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Rapidly Declining Industries
Industries with the most rapidly declining wage and salary employment*
Some of the most rapidly declining industries according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
|
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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