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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 2006 to 2016.  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 2006-2016 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  
2006 2016
1 Cut and sew apparel manufacturing 185,500  77,200  -58% 
2 Footwear manufacturing 17,400  8,100  -53% 
3 Jewelry and silverware manufacturing 40,800  24,100  -41% 
4 Apparel knitting mills 34,000  20,100  -41% 
5 Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills 57,600  34,400  -40% 
6 Vending machine operators 48,700  30,400  -38% 
7 Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing 18,900  12,400  -34% 
8 Tobacco manufacturing 23,400  15,500  -34% 
9 Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing 198,800  132,300  -33% 
10 Direct selling establishments 142,500  95,300  -33% 
11 Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing 94,400  63,700  -33% 
12 Pipeline transportation 39,000  26,500  -32% 
13 Fabric mills 89,900  61,200  -32% 
14 Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing 73,000  50,300  -31% 
15 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills 136,000  93,800  -31% 
16 Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers 100,600  69,500  -31% 
17 Hardware manufacturing 34,000  23,500  -31% 
18 Alumina and aluminum production and processing 72,700  50,300  -31% 
19 Florists 95,400  67,400  -29% 
20 Turned product and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing 86,500  61,400  -29% 
21 Rubber product manufacturing 159,300  113,800  -29% 
22 Electric lighting equipment manufacturing 58,900  42,500  -28% 
23 Spring and wire product manufacturing 58,200  42,100  -28% 
24 Internet service providers and Web search portals 121,700  89,000  -27% 
25 Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers 72,600  53,100  -27% 
 

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

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