Industries with the most rapidly declining wage and salary employment*

 

Industry description

Sector

2007 NAICS

Thousands of jobs

Change

Average annual rate of change

2008

2018

2008-18

2008-18

Cut and sew apparel manufacturing

Manufacturing

3152

155.2

66.7

-88.5

-8.1

Apparel knitting mills

Manufacturing

3151

26.2

12.5

-13.7

-7.1

Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills

Manufacturing

3133

48.3

23.5

-24.8

-7.0

Fabric mills

Manufacturing

3132

65.4

35.0

-30.4

-6.1

Audio and video equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

3343

27.0

14.6

-12.4

-6.0

Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing

Manufacturing

3159

17.0

9.2

-7.8

-6.0

Fiber, yarn, and thread mills

Manufacturing

3131

37.4

20.7

-16.7

-5.7

Textile furnishings mills

Manufacturing

3141

75.4

41.9

-33.5

-5.7

Railroad rolling stock manufacturing

Manufacturing

3365

28.4

17.5

-10.9

-4.7

Footwear manufacturing

Manufacturing

3162

15.8

10.0

-5.8

-4.5

Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills

Manufacturing

3221

126.1

81.9

-44.2

-4.2

Basic chemical manufacturing

Manufacturing

3251

152.1

99.9

-52.2

-4.1

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

Manufacturing

3344

432.4

286.8

-145.6

-4.0

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

3341

182.8

124.7

-58.1

-3.8

Other textile product mills

Manufacturing

3149

72.2

49.4

-22.8

-3.7

Federal enterprises except the Postal Service and electric utilities

Federal government

NA

63.5

44.9

-18.6

-3.4

Leather and hide tanning and finishing, and other leather and allied product manufacturing

Manufacturing

3161, 3169

17.8

13.0

-4.8

-3.1

Cutlery and handtool manufacturing

Manufacturing

3322

49.1

35.9

-13.2

-3.1

Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media

Manufacturing

3346

34.9

26.0

-8.9

-2.9

Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

3334

149.5

112.8

-36.7

-2.8

Source: Employment Projections Program, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

 

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