Most Job Losses

Most Job Losses

Numeric decline in wage and salary employment by detailed industry, projected 2002–12

Industry	Thousands
Cut and sew apparel manufacturing	-205
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing	-83
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing	-79
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing	-68
Fabric mills	-67
Wired telecommunications carriers	-62
Navigational, measuring, electromedical and control instruments manufacturing	-55
Private households	-54
Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills	-42
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills	-42
Postal Service	-38
Petroleum and petroleum products merchants wholesalers	-34
Oil and gas extraction	-34
Travel arrangement and reservation services	-32
Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing	-31
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	-31
Basic chemical manufacturing	-31
Converted paper product manufacturing	-31
Apparel knitting mills	-30
Fiber, yarn and thread mills	-27

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.