January 10, 2008 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Industries losing the most jobs, 2006-16

The detailed industry with the largest projected wage and salary employment decline from 2006 to 2016 is the gasoline stations industry. This industry is expected to lose about 146,000 jobs.

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Four of the 10 detailed industries with the largest projected wage and salary employment declines are in the manufacturing sector, including printing and related support activities and motor vehicle parts manufacturing.

To learn more, see "Employment Projections: 2006-16," USDL news release 07-1847, and the five articles in the November 2007 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.

 

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• Projected growth in professional occupations, 2006-16 
• Self-employment in 2016 
• Occupations losing the most jobs, 2006-16 
• Industries with the most new jobs, 2006-16 
• Occupations with the largest projected job growth, 2006-16 
• Labor force projected at 164.2 million by 2016