Thanks to the rise of the technology, The United States of America is going to witness some huge employment shifts in the next decade. We bring you 12 jobs with largest total declines according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics projections.
12. Computer Programmers
Median annual pay: $80,000
US employment in 2014: 329,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 302,000
Projected decline: 27,000 (8%)
11. Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Median annual pay: $29,000
US employment in 2014: 130,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 97,000
Projected decline: 32,000 (25%)
10. Switchboard operators, including answering service
Median annual pay: $27,000
US employment in 2014: 112,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 76,000
Projected decline: 37,000 (33%)
9. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Median annual pay: $31,000
US employment in 2014: 192,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 153,000
Projected decline: 40,000 (21%)
8. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operatorsMedian annual pay: $57,000
US employment in 2014: 118,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 78,000
Projected decline: 40,000 (34%)
7. Tellers
Median annual pay: $26,000
US employment in 2014: 521,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 481,000
Projected decline: 40,000 (8%)
6. Sewing Machine OperatorsMedian annual pay: $23,000
US employment in 2014: 154,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 112,000
Projected decline: 42,000 (27%)
5. Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
Median annual pay: $20,000
US employment in 2014: 470,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 427,000
Projected decline: 43,000 (9%)
4. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
Median annual pay: $53,000
US employment in 2014: 777,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 732,000
Projected decline: 45,000 (6%)
3. Postal service mail carriersMedian annual pay: $58,000
US employment in 2014: 297,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 219,000
Projected decline: 78,000 (26%)
2. Cooks, Fast FoodMedian annual pay: $19,000
US employment in 2014: 524,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 444,000
Projected decline: 80,000 (15%)
1. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
Median annual pay: $37,000
US employment in 2014: 1,760,000
Projected US employment in 2024: 1,612,000
Projected decline: 149,000 (8%)