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Declining Employment

These are the occupations expected to have the largest percentage drop in employment from 2020 to 2030. All data is for Vermont.

			2020 - 2030 Projections		2023 Median Hourly Wage
Rank	Occupation	2020 Employment	Annual Job Openings	Annual Percent Change	2023 Median Hourly Wage	Typical Entry-level Education
1	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	183	11	-3.6%	$18.21	High school diploma or equivalent
2	Medical Transcriptionists	100	11	-2.3%	n/a	Postsecondary non-degree award
3	Pharmacy Aides	128	13	-2.1%	$16.94	High school diploma or equivalent
4	Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	336	27	-2.1%	$22.95	High school diploma or equivalent
5	New Accounts Clerks	75	5	-2.0%	$22.09	High school diploma or equivalent
6	Tellers	928	71	-1.9%	$18.58	High school diploma or equivalent
7	Data Entry Keyers	516	42	-1.8%	$19.12	High school diploma or equivalent
8	Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	43	3	-1.8%	$23.79	High school diploma or equivalent
9	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	1,215	99	-1.8%	$30.23	High school diploma or equivalent
10	Desktop Publishers	41	4	-1.6%	$25.75	Associate's degree
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	915	90	-1.3%	$23.06	High school diploma or equivalent
12	Order Clerks	590	52	-1.3%	$20.85	Some college, no degree
13	Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	239	21	-1.1%	$26.20	High school diploma or equivalent
14	Parking Enforcement Workers	40	4	-1.0%	$22.92	High school diploma or equivalent
15	Brokerage Clerks	42	5	-1.0%	$28.62	High school diploma or equivalent
16	File Clerks	132	14	-0.9%	$18.44	High school diploma or equivalent
17	Couriers and Messengers	237	19	-0.9%	$17.68	High school diploma or equivalent
18	Prepress Technicians and Workers	61	8	-0.9%	$24.41	Postsecondary non-degree award
19	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	213	21	-0.8%	$23.17	High school diploma or equivalent
20	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	6	-0.8%	$19.98	High school diploma or equivalent
21	Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	41	4	-0.8%	$23.25	High school diploma or equivalent
22	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	147	12	-0.7%	$27.23	High school diploma or equivalent
23	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	226	18	-0.7%	$34.78	Associate's degree
24	Computer Programmers	245	14	-0.7%	$39.16	Bachelor's degree
25	Labor Relations Specialists	139	12	-0.7%	$39.83	Bachelor's degree

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