--- title: Most Endangered Jobs of 2014: Mail Carrier, Farmer, Reporter description: These are the most endangered jobs of 2014, according to a list by CareerCast.com canonical: https://time.com/2986967/the-10-most-endangered-jobs-of-2014/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-15T15:19:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:41.755Z og:title: The 10 Most Endangered Jobs of 2014 og:description: According to CareerCast.com og:url: https://time.com/2986967/the-10-most-endangered-jobs-of-2014/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee9ff27c03d880f/69869bc413c79f6bd519316d/endangered-jobs-newspaper-reporter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: endangered-jobs-newspaper-reporter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 10 Most Endangered Jobs of 2014 twitter:description: According to CareerCast.com twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee9ff27c03d880f/69869bc413c79f6bd519316d/endangered-jobs-newspaper-reporter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 10 Most Endangered Jobs of 2014  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 15, 2014 3:19 PM UTC  Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 15, 2014 3:19 PM UTC CareerCast.com has [released](http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/most-endangered-jobs-2014) a list of the top 10 “endangered” jobs, which draws on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The occupations are: * Mail Carrier * Farmer * Meter Reader * Newspaper Reporter * Travel Agent * Lumberjack * Flight Attendant * Drill-Press Operator * Printing Worker * Tax Examiner and Collector As [_Forbes_](http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomishavin/2014/07/15/the-ten-most-endangered-jobs-in-2014/) put it, “The theme this year seems to be paper.” However, CareerCast publisher Tony Lee told the business publication that flight attendants appear to make the list because airline cost-cutting reduces the number of them needed on each flight, plus more of them seem to be staying in their jobs longer, meaning there would be fewer openings. **MORE:** [How Technology is Making These 10 Jobs Obsolete](http://time.com/84780/technology-is-making-these-10-jobs-obsolete/) **MORE:** [This Is The Most Expensive Place to Get Your Hair Cut in the United States](http://time.com/2976601/this-is-the-most-expensive-place-to-get-a-haircut-in-the-u-s/) Most Endangered Jobs of 2014: Mail Carrier, Farmer, Reporter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2986967/the-10-most-endangered-jobs-of-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2986967/the-10-most-endangered-jobs-of-2014/"},"headline":"The 10 Most Endangered Jobs of 2014","datePublished":"2014-07-15T15:19:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:41.755Z","description":"According to CareerCast.com","url":"https://time.com/2986967/the-10-most-endangered-jobs-of-2014/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee9ff27c03d880f/69869bc413c79f6bd519316d/endangered-jobs-newspaper-reporter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee9ff27c03d880f/69869bc413c79f6bd519316d/endangered-jobs-newspaper-reporter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"endangered-jobs-newspaper-reporter","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2986967/the-10-most-endangered-jobs-of-2014/","name":"The 10 Most Endangered Jobs of 2014"}}]}] ```