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Occupations expected to have the largest rate of decline or slowest rate of growth in employment from 2022 to 2032. All data is for Vermont.

Rank	Occupation	2022 Employment	Projections 2022-2032		2024 Median Hourly Wage	Typical Entry-level Education
Rank	Occupation	2022 Employment	Annual Job Openings¹	Annual Percent Change	2024 Median Hourly Wage	Typical Entry-level Education
1	Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	72	4	-2.7%	$18.44	No formal educational credential
2	Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	72	5	-2.7%	$28.98	No formal educational credential
3	New Accounts Clerks	102	6	-2.6%	$22.34	High school diploma or equivalent
4	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	81	5	-2.6%	$18.99	High school diploma or equivalent
5	Tellers	1,038	69	-2.6%	$20.21	High school diploma or equivalent
6	Data Entry Keyers	410	35	-2.1%	$20.48	High school diploma or equivalent
7	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	963	70	-2.0%	$32.43	High school diploma or equivalent
8	Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	66	5	-2.0%	$17.04	Bachelor's degree
9	Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	42	4	-1.8%	n/a	High school diploma or equivalent
10	Sewing Machine Operators	346	31	-1.7%	$19.17	No formal educational credential
11	Bill and Account Collectors	118	9	-1.5%	$24.55	High school diploma or equivalent
12	Order Clerks	200	18	-1.5%	$23.95	Some college, no degree
13	Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	51	6	-1.5%	$18.45	High school diploma or equivalent
14	Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	45	2	-1.4%	$20.85	High school diploma or equivalent
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	407	38	-1.4%	$22.62	High school diploma or equivalent
16	Prepress Technicians and Workers	53	5	-1.4%	$23.76	Postsecondary nondegree award
17	Print Binding and Finishing Workers	154	11	-1.4%	$20.04	High school diploma or equivalent
18	Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	162	13	-1.4%	$28.47	High school diploma or equivalent
19	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	201	15	-1.4%	$32.65	Associate's degree
20	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	231	18	-1.3%	$26.85	Some college, no degree
21	Credit Analysts	99	5	-1.3%	$39.47	Bachelor's degree
22	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	142	10	-1.3%	$28.20	No formal educational credential
23	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	389	29	-1.3%	$21.59	High school diploma or equivalent
24	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	70	6	-1.2%	$19.16	High school diploma or equivalent
25	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	129	11	-1.1%	$20.98	High school diploma or equivalent

1 -	Annual Job Openings is the projected number of jobs available per year, from both growth (newly created jobs) and replacement (workers changing occupations, leaving the workforce, or retiring). Typically, more job openings are due to replacements than growth.

n/a - Information is not available.

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