Popular Jobs In The ‘50s (22 pics)

1

Agricultural machinery and tractor manufacturing:
1950 – 177,522 people were employed
2019 – 108,392 (39% drop)

2

Rubber products manufacturing:
1950 – 243,401 people were employed
2017 – 147,759 (39% drop)

3

Petroleum products wholesale trade:
1950 – 166,488 people were employed
2017 – 94,992 (43% drop)

4

Farm product wholesale trade:
1950 – 114,685 people were employed
2017 – 62,695 (45% drop)

5

Primary non-ferrous metal manufacturing:
1950 – 235,856 people were employed
2017 – 118,779 (50% drop)

6

Fuel and ice retailing:
1950 – 172,841 people were employed
2017 – 85,806 (50% drop)

7

Private household services:
1950 – 1,713,352 people were employed
2017 – 847,769 (51% drop)

8

Agriculture:
1950 – 7,088,904 people were employed
2017 – 3,429,844 (52% drop)

9

Logging:
1950 – 187,314 people were employed
2017 – 80,998 (57% drop)

10

Laundering, cleaning, and dyeing:
1950 – 696,742 people were employed
2017 – 295,395 (58% drop)

11

Blast furnaces, steelworks, and rolling mills:
1950 – 691,184 people were employed
2017 – 270,367 (61% drop)

12

Primary iron and steel industries:
1950 – 282,922 people were employed
2017 – 88,234 (69% drop)

13

Apparel and accessories manufacturing:
1950 – 1,006,386 people were employed
2017 – 207,023 (79% drop)

14

Tobacco product manufacturing:
1950 – 104,689 people were employed
2017 – 20,286 (81% drop)

15


Railroads and railway transportation:
1950 – 1,436,681 people were employed
2017 – 254,836 (82% drop)

16

Yarn, thread, and fabric manufacturing:
1950 – 897,266 people were employed
2017 – 107,607 (88% drop)

17

Footwear manufacturing:
1950 – 277,639 people were employed
2017 – 32,577 (88% drop)

18

Coal mining:
1950 – 537,702 people were employed
2017 – 62,536 (88% drop)