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Numbers of Production Occupations in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 11,810
2006 11,070
2007 11,890
2008 10,530
2009 8,920
2010 7,620
2011 9,030
2012 10,260
2013 10,820
2014 9,390
2015 9,110
2016 8,620
2017 10,310
2018 10,170
2019 10,280

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,440
2006 1,190
2007 1,130
2008 1,140
2009 980
2010 820
2011 780
2012 970
2013 1,000
2014 870
2015 980
2016 1,140
2017 1,030
2018 1,040
2019 950

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2005 50

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 540
2006 0
2007 290
2008 300
2009 320
2010 280
2011 210
2012 400
2013 690
2014 750
2015 810
2016 490

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 80
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2010 40
2011 40
2016 40

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 90
2008 100
2009 50
2010 50
2011 80
2012 90
2013 80

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 1,970
2006 2,360
2007 2,380
2008 2,410
2009 1,560
2010 1,300
2011 1,190
2012 1,690
2013 1,430
2014 1,500
2015 1,340
2016 790

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2006 40
2007 90
2008 60
2009 70
2010 70
2011 80
2012 0
2013 200
2014 310
2015 170
2016 150
2019 2,900

Bakers
Year Number
2005 100
2006 90
2007 160
2008 200
2009 170
2010 150
2011 140
2012 140
2013 160
2014 170
2015 140
2016 160
2017 220
2018 250
2019 290

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 300
2006 220
2007 190
2008 210
2009 240
2010 250
2011 180
2012 170
2013 160
2014 210
2015 230
2016 240
2017 250
2018 270
2019 220

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2012 150
2013 160
2014 30

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2013 50

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 220
2006 30
2012 160
2014 30
2015 40
2016 70
2018 0
2019 60

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 70
2007 70
2008 0
2009 40
2012 0
2013 0
2016 90

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 320
2006 190
2007 200
2009 180
2011 440
2012 540
2013 470
2015 0
2016 690

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 40
2009 30

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2012 50
2013 60
2017 50
2019 0

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 50
2008 60
2010 60

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 0

Machinists
Year Number
2005 560
2006 610
2007 480
2008 450
2009 330
2010 290
2011 290
2012 390
2013 320
2014 290
2015 320
2016 340
2017 500
2018 450
2019 420

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 110
2006 0
2008 50
2009 50
2010 30
2011 50
2012 100
2013 90
2015 100
2016 90
2017 150
2018 110
2019 120

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2010 80
2011 60

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2007 40
2008 30
2009 30
2010 40
2011 60
2012 70
2013 40

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 330
2006 280
2007 250
2008 210
2009 160
2010 130
2011 220
2012 270
2013 240
2014 200
2015 260
2016 240
2017 300
2018 240
2019 230

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2006 0
2017 60
2018 60

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 60
2009 60
2010 50

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2019 70

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 80
2006 80
2007 100
2008 60
2009 50
2011 50
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60
2015 80
2016 80
2017 60
2018 50

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 420
2006 270
2007 270
2008 160
2009 220
2010 340
2011 240
2012 200
2013 260
2014 250
2015 270
2016 260
2017 300
2018 330
2019 210

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 90
2006 240
2007 250
2008 310
2009 270
2010 100
2011 80
2013 50
2014 90
2015 110
2016 70
2017 80
2018 70

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 610
2006 540
2007 550
2008 450
2009 460
2010 450
2011 390
2012 240
2013 410
2014 530
2015 530
2016 400
2017 500
2018 520
2019 650

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 210
2009 130
2010 100
2011 0
2012 130
2013 110
2014 60
2015 0
2016 70
2017 40
2018 40
2019 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 320
2006 280
2007 130
2008 230
2009 160
2010 240
2011 330
2012 0
2013 0
2014 210
2015 140
2016 140
2017 150
2018 230
2019 180

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2009 40
2011 30

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 140
2006 80

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2012 30
2013 30
2014 40

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2009 160
2010 130
2014 40
2015 80
2016 0
2018 0
2019 0

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2012 70
2013 210
2014 170

Upholsterers
Year Number
2013 60
2014 60
2015 50
2016 60
2017 80
2018 70

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 180
2006 0
2007 110
2008 140
2009 150
2010 70
2011 170
2012 140
2013 130
2014 110
2015 100
2016 90
2017 50
2018 80
2019 100

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2007 50
2008 40
2011 40

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 80
2006 60
2007 60
2008 70
2009 70
2010 70
2011 50
2012 50
2013 50
2014 60
2016 30
2018 70
2019 130

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 120
2007 200
2008 220
2009 250
2010 200
2011 190
2012 280
2013 220
2014 160
2015 290
2016 350
2017 340
2018 180
2019 180

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2017 90
2018 80
2019 50

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2007 150
2008 180
2009 170
2011 190
2017 230
2018 230
2019 60

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 70
2006 50
2007 70
2008 70
2009 70
2010 40
2011 30
2012 30
2013 140
2014 140
2015 130
2019 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 170
2008 160
2009 100
2010 90
2011 90
2012 110
2013 100
2014 90
2015 100
2016 130
2017 120
2018 130
2019 170

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2009 90
2010 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2011 0
2012 0
2013 90
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 490
2007 390
2009 50
2010 50
2011 50
2012 580
2013 770
2014 580
2015 890
2016 0
2017 0

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 70
2006 40
2007 40
2017 30
2018 30
2019 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 170
2007 140
2008 120
2009 130
2010 160
2011 130
2012 190
2013 160
2014 120
2015 50
2016 90
2017 120
2018 140
2019 130

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2007 30

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 60
2007 40
2012 70
2013 70
2014 60
2015 60
2016 110
2017 100
2018 90
2019 0

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 380
2010 40
2011 40
2016 70
2017 70
2018 70

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 70
2008 80
2009 70
2016 0
2017 0
2018 30

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 1,550
2006 1,570
2007 1,050
2008 680
2009 530
2010 550
2011 630
2012 1,110
2013 1,100
2014 960
2015 920
2016 1,010
2017 830
2018 990
2019 890

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2013 30
2014 40
2015 30
2016 0
2017 40

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 70
2006 60
2007 80
2008 140
2009 90
2010 90
2011 80
2012 140
2013 90
2014 0
2015 0
2016 60
2017 200
2018 140
2019 110

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2014 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 940
2006 450
2007 380
2008 610
2009 630
2010 630
2011 520
2012 500
2013 380
2014 240
2015 360
2016 540
2017 330
2018 460
2019 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 110
2006 120
2007 90
2008 40
2009 40
2010 50
2011 30
2012 90
2013 110
2014 100
2015 50
2017 70
2018 90
2019 70

Semiconductor Processing Technicians
Year Number
2007 560
2011 780
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2018 1,300
2019 1,360

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 70
2006 70
2007 100
2008 50
2009 50
2010 40
2011 100
2012 100
2013 100
2016 140
2017 140
2018 40
2019 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 40
2006 60
2011 340
2017 1,070
2019 0

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2009 30
2010 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 50
2017 40

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 70
2007 60
2008 80
2011 40
2012 40
2013 60
2014 50
2015 70
2017 70

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 400
2006 920
2007 840
2008 670
2009 370
2010 240
2011 440
2012 660
2013 500
2014 460
2015 240
2016 270
2017 310
2018 310
2019 260

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 180
2006 90
2007 110
2008 440
2009 270
2012 250
2013 380
2014 350
2015 170
2016 120
2017 90
2018 110
2019 140