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1 Declining Employment Industries

Employment is the number of jobs in this Industry. The latest available data are from 2010 to 2020. 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 2010-2020 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
#	Industry	2010	2020	Percent Change
1	Apparel manufacturing	157,700	66,100	-58%
2	Sound recording industries	15,300	6,900	-55%
3	Leather and allied product manufacturing	27,800	12,700	-54%
4	Book, periodical, and music stores	140,400	80,900	-42%
5	Jewelry and silverware manufacturing	29,300	18,900	-36%
6	Florists	68,100	48,500	-29%
7	Turned product and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing	71,200	51,100	-28%
8	Postal service	656,400	474,600	-28%
9	Communications equipment manufacturing	118,000	85,700	-27%
10	Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing	161,600	117,500	-27%
11	Pipeline transportation of natural gas	26,800	19,600	-27%
12	Computer and software stores	105,800	80,900	-24%
13	Metal ore mining	36,400	28,100	-23%
14	Newspaper publishers	254,100	197,900	-22%
15	Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing	35,300	27,500	-22%
16	Other support activities for transportation	26,500	20,700	-22%
17	Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers	311,100	248,000	-20%
18	Other pipeline transportation	6,700	5,500	-18%
19	Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing	82,900	68,600	-17%
20	Department stores	1,487,600	1,254,100	-16%
21	Pipeline transportation of crude oil	8,900	7,500	-16%
22	Metalworking machinery manufacturing	153,200	130,500	-15%
23	Glass and glass product manufacturing	80,700	68,800	-15%
24	Basic chemical manufacturing	142,400	121,600	-15%
25	Electrical equipment manufacturing	136,300	116,900	-14%
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections

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