20 Jobs That Baby Boomers Loved in 1990 -- but That Millennials Today Just Don't Want

A study from Business Insider analyzed U.S. Census data to identify 20 industries that today's baby boomers enjoyed working in during the 1990s, but that hold little appeal for the current millennial generation. Many of the industries that have experienced a sharp decline in young-adult employment are in manufacturing and wholesale trade. Bus services and urban transit also fell into this category, as did fuel dealership and air transportation. The printing, publishing, and allied industries, with the exception of newspapers, also saw significant erosion in generational popularity. Finally, 44 percent of this workforce was aged 21 to 36 in the 1990s, while in 2017 this number fell to 20 percent.