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25 jobs that are quickly disappearing from the US

Jacquelyn Smith,Rachel Gillett,Andy Kiersz   

25 jobs that are quickly disappearing from the US
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Postal workers are disappearing.

Thanks in part to advances like email, Facebook, and Twitter, mail carriers 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 aren't the only ones whose jobs are disappearing. Technology and market shifts have affected a wide range of fields.

Based on the BLS's occupational outlook data, here are 25 jobs that could be on their way out of the US:

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