Industries with the fastest growing and most rapidly declining wage and salary employment
This table also can be found in the article, "Industry employment and output projections to 2020," published in the January 2012 Monthly
Labor Review.
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Table 2.3 Industries with the fastest growing and most rapidly declining wage and salary employment
Industry description |
Sector |
2007 NAICS |
Thousands of jobs |
Change |
Annual rate of change |
2010 |
2020 |
2010-20 |
2010-20 |
Fastest growing |
Home health care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6216 |
1,080.6 |
1,952.4 |
871.8 |
6.1 |
Individual and family services |
Health care and social assistance |
6241 |
1,215.0 |
2,066.4 |
851.4 |
5.5 |
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services |
Professional and business services |
5416 |
991.4 |
1,567.0 |
575.6 |
4.7 |
Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3212 |
64.7 |
94.9 |
30.2 |
3.9 |
Computer systems design and related services |
Professional and business services |
5415 |
1,441.5 |
2,112.8 |
671.3 |
3.9 |
Cement and concrete product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3273 |
171.8 |
236.1 |
64.3 |
3.2 |
Outpatient, laboratory, and other ambulatory care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6214, 6215, 6219 |
1,077.1 |
1,471.2 |
394.1 |
3.2 |
Offices of health practitioners |
Health care and social assistance |
6211, 6212, 6213 |
3,818.2 |
5,209.6 |
1,391.4 |
3.2 |
Software publishers |
Information |
5112 |
259.8 |
351.6 |
91.8 |
3.1 |
Construction |
Construction |
23 |
5,525.6 |
7,365.1 |
1,839.5 |
2.9 |
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing |
Financial activities |
5324 |
113.5 |
151.2 |
37.7 |
2.9 |
Other professional, scientific, and technical services |
Professional and business services |
5419 |
573.1 |
760.2 |
187.1 |
2.9 |
Facilities support services |
Professional and business services |
5612 |
134.0 |
177.6 |
43.6 |
2.9 |
Community and vocational rehabilitation services |
Health care and social assistance |
6242, 6243 |
557.5 |
738.4 |
180.9 |
2.9 |
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) |
Financial activities |
533 |
25.2 |
33.4 |
8.2 |
2.9 |
Other educational services |
Educational services |
6114-7 |
604.2 |
787.1 |
182.9 |
2.7 |
Automotive repair and maintenance |
Leisure and hospitality |
8111 |
799.7 |
1,037.2 |
237.5 |
2.6 |
Grantmaking and giving services and social advocacy organizations |
Other services |
8132, 8133 |
394.5 |
510.7 |
116.2 |
2.6 |
Sawmills and wood preservation |
Manufacturing |
3211 |
81.3 |
105.1 |
23.8 |
2.6 |
Child day care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6244 |
851.8 |
1,101.3 |
249.5 |
2.6 |
Most Rapidly declining |
Apparel knitting mills |
Manufacturing |
3151 |
157.7 |
66.1 |
-91.6 |
-8.3 |
Leather and hide tanning and finishing, and other leather and allied product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3161, 3169 |
27.8 |
12.7 |
-15.1 |
-7.6 |
Postal Service |
Federal government |
491 |
656.4 |
474.6 |
-181.8 |
-3.2 |
Communications equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3342 |
118.0 |
85.7 |
-32.3 |
-3.1 |
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3341 |
161.6 |
117.5 |
-44.1 |
-3.1 |
Pipeline transportation |
Transportation and Warehousing |
486 |
42.4 |
32.6 |
-9.8 |
-2.6 |
Metal ore mining |
Mining |
2122 |
36.4 |
28.1 |
-8.3 |
-2.5 |
Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3253 |
35.3 |
27.5 |
-7.8 |
-2.5 |
Federal enterprises except the Postal Service and electric utilities |
Federal government |
NA |
76.6 |
60.2 |
-16.4 |
-2.4 |
Other miscellaneous manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3399 |
266.0 |
210.3 |
-55.7 |
-2.3 |
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3259 |
82.9 |
68.6 |
-14.3 |
-1.9 |
Metalworking machinery manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3335 |
153.2 |
130.5 |
-22.7 |
-1.6 |
Glass and glass product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3272 |
80.7 |
68.8 |
-11.9 |
-1.6 |
Basic chemical manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3251 |
142.4 |
121.6 |
-20.8 |
-1.6 |
Electrical equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3353 |
136.3 |
116.9 |
-19.4 |
-1.5 |
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills |
Manufacturing |
3221 |
112.7 |
97.4 |
-15.3 |
-1.4 |
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills |
Manufacturing |
3131 |
237.8 |
206.1 |
-31.7 |
-1.4 |
Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3311 |
85.4 |
74.3 |
-11.1 |
-1.4 |
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
324 |
114.0 |
100.0 |
-14.0 |
-1.3 |
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers |
Information |
5111 |
501.3 |
439.7 |
-61.6 |
-1.3 |
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