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Manufacturing Employment of Technicians
Overall, there was a more than 10-percent decline in the total number of technician jobs in manufacturing between 1989 and 1992. The four largest
groups within this category--electrical/electronics engineering technicians, drafters, computer programmers, and chemical technicians--all had reductions. The largest declines were in electrical/electronics
engineering and computer programming, with job losses amounting to 23,000 and 21,000, respectively, between 1989 and 1992. As with engineers, the loss in technician jobs was widespread across industries. For example, the four manufacturing industries
employing the largest numbers of technicians all had reductions between 1989 and 1992. The losses ranged from a reduction of 21,000 positions in the machinery industry to a loss of 5,000 positions in the instruments industry. (See figure 3-3 and appendix table 3-1.)
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