Most-Endangered Jobs List Includes Newspaper Reporter

CareerCast has posted its report on the 10 most endangered jobs for 2014, and the theme this year seems to be paper.

According to CareerCast publisher Tony Lee, a “dramatically lower demand for paper” is due to a number of factors, from people reading the news on their tablets and smart phones, to shopping catalogues moving online, and people using email and social media to stay in touch rather than writing letters. Going paperless doesn’t only affect printing workers, who can expect a -5% hiring outlook, but also lumberjacks and mail carriers, who have hiring outlooks of -9% and -28% respectively.

Hiring outlooks for CareerCast’s 10 most endangered jobs were calculated using data from CareerCast’s 2014 Jobs Rated Report, and from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some of the jobs are threatened by longer term trends, such as newspaper reporters, who have a hiring outlook of -13%. According to the report, “Layoffs and furloughs in the industry are commonplace.”

For CareerCast’s list of the 10 most endangered jobs and the hiring outlook and median salary for each:

MAIL CARRIER
Median Salary: $53,100
Hiring Outlook: -28%

FARMER
Median Salary: $69,300
Hiring Outlook: -19%

METER READER
Median Salary: $36,410
Hiring Outlook: -19%

NEWSPAPER REPORTER
Median Salary: $37,090
Hiring Outlook: -13%

TRAVEL AGENT
Median Salary: $34,600
Hiring Outlook: -12%

LUMBERJACK
Median Salary: $24,340
Hiring Outlook: -9%

FLIGHT ATTENDANT
Median Salary: $37,240
Hiring Outlook: -7%

DRILL-PRESS OPERATOR
Median Salary: $32,950
Hiring Outlook: -6%

PRINTING WORKER
Median Salary: $34,100
Hiring Outlook: -5%

TAX EXAMINER AND COLLECTOR
Median Salary: $50,440
Hiring Outlook: -4%