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Numbers of Production Occupations in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 12,790
2006 12,800
2007 16,300
2008 15,620
2009 13,720
2010 13,550
2011 13,240
2012 12,440
2013 11,180
2014 12,500
2015 12,890
2016 13,090
2017 12,690
2018 12,060
2019 11,220

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,020
2006 980
2007 1,040
2008 1,080
2009 970
2010 910
2011 810
2012 910
2013 920
2014 900
2015 840
2016 830
2017 920
2018 970
2019 980

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2015 0
2018 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 330
2006 270
2007 240
2008 270
2009 350
2010 470
2011 390
2012 430
2013 350
2014 440
2015 330
2016 450

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2010 100
2012 0

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 180
2008 150
2009 120
2010 110
2011 120
2012 120
2013 110
2014 120
2015 120
2016 80
2017 70
2018 0
2019 60

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 1,910
2006 1,650
2007 1,720
2008 1,650
2009 1,970
2010 1,440
2011 1,550
2012 1,040
2013 950
2014 1,490
2015 1,640
2016 1,460

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2007 190
2008 230
2009 110
2010 150
2011 200
2012 280
2013 460
2014 400
2015 350
2016 340
2019 1,500

Bakers
Year Number
2005 480
2006 440
2007 310
2008 320
2009 310
2010 570
2011 620
2012 610
2013 520
2014 490
2015 380
2016 340
2017 340
2018 360
2019 420

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 290
2006 260
2007 190
2008 180
2009 230
2010 320
2011 350
2012 300
2013 270
2014 180
2015 440
2016 380
2017 400
2018 120
2019 100

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 30
2008 40
2011 60
2012 80
2013 90
2014 40
2019 40

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 140
2006 60
2007 50
2008 50
2009 0
2011 0
2012 0

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2006 900
2007 1,100
2008 1,100
2009 0
2010 480
2011 460
2012 340
2013 370
2014 350
2015 680
2016 570
2017 640
2018 490
2019 0

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 120
2007 70
2008 70
2009 70
2010 110
2011 140
2012 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 60
2006 160
2007 310
2008 230
2009 160
2010 140
2011 210
2012 0
2013 200
2014 140
2015 120
2016 70
2017 80
2018 70

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2009 100

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 310
2007 0
2009 80
2010 80
2011 80
2016 100
2017 100
2018 100
2019 90

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 240
2006 200
2007 230
2008 440
2009 380
2010 440
2011 160
2012 210
2013 230
2014 240
2015 240
2016 220
2017 260
2018 150
2019 170

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 70
2006 0
2007 70
2008 40
2009 40

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 190
2006 130
2007 130
2008 130
2009 120
2010 120
2011 0
2012 160
2013 150
2014 200
2015 180
2016 140
2017 100
2018 90
2019 60

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 180
2007 0
2008 40
2009 50
2013 30

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 140
2006 130
2007 80
2008 30
2009 40
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60

Machinists
Year Number
2005 420
2006 710
2007 720
2008 680
2009 480
2010 590
2011 830
2012 610
2013 520
2014 680
2015 810
2016 710
2017 620
2018 530
2019 540

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 220
2007 0
2008 50
2009 50

Pourers and Casters, Metal
Year Number
2007 50

Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 340
2006 480
2007 350
2008 200
2009 100
2010 90
2011 90
2012 80
2015 50
2016 100
2017 130
2018 210
2019 180

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 120
2008 100
2009 100
2010 110
2011 150
2012 440
2015 420
2016 440
2017 470
2018 460
2019 640

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 190
2006 190
2007 110
2008 110
2009 40
2010 50
2011 50
2012 120
2013 110
2014 120
2015 150
2016 130
2017 120
2018 160
2019 220

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 540
2006 530
2007 530
2008 340
2009 310
2010 270
2011 270
2012 290
2013 0
2014 510
2015 520
2016 310
2017 300
2018 330
2019 310

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2008 30
2009 40
2016 30
2017 40
2018 40

