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Numbers of Production Occupations in Asheville, NC

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 13,340
2006 12,110
2007 13,960
2008 13,440
2009 11,860
2010 11,130
2011 12,980
2012 12,110
2013 12,140
2014 11,850
2015 12,390
2016 12,730
2017 12,670
2018 12,300
2019 12,390

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,020
2006 1,100
2007 1,070
2008 1,040
2009 1,020
2010 890
2011 960
2012 900
2013 810
2014 750
2015 820
2016 910
2017 900
2018 940
2019 950

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2007 0
2008 130
2009 120
2017 0
2018 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2007 640
2008 700
2009 810
2010 420
2011 470
2012 500
2013 340
2014 260
2015 260
2016 0

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2011 150
2012 160
2013 70
2016 70

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2006 150
2007 0
2008 130
2009 80
2010 70
2011 70

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 80
2006 150
2007 70
2008 80
2009 70
2010 40
2011 30
2013 30

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 3,700
2006 2,940
2007 3,020
2008 2,310
2009 2,130
2010 1,700
2011 2,400
2012 2,110
2013 2,990
2014 3,020
2015 3,100
2016 2,790

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 250
2008 350
2009 180
2010 160
2011 190
2012 190
2013 190
2014 0
2015 420
2016 580
2019 1,740

Bakers
Year Number
2005 220
2006 170
2007 200
2008 260
2009 300
2010 310
2011 320
2012 280
2013 360
2014 450
2015 470
2016 410
2017 400
2018 390
2019 380

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 200
2006 160
2007 170
2008 150
2009 160
2010 200
2011 270
2012 240
2013 260
2014 230
2015 240
2016 220
2017 220
2018 250
2019 260

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 30

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 60
2006 120
2007 0
2008 170
2009 120
2010 100
2011 0
2012 80
2013 90
2014 0
2015 80
2016 80
2017 70
2018 120
2019 120

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 160
2007 70
2008 260
2009 0
2010 290
2011 130
2012 80
2013 120
2014 240
2015 230
2016 160
2017 90
2018 100
2019 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 430
2006 330
2007 310
2008 310
2009 230
2010 110
2011 140
2012 0
2013 210
2014 190
2015 260
2016 210
2017 310
2018 270
2019 260

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 70
2006 80
2007 60
2008 50
2009 40
2010 70
2011 100
2012 80
2013 120
2014 110
2015 130
2016 90
2017 80
2018 120
2019 160

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 360
2006 390
2007 270
2008 260
2009 150
2010 150
2012 60
2013 0
2014 180
2015 300
2016 0
2017 0
2019 0

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 160
2008 180
2017 50

Machinists
Year Number
2005 750
2006 710
2007 1,140
2008 1,300
2009 1,100
2010 1,260
2011 1,360
2012 1,190
2013 760
2014 810
2015 790
2016 770
2017 630
2018 930
2019 1,320

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 480
2006 370
2007 270
2008 250
2009 280
2010 270
2011 300
2012 200
2013 200
2014 230
2015 270
2016 550
2017 540
2018 470
2019 420

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 220
2006 120
2007 150
2008 110
2010 90
2011 170
2012 150
2013 180
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 50
2019 70

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 170
2006 140
2007 250
2008 240
2009 190
2010 140
2011 70
2012 110
2013 120
2014 100
2015 100
2016 70
2017 80
2018 100
2019 110

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 250
2006 360
2007 330
2008 320
2009 260
2010 270
2011 400
2012 420
2013 340
2014 140
2015 230
2016 270
2017 270
2018 270
2019 320

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 70
2008 80
2009 40
2010 50
2011 40
2012 50
2013 50
2014 40
2015 60
2016 50
2017 130
2018 0
2019 0

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 40
2018 0
2019 60

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 60
2009 50
2010 70
2011 90
2012 40
2013 50
2016 60
2017 90
2018 90
2019 120

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2005 50

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 140
2006 80
2007 130
2008 0
2009 100
2010 60
2011 60
2012 70
2013 90
2014 100
2015 60
2016 60
2017 60
2018 50
2019 90

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 240
2006 190
2007 220
2008 170
2009 200
2010 250
2011 240
2012 270
2013 260
2014 300
2015 150
2016 370
2017 290
2018 340
2019 230

