| | Fastest Declining Occupations by Job Growth
Employment Outlook 2006 - 2016 Select Geography
| Occupation |
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Decline in
Total Growth
Openings |
| |
Total
Percentage
Change |
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| Sewing Machine Operators | | -5,700 | | | -40.10 | | | Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Oper | | -4,340 | | | -45.53 | | | Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine | | -4,260 | | | -42.48 | | | Upholsterers | | -3,820 | | | -46.04 | | | Farmers and Ranchers | | -3,150 | | | -7.24 | | | Packers and Packagers, Hand | | -2,490 | | | -8.26 | | | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers & Weighers | | -2,400 | | | -11.43 | | | First-line Supervisors/Managers Of Production and | | -1,990 | | | -7.12 | | | Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | | -1,970 | | | -4.16 | | | Textile Bleaching & Dyeing Machine Op. & Tenders | | -1,880 | | | -39.37 | | | Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters | | -1,870 | | | -29.31 | | | Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery & Greenhouse | | -1,780 | | | -14.13 | | | Order Clerks | | -1,630 | | | -28.18 | | | Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers | | -1,340 | | | -21.60 | | | Furniture Finishers | | -1,320 | | | -37.20 | | | Machine Feeders and Offbearers | | -1,130 | | | -16.06 | | | File Clerks | | -1,120 | | | -35.79 | | | Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, Tender | | -870 | | | -38.93 | | | Computer Operators | | -860 | | | -24.12 | | | Farm, Ranch, and Other Agricultural Managers | | -830 | | | -19.73 | | | Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, An | | -790 | | | -16.46 | | | Photographic Processing Machine Operators | | -780 | | | -48.14 | | | Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, O | | -770 | | | -13.58 | | | Cutters and Trimmers, Hand | | -710 | | | -30.89 | | | Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender | | -660 | | | -10.01 | |
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