February 8, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Farmers projected to have largest job loss in 1998-2008
According to BLS
projections, there will be 173,000 fewer farm jobs in 2008 compared with
1998. With a projected loss of 112,000 jobs, sewing machine
operators-garments are the only other occupation projected to lose more
than 100,000 jobs during this time frame.
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Child-care workers in private households are projected to lose 97,000
jobs; word processors and typists, 93,000; and bookkeeping, accounting,
and auditing clerks 81,000. Cleaners and servants in private households,
computer operators (except peripheral equipment), textile draw-out and
winding machine operators, and bank tellers are among the other occupations that are
expected to lose positions.
These data are a product of the Employment
Projections program. Find out more
in "Occupational Employment," (PDF
202K) Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Winter 1999/2000.
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