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Employment Projections
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Occupations with the largest job declines

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 Table 1.6 Occupations with the largest job declines, 2022 and projected 2032
(Employment in thousands)

2022 National Employment Matrix title

2022 National Employment Matrix code

Employment, 2022

Employment, 2032

Employment change, numeric, 2022–32

Employment change, percent, 2022–32

Median annual wage, dollars, 2022(1)

Total, all occupations

00-0000

164,482.6

169,148.1

4,665.5

2.8

46,310

Cashiers

41-2011

3,345.8

2,997.7

-348.1

-10.4

28,240

Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive

43-6014

2,030.2

1,794.3

-235.9

-11.6

41,000

Office clerks, general

43-9061

2,668.2

2,492.8

-175.4

-6.6

38,040

Customer service representatives

43-4051

2,982.9

2,820.2

-162.7

-5.5

37,780

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

51-2090

1,500.4

1,388.6

-111.8

-7.5

37,280

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

43-3031

1,735.8

1,627.5

-108.3

-6.2

45,860

Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

43-6011

511.1

403.0

-108.1

-21.1

65,980

Cooks, fast food

35-2011

742.0

640.4

-101.6

-13.7

27,640

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

41-1011

1,405.8

1,311.8

-94.0

-6.7

45,250

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

43-1011

1,567.2

1,486.4

-80.7

-5.2

61,370

Retail salespersons

41-2031

3,765.6

3,686.4

-79.1

-2.1

30,600

Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks

43-5071

862.9

790.6

-72.2

-8.4

37,760

Waiters and waitresses

35-3031

2,194.1

2,125.5

-68.6

-3.1

29,120

Tellers

43-3071

364.1

311.1

-52.9

-14.5

36,380

Food preparation workers

35-2021

931.8

887.0

-44.8

-4.8

29,790

Data entry keyers

43-9021

165.6

122.5

-43.1

-26.0

36,190

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

11-9013

922.9

880.6

-42.3

-4.6

75,760

Buyers and purchasing agents

13-1020

494.4

456.3

-38.0

-7.7

67,620

Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

43-6012

161.4

126.2

-35.3

-21.8

48,780

Correctional officers and jailers

33-3012

378.5

349.9

-28.6

-7.5

49,610

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

43-3051

165.4

138.3

-27.2

-16.4

49,630

Order clerks

43-4151

132.8

108.6

-24.2

-18.2

38,060

Chief executives

11-1011

280.0

257.0

-23.0

-8.2

189,520

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

51-9061

595.4

572.4

-23.0

-3.9

43,900

Sewing machine operators

51-6031

141.9

120.3

-21.6

-15.2

31,740

Postal service mail carriers

43-5052

314.5

293.5

-21.0

-6.7

54,250

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

51-4031

184.8

164.7

-20.1

-10.9

39,340

Bill and account collectors

43-3011

209.7

189.6

-20.1

-9.6

39,470

Telemarketers

41-9041

97.7

77.6

-20.1

-20.6

31,030

Childcare workers

39-9011

945.9

927.4

-18.5

-2.0

28,520

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.

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

Last Modified Date: September 6, 2023