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.
30. Manufactured building and mobile home installers
800 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 15.1%
Workers earned a median salary of $28,080 in 2012.
29. Cutters and trimmers (using hand-held tools)
2,200 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 15.3%
Workers earned a median salary of $24,530 in 2012.
28. Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
14,200 jobs lost between 2012 and 2022
A projected decline of 15.3%
Workers earned a median salary of $21,470 in 2012.
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