| Rank | Occupation | % employment change |
| 1. | Word processors and typists | -36.00% |
| 2. | Parking enforcement workers | -35.00% |
| 3. | Nuclear power reactor operators | -32.90% |
| 4. | Cutters and trimmers, hand | -29.70% |
| 5. | Telephone operators | -25.40% |
| 6. | Watch and clock repairers | -24.90% |
| 7. | Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers | -24.10% |
| 8. | Switchboard operators, including answering service | -22.70% |
| 9. | Data entry keyers | -22.50% |
| 10. | Shoe machine operators and tenders | -21.60% |
| 11. | Legal secretaries and administrative assistants | -21.00% |
| 12. | Floral designers | -20.10% |
| 13. | Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants | -18.70% |
| 14. | Manufactured building and mobile home installers | -18.40% |
| 15. | Telemarketers | -18.30% |
| 16. | Order clerks | -18.20% |
| 17. | Timing device assemblers and adjusters | -17.80% |
| 18. | Print binding and finishing workers | -17.50% |
| 19. | Prepress technicians and workers | -17.10% |
| 20. | Tellers | -16.90% |
