According to the table, which profession is expected to lose the highest percentage of jobs?

A. Postal service mail carriers
B. Data entry keyers
C. Sewing machine operators
D. Postal service clerks

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\[
\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
\text{Profession} & \text{2010 Jobs (thousands)} & \text{2020 Jobs (thousands)} & \text{Change in Jobs (thousands)} & \text{Percentage Change} & \text{Median Annual Wage} \\
\hline
\text{Data entry keyers} & 220.3 & 166.1 & -54.2 & -24.6\% & \$28,010 \\
\hline
\text{Sewing machine operators} & 161.4 & 119.7 & -41.7 & -25.8\% & \$21,270 \\
\hline
\text{Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators} & 129.6 & 91.0 & -38.6 & -29.8\% & \$53,090 \\
\hline
\text{Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse} & 596.8 & 567.6 & -29.2 & -4.9\% & \$18,670 \\
\hline
\text{Word processors and typists} & 104.4 & 78.2 & -26.2 & -25.1\% & \$35,270 \\
\hline
\text{Postal service clerks} & 66.9 & 45.7 & -21.3 & -31.8\% & \$53,090 \\
\hline
\end{array}
\]
[/tex]

To determine which profession is expected to lose the highest percentage of jobs, we can analyze the table provided, which lists several professions along with their job statistics from 2010 to 2020.

We need to focus on the 'Percentage Change' column for each profession. This column shows the percentage decrease in jobs over the period.

Here is the breakdown of percentage changes:

Data entry keyers: [tex]-24.6\%[/tex]
Sewing machine operators: [tex]-25.8\%[/tex]
Postal service mail carriers: Note that this specific category is not directly listed, but is often confused with "Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators" which has a percentage of (-29.8%)
Postal service clerks: [tex]-31.8\%[/tex]

According to the percentage change:

Postal service clerks have the highest expected loss of job percentage at [tex]-31.8\%[/tex].

Therefore, the profession expected to lose the highest percentage of jobs is:

D. Postal service clerks