Numbers of Production Occupations in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2006 1,640
2007 1,480
2008 1,410
2009 1,350
2010 1,190
2011 1,330
2012 1,350
2013 1,820
2014 1,780
2015 1,460
2016 1,190
2017 980
2018 980
2019 990

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2006 210
2007 230
2008 210
2009 220
2010 160
2011 170
2012 210
2013 240
2014 220
2015 200
2016 180
2017 150
2018 170
2019 150

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Year Number
2008 40

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2006 50
2010 70
2011 70

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

Year Number
2011 50
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2016 50
2019 80

Bakers

Year Number
2006 50
2007 40
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 50
2012 40
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 50
2019 40

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2006 160
2007 0
2008 140
2009 130
2010 150
2011 110
2012 150
2013 170
2014 190
2015 50
2016 120
2017 60
2018 110
2019 40

Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Year Number
2013 0
2014 50

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2013 0

Food Batchmakers

Year Number
2006 90
2009 0
2010 30
2017 0

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2016 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other

Year Number
2018 0
2019 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2009 0

Machinists

Year Number
2006 50
2007 70
2008 90
2009 70
2010 50
2011 50
2017 30
2019 0

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2006 240
2007 200
2008 180
2009 160
2010 130
2011 120
2012 120
2013 190
2014 270
2015 280
2016 240
2017 120
2018 90
2019 110

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2006 40

Printing Press Operators

Year Number
2008 40
2009 0

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2006 130
2007 100
2008 160
2009 200
2010 200
2011 170
2012 130
2013 170
2014 130
2015 100
2016 100
2017 130
2018 100
2019 70

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

Year Number
2006 0
2007 230
2008 0
2009 60
2013 70
2014 50
2017 40
2018 30

Sewing Machine Operators

Year Number
2006 0
2012 0
2018 70

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

Year Number
2007 0

Upholsterers

Year Number
2006 0
2007 0

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2006 150
2007 220
2008 220
2009 260
2010 200
2011 240
2012 380
2013 440
2014 280
2015 230
2016 140
2017 140
2018 140
2019 110

Gas Plant Operators

Year Number
2017 30
2019 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

Year Number
2006 60
2007 0
2008 0
2012 0
2014 230
2017 40
2018 30
2019 40

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2009 0
2013 110

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2011 0
2012 0

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2006 0
2007 30

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2006 170
2007 130
2008 120
2009 100
2010 140
2011 140
2012 150
2013 110
2014 0
2015 220
2016 200
2017 100
2018 110
2019 140

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 60
2011 90
2012 70
2013 90
2014 60
2015 170
2017 0
2018 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2009 50
2011 30
2012 40
2013 60
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2018 30
2019 60

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2006 240
2007 110
2008 90
2009 40
2011 40
2012 60
2013 170
2014 300
2015 210
2016 160
2017 80
2018 0
2019 100

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2009 60
2018 0
2019 50