OCCUPATION

EMPLOY. 2008

EMPLOY. 2018

EMP
CHANGE
 2008-2018

Laborers and material movers, hand

3,565,650

3,485,400

-80,250

Farmers and ranchers

985,940

906,730

-79,220

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

444,290

368,380

-75,910

Agricultural managers

1,234,030

1,169,400

-64,630

Order clerks

245,680

181,500

-64,180

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

179,890

125,340

-54,550

File clerks

212,200

162,620

-49,580

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

750,530

701,200

-49,330

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers

297,480

254,250

-43,230

Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders

99,490

60,650

-38,840

Assemblers and fabricators

1,950,950

1,913,120

-37,830

Telemarketers

341,620

303,800

-37,820

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

681,220

645,490

-35,730

Packers and packagers, hand

758,770

724,780

-33,990

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders

236,750

203,480

-33,270

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers

213,280

182,020

-31,260

Machine feeders and offbearers

140,640

109,490

-31,160

Extraction workers

257,450

227,240

-30,200

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers

181,600

154,750

-26,850

Printers

302,550

277,560

-24,990

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

103,300

81,050

-22,250

Computer operators

110,010

89,550

-20,460

Machinists

421,480

402,230

-19,260

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

2,317,320

2,298,600

-18,720

Communications equipment operators

181,590

163,430

-18,170

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining

92,760

75,100

-17,660

Data entry keyers

284,300

266,880

-17,420

Switchboard operators, including answering service

155,210

138,320

-16,900

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

464,680

447,800

-16,880

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

141,400

124,770

-16,630

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

153,230

137,710

-15,520

Agricultural workers

871,760

856,560

-15,200

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators

92,680

77,930

-14,760

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators

34,930

20,710

-14,220

Postal service clerks

75,780

62,130

-13,650

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

85,970

73,370

-12,610

Photographic processing machine operators

51,250

38,790

-12,460

Computer programmers

426,670

414,420

-12,250

Bindery workers

60,360

48,240

-12,120

Industrial production managers

156,070

144,130

-11,940

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators

72,990

61,210

-11,780

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

29,160

17,710

-11,450

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

208,680

197,730

-10,950

Printing machine operators

195,630

184,960

-10,670

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

466,450

455,910

-10,540

Semiconductor processors

31,580

21,620

-9,960

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

169,700

159,980

-9,720

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping

71,850

62,430

-9,420

Chemical plant and system operators

45,090

35,800

-9,290