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2018 National Employment Matrix title and code |
Employment |
Change, 2018–28 |
Median annual wage, 2018(1) |
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2018 |
2028 |
Number |
Percent |
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Total, all occupations |
|
161,037.7 |
169,435.9 |
8,398.1 |
5.2 |
$38,640 |
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive |
|
2,382.5 |
2,170.0 |
-212.5 |
-8.9 |
$36,630 |
Assemblers and fabricators, all other, including team assemblers |
|
1,379.4 |
1,217.0 |
-162.4 |
-11.8 |
$31,540 |
Cashiers |
|
3,648.5 |
3,509.8 |
-138.7 |
-3.8 |
$22,430 |
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants |
|
622.5 |
499.4 |
-123.0 |
-19.8 |
$59,340 |
Office clerks, general |
|
3,158.5 |
3,047.8 |
-110.6 |
-3.5 |
$32,730 |
Retail salespersons |
|
4,510.9 |
4,409.1 |
-101.9 |
-2.3 |
$24,200 |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
|
574.0 |
473.1 |
-100.9 |
-17.6 |
$38,250 |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
|
1,707.7 |
1,641.9 |
-65.8 |
-3.9 |
$40,240 |
Postal service mail carriers |
|
328.7 |
263.7 |
-65.1 |
-19.8 |
$55,210 |
Tellers |
|
472.1 |
414.3 |
-57.8 |
-12.2 |
$29,450 |
Customer service representatives |
|
2,972.6 |
2,921.0 |
-51.6 |
-1.7 |
$33,750 |
Data entry keyers |
|
187.3 |
143.9 |
-43.4 |
-23.2 |
$32,170 |
Cooks, fast food |
|
491.3 |
453.2 |
-38.1 |
-7.7 |
$22,330 |
Legal secretaries |
|
180.1 |
142.5 |
-37.6 |
-20.9 |
$46,360 |
Buyers and purchasing agents |
|
432.2 |
400.2 |
-32.0 |
-7.4 |
$62,750 |
Correctional officers and jailers |
|
434.3 |
402.9 |
-31.4 |
-7.2 |
$44,330 |
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers |
|
1,548.3 |
1,518.1 |
-30.2 |
-1.9 |
$39,630 |
Telemarketers |
|
167.7 |
139.8 |
-27.8 |
-16.6 |
$25,250 |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
|
1,494.4 |
1,469.0 |
-25.4 |
-1.7 |
$23,770 |
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
|
99.7 |
76.0 |
-23.7 |
-23.8 |
$58,770 |
Packers and packagers, hand |
|
673.4 |
650.0 |
-23.4 |
-3.5 |
$24,580 |
Printing press operators |
|
175.7 |
154.9 |
-20.8 |
-11.8 |
$36,220 |
Word processors and typists |
|
60.4 |
40.0 |
-20.4 |
-33.8 |
$39,750 |
Bill and account collectors |
|
258.0 |
238.6 |
-19.4 |
-7.5 |
$36,020 |
Sewing machine operators |
|
151.6 |
133.5 |
-18.1 |
-11.9 |
$25,030 |
Computer programmers |
|
250.3 |
232.3 |
-17.9 |
-7.2 |
$84,280 |
Switchboard operators, including answering service |
|
73.4 |
55.9 |
-17.5 |
-23.8 |
$29,420 |
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
|
265.4 |
248.7 |
-16.7 |
-6.3 |
$23,700 |
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
|
188.8 |
172.8 |
-16.0 |
-8.5 |
$34,460 |
File clerks |
|
116.9 |
101.1 |
-15.7 |
-13.5 |
$31,700 |
Footnotes: |
Last Modified Date: September 4, 2019