24,050 in 2012.
7. Semiconductor processors
5,800 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 27.1%
Workers earned a median salary of $33,020 in 2012.
6. Postal Service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
38,600 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 29.8%
Workers earned a median salary of $53,090 in 2012.
5. Log graders and scalers
1,100 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 31.6%
Workers earned a median salary of $32,880 in 2012.
4. Postal Service clerks
21,300 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 31.8%
Workers earned a median salary of $53,090 in 2012.
3. Shoe machine operators and tenders
1,200 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 35.3%
Workers earned a median salary of $24,310 in 2012.
2. Locomotive firers
700 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 42%
Workers earned a median salary of $44,920 in 2012.
1. Tree fallers
2,900 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 43.3%
Workers earned a median salary of $35,250 in 2012.
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