13 jobs that are quickly disappearing thanks to robots
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/jobs-that-are-quickly-disappearing-thanks-to-robots-2016-2
Thanks in part to automated mail sorting systems, postal workers may be all but obsolete in the not-so-distant future.
By 2024, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 28% decline in postal-service jobs, totaling around 136,000 fewer positions than 2014.
Mail carriers and processors aren't the only ones whose jobs are disappearing thanks to robots.
Automation technologies that conduct physical, intellectual, or customer service tasks are affecting a variety of fields, most notably metal and plastic machine workers.
Based on the BLS's occupational outlook data, here are 13 jobs that could be on their way out of the US thanks to robots:
US Department of Agriculture 13. Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
According to the BLS, they set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.
Median annual pay: $35,480
Number of people who held this job in the US in 2014: 21,600
Predicted number of people who will hold this job in 2024: 17,000
Projected decline: 21.5%
Why it's declining: According to the BLS, one of the most important factors influencing employment of manual machine setters, operators, and tenders is the high adoption of labor-saving machinery like computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools and robots to improve quality and lower production costs.
12. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders (metal and plastic)
According to the BLS, they set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.
Median annual pay: $34,150
Number of people who held this job in the US in 2014: 71,400
Predicted number of people who will hold this job in 2024: 55,800
Projected decline: 21.9%
Why it's declining: According to the BLS, one of the most important factors influencing employment of manual machine setters, operators, and tenders is the high adoption of labor-saving machinery like computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools and robots to improve quality and lower production costs.
11. Patternmakers (metal and plastic)
According to the BLS, they lay out, machine, fit, and assemble castings and parts to metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes, or match plates.
Median annual pay: $41,670
Number of people who held this job in the US in 2014: 3,800
Predicted number of people who will hold this job in 2024: 2,900
Projected decline: 23.4%
Why it's declining: According to the BLS, one of the most important factors influencing employment of manual machine setters, operators, and tenders is the high adoption of labor-saving machinery like computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools and robots to improve quality and lower production costs.
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