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Industries with Declining Employment
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Employment is the number of jobs in this Industry.  The latest available data are from 2008 to 2018.  Read more about Industry employment.

Percent change is the expected employment change for each industry.

Industry trends data are updated in two year cycles and are released in even-ending years. For more detailed information about the program or the survey, refer to the OES Projections webpage.

The model used to produce the occupation and industry trends data does include outsourcing. For more details about this, refer to an article about projections data and models in the Labor Market Review.



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These are the industries that are projected to have the largest decline in employment during the 2008-2018 time period. Select an industry to learn more about it in the Industry Profile.

Top 50 Industries with Declining Employment
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# Industry Employment Percent
  Change  
2008 2018
1 Cut and sew apparel manufacturing 155,200  66,700  -57% 
2 Apparel knitting mills 26,200  12,500  -52% 
3 Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills 48,300  23,500  -51% 
4 Fabric mills 65,400  35,000  -46% 
5 Audio and video equipment manufacturing 27,000  14,600  -46% 
6 Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing 17,000  9,200  -46% 
7 Fiber, yarn, and thread mills 37,400  20,700  -45% 
8 Textile furnishings mills 75,400  41,900  -44% 
9 Railroad rolling stock manufacturing 28,400  17,500  -38% 
10 Footwear manufacturing 15,800  10,000  -37% 
11 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills 126,100  81,900  -35% 
12 Basic chemical manufacturing 152,100  99,900  -34% 
13 Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing 432,400  286,800  -34% 
14 Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing 182,800  124,700  -32% 
15 Other textile product mills 72,200  49,400  -32% 
16 Cutlery and handtool manufacturing 49,100  35,900  -27% 
17 Sound recording industries 19,700  14,600  -26% 
18 Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media 34,900  26,000  -26% 
19 Newspaper publishers 325,900  245,100  -25% 
20 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing 149,500  112,800  -25% 
21 Household appliance manufacturing 72,000  54,900  -24% 
22 Tobacco manufacturing 22,000  16,800  -24% 
23 Support activities for mining 327,700  251,700  -23% 
24 Industrial machinery manufacturing 120,800  92,900  -23% 
25 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 117,100  90,800  -22% 
 

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections

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