These Are the 10 Most Endangered Jobs Right Now

Though we idealistically wish all professions could remain stable through the years, change is inevitable. Technology advances, consumers mature, and the economy fluctuates. In an effort to examine the ever-evolving landscape of various jobs in America, CareerCast, a career database, studied information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to discover which jobs are in less demand these days. Check out these so-called "endangered jobs" ahead to see if your profession is in the clear.

Mail Carrier
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Mail Carrier

Growth Outlook: -28 percent
Median Annual Income: $56,790
Why it's disappearing: Technological advances have made the act of processing and sorting mail mostly automated. Additional factors in this decline include the fact that consumers are able to pay bills online and tend to opt for email and text messaging vs. sending hand-written letters.

Typist and Word Processor
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Typist and Word Processor

Growth Outlook: -18 percent
Median Annual Income: $37,610
Why it's disappearing: This entry-level position is in danger of disappearance due to the fact that many associated duties, such as transcribing and writing memos, can potentially be done by a single computer program.

Meter Reader
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Meter Reader

Growth Outlook: -15 percent
Median Annual Income: $38,510
Why it's disappearing: The cause of this job's decline in demand is — you guessed it — technology. Automated readers are becoming the norm, meaning there is less of a need for the middleman to collect that data in person.

Disc Jockeys
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Disc Jockeys

Growth Outlook: -11 percent
Median Annual Income: $30,080
Why it's disappearing: Your favorite radio station DJ could be out of a job in the next decade or so. Many stations are consolidating and opting for automated playlists instead.

Jeweler
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Jeweler

Growth Outlook: -11 percent
Median Annual Income: $37,060
Why it's disappearing: With more and more consumers choosing large department stores and online shopping over visiting the brick-and-mortar stores where jewelers preside, the demise of this profession is likely.

Insurance Underwriter
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Insurance Underwriter

Growth Outlook: -11 percent
Median Annual Income: $65,040
Why it's disappearing: The rise of automated software that makes it easier for insurance companies to quickly price out different types of insurance means these employees are on the decline.

Seamstress and Tailor
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Seamstress and Tailor

Growth Outlook: -9 percent
Median Annual Income: $25,830
Why it's disappearing: The shrinkage of this profession is due to the fact that many shoppers would rather replace their damaged items than have them mended by a tailor, according to the BLS.

Broadcaster
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Broadcaster

Growth Outlook: -9 percent
Median Annual Income: $37,720
Why it's disappearing: With so much competition for so few jobs, broadcasters are struggling to stay in the game. The decline in availability of these news-delivering jobs is likely over the next eight years.

Newspaper Reporter
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Newspaper Reporter

Growth Outlook: -8 percent
Median Annual Income: $36,360
Why it's disappearing: With the availability of news online, many consumers are canceling their print newspaper subscriptions, which in turn hurts advertising revenue. The cutbacks in hiring of print reporters are likely to continue with the similar decline of print publications in general.

Computer Programmer
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Computer Programmer

Growth Outlook: -8 percent
Median Annual Income: $79,530
Why it's disappearing: Many of the duties of computer programmers can be merged into other IT positions within a company. Another culprit in this job's decline? The fact that many projects can be outsourced.