Occupations with the Largest Job Decline, 2004–2014
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
(numbers in thousands of jobs)
| Employment | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | 2000 | 20141 | Number | Percent |
| Farmers and ranchers | 1,065 | 910 | –155 | –14.5 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,566 | 1,451 | –115 | –7.3 |
| Sewing machine operators | 256 | 163 | –93 | –36.5 |
| File clerks | 255 | 163 | –93 | –36.3 |
| Order clerks | 293 | 230 | –63 | –21.4 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 160 | 101 | –59 | –37.1 |
| Computer operators | 149 | 101 | –49 | –32.6 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,934 | 1,887 | –48 | –2.5 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 251 | 208 | –43 | –17.2 |
| Telemarketers | 415 | 373 | –42 | –10.0 |
1. Projected.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, Nov. 2005. Web: www.bls.gov .
| Occupations with the Largest Job Growth, 2004–2014 | Labor and Employment | Characteristics of the Civilian Labor Force, 2004 and 2014 |
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