Posted on 07/15/2014 7:40:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As the digital sector grows, jobs that rely on older technologies, such as newspaper reporters, mail carriers, and lumberjacks, are rapidly becoming obsolete.
A new study by CareerCast revealed the top 10 professions predicted to lose the most jobs by 2022, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mail carriers are most endangered, with a projected 28% decline by the year 2022. Farmers and meter readers will also see significant shrinkage, with an anticipated 19% decline for each within the next eight years.
Is your job headed for the trash pile?
1. Mail Carrier
BLS job description: Sort mail for delivery. Deliver mail on established route by vehicle or on foot.
Median salary: $53,100
Expected change in employment by 2022: -28%
2. Farmer
BLS job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments.
Median salary: $69,300
Expected change in employment by 2022: -19%
3. Meter Reader
BLS job description: Read meter and record consumption of electricity, gas, water, or steam.
Median salary: $36,410
Expected change in employment by 2022: -19%
4. Newspaper Reporter
BLS job description: Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.
Median salary: $37,090
Expected change in employment by 2022: -13%
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As the California girl said, since we can buy all of our food at the supermarket, we don’t need farmers anymore.
unless of course our dear leaders decide that “affordable plumbing” is a protected right for all (ex - “affordable housing, Health Ins).
Then the plumber’s hourly wage is capped for the public’s general welfare.
The saddest and most dangerous one here is farmer. As the small and medium farmers/ranchers get squeezed out Monsanto, Con-Agra, and other giants will have a strangle hold on our food supply (the whole GMO thing is another argument). That puts healthcare and food under government control. Pretty strong leverage.
There's an app for that?
“They go somewhere something interesting has happened and make up a story that sounds good to them.”
I lost track of the number of times I worked a fire or accident scene and read about it in the paper and the only thing that matched what I saw was the location.
My plumber, who I’ve known since he was a kid, charges $175 just to show up. He has his own biz and makes a pretty good living. He works his tail off though. Not that there is anything wrong with that. ;)
I don’t speak to reporters, you don’t want your name attached to whatever they make up.
It reminds me of the axiom that "With capitalism the rich become powerful and with socialism the powerful become rich."
Medical Doctor.
Why it's disappearing: Obamacare.
The two most successful people I know from my childhood are a plumbing contractor and a tire shop owner.
“I don’t speak to reporters, you don’t want your name attached to whatever they make up.”
I will even circle cover like a squirrel to stay out of the picture!
Makes sense - meter readers read meters for a living, while reporters read the NYT.
My nephew is in school right now majoring in commun ications (journalism). I told him he should’ve become a plumber. The problem is he is lazy and doesn’t like to work.
Newspaper reporters as well as TV news reporters are being replaced by propagandists who slavishly regurgitate what they are told by the government. I would expect that both meter reader and postal worker jobs could be retained for decades by their unions just like steam locomotive firemen were riding in diesel locomotives...it was referred to as “featherbedding”.
There are already water meters that transmit data automatically to the central billing location. They aren’t prevalent but the market is growing 20%+ CAGR.
Thank you. I hate it when we have to go to the article to see the whole list, when all I want is the list.
How to make a small fortune in horses, start with a big one.
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