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 60
2007 40
2009 0
2013 50
2014 50
2015 50
2016 70
2017 60
2018 50

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 310
2006 330
2007 320
2008 410
2009 460
2010 430
2011 340
2012 260
2013 240
2014 280
2015 310
2016 300
2017 310
2018 190
2019 330

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2008 50
2009 50
2010 70
2011 80
2012 90
2014 80
2015 70
2016 70
2017 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 460
2006 400
2007 250
2008 240
2009 170
2010 300
2011 280
2012 220
2013 0
2014 130
2015 200
2016 230
2017 250
2018 170
2019 210

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 50
2006 100
2007 80
2008 130
2009 50
2014 40
2015 30
2017 40
2019 30

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 70
2007 40
2008 240
2009 220
2011 60
2012 0
2017 0
2018 150

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 150
2007 120
2010 50
2011 70
2012 50
2014 50

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2012 240
2013 270
2019 230

Upholsterers
Year Number
2013 30
2014 40
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 60
2007 70
2008 60
2009 70
2013 40
2015 0
2016 40
2017 30

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 70
2006 60
2007 120
2008 90
2009 100
2010 50
2011 30
2012 40
2013 0
2014 70
2015 140
2016 150
2017 120
2018 100
2019 110

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 70
2006 0
2007 0
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60
2015 70
2016 30
2017 40
2018 40
2019 50

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 80
2007 60
2008 60
2009 50
2010 40
2011 90
2012 110
2013 80
2014 70
2015 60
2016 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 120
2006 90
2007 90
2008 70
2009 150
2010 150
2011 170
2012 160
2013 160
2014 150
2018 120
2019 110

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 30
2007 30
2018 40
2019 140

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2009 40
2010 50
2011 80
2012 120
2013 110
2014 130
2015 110
2016 180
2017 220
2018 210
2019 240

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2016 30
2018 30

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2008 230
2009 80
2010 70
2011 60
2012 70
2013 60
2014 40
2015 60
2016 70
2017 120
2018 120
2019 150

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2011 40

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 150
2007 160
2008 180
2009 170
2010 170
2011 140
2012 150
2013 270
2014 280
2015 280
2016 290
2017 420
2018 400
2019 400

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 80
2007 80
2008 60
2009 40
2011 310
2012 330
2013 80
2014 0
2015 0
2019 0

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 70
2014 70
2016 60
2017 50
2018 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 960
2006 940
2007 830
2008 800
2009 780
2010 660
2011 640
2012 630
2013 660
2014 780
2015 850
2016 960
2017 890
2018 920
2019 880

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2016 60
2017 60
2018 60
2019 50

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 60
2006 0
2007 0
2008 140
2009 130
2010 90
2011 70
2012 60
2013 60
2014 80
2015 80
2016 80
2017 50
2018 110
2019 0

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2015 0

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 50
2015 50
2017 0
2018 0
2019 50

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 400
2007 780
2008 570
2009 560
2010 710
2011 700
2012 360
2013 360
2014 340
2015 300
2016 440
2017 630
2018 690
2019 660

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 420
2006 340
2007 360
2008 90
2009 0
2010 320
2011 250
2012 100
2013 0
2014 370
2015 40
2016 200
2017 160
2018 170
2019 250

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 60
2006 0
2007 70
2008 80
2010 70
2011 50
2012 40
2013 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 790
2006 760
2007 740
2008 550
2009 620
2010 550
2011 710
2012 960
2013 720
2014 640
2015 540
2016 530
2017 540
2018 410
2019 370

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2007 50
2012 40
2013 30
2014 50
2015 40
2016 80
2017 90
2018 110
2019 60

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2011 100
2013 80
2014 50
2015 30
2016 50
2017 70
2018 60

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2013 50
2014 50
2015 50
2016 40
2017 50
2019 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2018 40

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 140
2007 130
2011 290
2013 320
2015 300
2016 280
2017 300
2018 0
2019 0

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 790
2006 680
2007 330
2008 390
2009 360
2010 350
2011 330
2012 720
2013 570
2014 590
2015 620
2016 520
2017 500
2018 370
2019 370

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2007 230
2008 150
2009 130
2012 80
2013 110
2014 160
2015 140
2016 210
2017 130
2018 150
2019 110