9 Disappearing Jobs

As the economic times change there are going to be new jobs created and some jobs will slowly shrink away.

That is just reality and people, companies and our education system need to stay ahead of the curve.

CNBC took a look at some of these jobs using Labor Department statistics and posting their finds here -> Disappearing Jobs.

Here are the highlights of the 9 they focused on and below is the video to go along with it. Click Disappearing Jobs to see why these jobs are in decline (efficiencies, outsourcing, etc.):

Reporters and Correspondents

Employed in U.S.: 61,600
Change expected in next decade: -8%
Average salary: $34,850

Insurance Underwriters

Employed in U.S.: 103,000
Change expected in next decade: -4%
Average salary: $56,790

Computer Programmers

Employed in U.S.: 426,700
Change expected in next decade: -3%
Average salary: $69,620

Judges

Employed in U.S.: 26,900
Change expected in next decade: -3%
Average salary: $110,220

Chemical Engineers

Employed in U.S.: 31,700
Change expected in next decade: -2%
Average salary: $84,680

Advertising and Promotions Managers

Employed in U.S.: 44,600
Change expected in next decade: -2%
Average salary: $80,220

Chief Executives

Employed in U.S.: 400,400
Change expected in next decade: -1%
Average salary: $158,560

Editors

Employed in U.S.: 129,600
Change expected in next decade: 0%
Average salary: $49,990

General and Operations Managers

Employed in U.S.: 1.7 million
Change expected in next decade: 0%
Average salary: $91,570

 

Here is the CNBC video:

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Comments

[Steve Levy]

The DOL uses the Dictionary of Occupational Titles as one of its references and the data is out of date.

So while the number of Reporters and Correspondents are expected to decline by -8%, how will the new reporting titles such as Blogger, Twitter Communicator, or Social Media Liaison fare? Increase perhaps?

Let's look at Computer Programmers: A -3% doesn't make sense. Increased use of smartphones will require a concomitant increase in the number of developers writing code. It's tough to extrapolate from the number of people studying computer science or engineering because many don't - yet still are inclined to become programmers. No one in the DOL has yet to figure this out...

There are real-life explanations for why the numbers may be very wrong.

[@HRMargo]

Good post, statistics are bleak. American's need hope--and facts. At least job seekers in the HireFriday Community won't take it personally when they don't find a job quickly.