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| Top 50 United States Occupations With The Largest Job Decline, 2006-2016 | |||
| EMP | |||
| OCCUPATION | EMPLOY. 2006 | EMPLOY. 2016 | CHANGE |
| 2006-2016 | |||
| Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 1,704,921 | 1,574,199 | -130,722 |
| Cashiers, except Gaming | 3,500,169 | 3,381,931 | -118,239 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | 833,812 | 730,180 | -103,632 |
| File Clerks | 233,808 | 137,245 | -96,563 |
| Farmers and Ranchers | 1,058,444 | 968,838 | -89,606 |
| Order Clerks | 270,869 | 204,918 | -65,951 |
| Sewing Machine Operators | 232,810 | 169,526 | -63,284 |
| Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers | 213,381 | 156,167 | -57,213 |
| Cutting, Punching, & Press Mach. Set., Oper, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic | 271,745 | 231,384 | -40,361 |
| Telemarketers | 394,783 | 355,732 | -39,052 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 491,417 | 456,817 | -34,600 |
| First-line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers | 699,259 | 665,489 | -33,770 |
| Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators | 72,988 | 39,832 | -33,156 |
| Computer Operators | 129,997 | 97,943 | -32,054 |
| Photographic Processing Machine Operators | 49,304 | 24,742 | -24,562 |
| Driver/sales Workers | 445,092 | 421,337 | -23,755 |
| Machine Feeders and Offbearers | 147,763 | 125,360 | -22,403 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 385,988 | 365,058 | -20,930 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 178,998 | 158,198 | -20,799 |
| Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 113,107 | 92,563 | -20,544 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | 603,083 | 582,746 | -20,337 |
| Molding, Coremaking, & Cast Mach Set, Oper, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic | 156,842 | 136,758 | -20,084 |
| Computer Programmers | 435,076 | 417,065 | -18,011 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, except Postal Service | 152,064 | 134,414 | -17,650 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 197,714 | 181,173 | -16,541 |
| Grinding, Lapping, Polish, & Buff Mach Tool Set, Oper. & Tenders, Metal & Plastic | 101,441 | 85,499 | -15,942 |
| Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Set, Oper., and Tenders, Metal & Plastic | 67,760 | 51,976 | -15,784 |
| Prepress Technicians and Workers | 70,899 | 55,959 | -14,941 |
| Switchboard Operators, including Answering Service | 177,485 | 162,575 | -14,910 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 313,355 | 298,680 | -14,675 |
| Bindery Workers | 64,859 | 50,697 | -14,161 |
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 106,426 | 92,743 | -13,684 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 81,422 | 68,135 | -13,287 |
| Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators | 637,034 | 624,181 | -12,852 |
| Machinists | 396,539 | 384,120 | -12,419 |
| Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 40,145 | 27,739 | -12,406 |
| Postal service workers | 614,988 | 602,907 | -12,081 |
| Printing Machine Operators | 197,594 | 186,337 | -11,257 |
| Telephone Operators | 26,681 | 16,137 | -10,544 |
| Textile Winding, Twisting, and Draw Out Mach Set, Oper., & Tenders | 43,340 | 32,801 | -10,540 |
| Tool and Die Makers | 100,788 | 91,101 | -9,687 |
| Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Set, Oper., and Tenders, Metal & Plastic | 42,686 | 33,215 | -9,470 |
| Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 31,068 | 21,640 | -9,428 |
| Industrial Production Managers | 157,341 | 148,094 | -9,247 |
| Cutting Workers | 107,427 | 98,387 | -9,040 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 79,021 | 70,058 | -8,963 |
| Photographic Process Workers | 23,684 | 15,090 | -8,594 |
| Tax Preparers | 100,415 | 91,946 | -8,469 |
| Chemical Plant and System Operators | 53,243 | 45,094 | -8,150 |
| Painting Workers | 191,633 | 183,614 | -8,018 |
| Based on the U.S. Department of Labor data. |