Table 1.5 Most rapidly declining jobs, 2018 and projected for 2028

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1	Table 1.5 Most rapidly declining jobs, 2018 and projected for 2028
2	2018 National Employment Matrix title and code		Employment		Change, 2018-28		Median annual wage, 2018(1)
3	2018 National Employment Matrix title and code		2018	2028	Number	Percent	Median annual wage, 2018(1)
4	Total, all occupations	00-0000	161 037,7	169 435,9	8 398,1	5,2	$38 640
5	Locomotive firers	53-4012	0,5	0,2	-0,4	-68,3	$63 820
6	Respiratory therapy technicians	29-2054	9,3	3,9	-5,3	-57,5	$51 210
7	Parking enforcement workers	33-3041	8,6	5,4	-3,1	-36,7	$39 840
8	Word processors and typists	43-9022	60,4	40	-20,4	-33,8	$39 750
9	Watch repairers	49-9064	3	2,1	-0,9	-29,6	$39 910
10	Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	49-2096	11	7,9	-3,1	-28,6	$35 590
11	Telephone operators	43-2021	5,7	4,1	-1,6	-28,4	$37 240
12	Cutters and trimmers, hand	51-9031	10,7	7,7	-3	-28,4	$29 390
13	Postmasters and mail superintendents	11-9131	13,3	9,6	-3,7	-27,5	$75 970
14	Mine shuttle car operators	53-7111	1,7	1,3	-0,4	-25,3	$56 340
15	Computer operators	43-9011	36,8	28	-8,9	-24,1	$45 840
16	Switchboard operators, including answering service	43-2011	73,4	55,9	-17,5	-23,8	$29 420
17	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	43-5053	99,7	76	-23,7	-23,8	$58 770
18	Data entry keyers	43-9021	187,3	143,9	-43,4	-23,2	$32 170
19	Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	51-2011	45,1	35,2	-9,9	-22	$53 340
20	Coil winders, tapers, and finishers	51-2021	12,3	9,7	-2,7	-21,6	$34 400
21	Photographic process workers and processing machine operators	51-9151	17,1	13,4	-3,6	-21,3	$29 180
22	Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	51-6021	39,9	31,4	-8,5	-21,2	$23 350
23	Legal secretaries	43-6012	180,1	142,5	-37,6	-20,9	$46 360
24	Prepress technicians and workers	51-5111	29,9	23,7	-6,2	-20,8	$40 410
25	Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4035	19,8	15,7	-4,1	-20,7	$43 590
26	Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4032	11,6	9,2	-2,4	-20,5	$38 020
27	Postal service clerks	43-5051	75,7	60,7	-15	-19,8	$55 280
28	Postal service mail carriers	43-5052	328,7	263,7	-65,1	-19,8	$55 210
29	Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants	43-6011	622,5	499,4	-123	-19,8	$59 340
30	Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51-4022	18,6	15	-3,6	-19,5	$38 900
31	Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	51-6061	9,7	7,9	-1,9	-19,4	$28 780
32	Timing device assemblers and adjusters	51-2093	0,8	0,6	-0,2	-19,3	$34 650
33	Grinding and polishing workers, hand	51-9022	30,7	24,8	-5,9	-19,2	$29 550
34	Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	51-6063	22,1	17,9	-4,2	-18,9	$29 160
35	Footnotes:
36	(1) Data are from the Occupational Employment 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.
37	Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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