According to the Labor Department's forecast, the average increase in the number of jobs in the United States for all types of professions by 2014 will be 13%, so Forbes has included in the list of unpromising ones those where small or negative growth is forecast.
The publication reports that the number of jobs in journalism over the next ten years will grow by only 5% and that newspapers in the United States, where most American journalists currently work, will cut costs and jobs due to the spread of the Internet. At the same time, as RIA Novosti reports, most jobs for journalists, whom Forbes called 'a dying breed,' will remain in small-audience and, consequently, low-paid media outlets.
Explaining the unpromising nature of radio hosting, the magazine reports that by the middle of the next decade, employment at U.S. radio stations will fall by 5% due to station mergers, new technological solutions, and a lack of frequencies for new stations.
The unpromising nature of government jobs is explained by the fact that by 2014 the number of jobs in the federal government sector will increase by only 1.6% compared to 2004. For the same reason, there will be few opportunities for American programmers, as from 2004 to 2014 the number of new jobs for them in the United States will increase by only 2%, mainly due to the relocation of programming work from the United States to foreign countries.
The U.S. Department of Labor forecasts a 6% decline in the number of jobs for travel agents due to the spread of Internet services, a 5% reduction in jobs for industrial workers due to the relocation of production abroad, and a 1% decrease in the number of jewelers due to increased supply of industrially produced jewelry to the market.
The number of farmers in the United States will decrease by 11% by 2014, the Labor Department forecasts. According to its data, the largest reduction in jobs during this time will affect textile industry workers, as well as auxiliary and office clerical workers, as the decline for these two categories will be 36%.