Alabama Department of Labor

Workforce Development Region 10

Declining Occupations Base Year 2012 and Projected Year 2022 Table of Contents,  Printable Format

SOC Occupation 2012 2022 Net Change Percent Change 513022 Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 3,030 2,630 -400 -13.36 119013 Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 2,650 2,320 -330 -12.46 516064 Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine *** *** -180 -23.70 516031 Sewing Machine Operators 620 490 -130 -20.23 435052 Postal Service Mail Carriers 380 290 -90 -22.61 513023 Slaughterers and Meat Packers 160 120 -40 -22.15 532011 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers *** *** -30 -13.17 432011 Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 170 140 -30 -17.06 516063 Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 100 80 -20 -16.00 516091 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, *** *** -20 -24.18 439021 Data Entry Keyers 70 50 -20 -24.24 435051 Postal Service Clerks 70 50 -20 -28.99 439051 Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Pos 60 40 -20 -29.09 514081 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 60 40 -20 -38.10 516052 Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 80 70 -10 -13.16 514072 Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, 80 70 -10 -13.41 439011 Computer Operators 50 40 -10 -12.77 119131 Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 40 30 -10 -19.44 435053 Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Optrs. 40 30 -10 -25.71 439022 Word Processors and Typists 30 20 -10 -26.67

Note: The occupations that are projected to experience the largest decline over the projected period were selected using unrounded data & based on two variables: 1. net drop in employment over the reporting period. 2. percentage drop in employment over the reporting period. Data provided by the Alabama Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Division in cooperation with the Projections Managing Partnership and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Totals in some occupational groups may not add due to exclusion of sub-groups and/or individual occupations with employment of less than 10 in the base (2012) and projected (2022) years or where publication of the occupation would violate confidentiality. ***The data for these occupations are confidential according to standards provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. * Percent change is based on unrounded data. 1. Employment is rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Average Annual Growth is compounded. 3. Openings are rounded to the nearest 5.