2014’s most endangered jobs

SPAIN – Herewith is a list of the jobs that have lost their ‘appeal’ for the future, because there was a recruitment drop in them all in the course of this year. Put together by CareerCast (that’s Career Forecast), the list and its accompanying information, says that these are the jobs in most danger of extinction. However, it might be worth remembering that not so long ago, the extinction of newspapers –on paper, that is – was imminent. That hasn’t happened yet and, having worked for some of them, I’m happy to have moved across to the virtual, digital world (though I wouldn’t say the same about the social media, hating Facebook and its inevitability as I do), which is a continuing trend among journalists – even of the grumpy old ones like myself. Fact is, of course, that the diminishing use of paper also affects such employment as that of a lumberjack, or the postman. Anyway, here’s the list:

1.     Postman (or woman: postperson doesn’t sound right – ‘after’person?); median salary (in dollars) $53,100.  Down by 28%
2.       Farmer (not farm worker): $69,300; -19%
3.       Meter Reader:$36,410; -19%
4.      Newspaper reporter: $37,090; -13%
5.      Travel Agent: $34,    
6.      Lumberjack: $24,340; -9%
7.       Flight Attendant: $37,240; - 7%
8.      Drill Operator: $32,950; -6%
9.       Typographer: $34,100; -5%
10. .     Tax Examiner and Collector: $50,440; - 4%

(Bet you’re happy to know that this list refers only to the USA. Spain doesn’t keep statistics very well at all… Hey, and how about that tax collector?)