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 30
2007 60
2008 40
2009 30
2013 30
2014 40
2015 40
2016 40

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 490
2007 320
2008 200
2009 110
2010 40
2012 30
2013 50
2014 50
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2013 30

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2007 160
2008 120
2009 180
2010 160
2011 160
2012 100
2013 80
2014 80
2015 70
2016 60
2017 50
2018 90
2019 90

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2007 370
2008 360
2009 420
2010 460
2011 460
2012 490
2013 470
2014 470
2015 420
2016 430
2017 480
2018 490
2019 470

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 210
2006 70
2007 90
2008 200
2009 280
2010 330
2011 300
2012 270
2013 250
2014 230
2015 490
2016 510
2017 0
2018 260
2019 270

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 410
2006 350
2007 340
2008 360
2009 350
2010 280
2011 230
2012 290
2013 330
2014 430
2015 500
2016 470
2017 490
2018 340
2019 380

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 180
2006 130
2007 150
2008 100
2009 120
2010 120
2011 0
2012 60
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 80
2019 80

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 170
2006 110
2007 140
2008 40
2009 30
2011 40
2012 50
2013 60
2014 60
2015 40
2016 60
2017 60
2018 60
2019 60

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 70
2006 50
2007 40
2008 30
2009 40
2010 40

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 150

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 80
2006 120
2007 130
2008 100
2009 110
2010 80
2011 80
2012 0
2013 130
2014 110
2015 90
2016 110
2017 160
2018 250
2019 280

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2006 0
2016 0
2017 0

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 0
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 90
2018 50

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2007 50
2008 100
2009 90
2010 90
2011 90
2012 110
2015 50
2016 110
2017 90
2018 90
2019 110

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2013 70

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 40
2006 30
2007 30
2008 40
2009 90
2010 70
2011 70
2013 0
2014 80
2015 0
2016 60
2017 80
2018 90
2019 100

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 130
2006 260
2007 330
2008 530
2009 480
2010 370
2011 230
2012 270
2013 220
2014 280
2015 260
2016 240
2017 240
2018 240
2019 250

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2008 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2005 0
2018 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2006 40
2009 0
2010 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2018 40

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 50
2008 0
2016 50
2017 80
2018 70
2019 120

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 30
2007 60
2008 50
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 60
2015 60
2016 60
2017 30
2019 0

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2010 30
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 30

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 140
2008 120
2009 100
2010 100
2011 120
2012 70
2013 90
2014 120
2015 180
2016 210
2017 210
2018 220
2019 140

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2007 30
2008 40

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 80
2007 30
2008 60
2009 0
2010 70
2011 60
2012 110
2013 140
2014 150
2015 80
2016 80
2017 80
2018 120
2019 130

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 90
2010 200
2011 0
2012 0
2017 210
2018 230
2019 80

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 0
2010 30

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 1,050
2006 1,170
2007 1,370
2008 1,280
2009 1,090
2010 790
2011 1,090
2012 980
2013 840
2014 660
2015 600
2016 930
2017 890
2018 890
2019 720

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2008 0
2009 60
2010 0
2011 50
2012 30

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2006 0
2007 120
2008 0
2009 130
2010 130
2011 110
2012 120
2013 110
2014 170
2015 190
2016 190
2017 130
2018 80
2019 140

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2014 0

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2008 100
2009 110
2010 0
2011 30
2012 40
2015 0
2016 0
2017 100
2018 0
2019 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 1,370
2006 1,060
2007 1,290
2008 1,010
2009 1,080
2010 1,030
2011 1,150
2012 960
2013 870
2014 800
2015 790
2016 970
2017 1,180
2018 1,180
2019 1,090

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 180
2006 150
2007 160
2008 430
2009 390
2010 390
2011 180
2012 170
2013 200
2014 400
2015 370
2016 380
2017 120
2018 130
2019 120

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 70
2006 90
2007 170
2008 150
2009 100
2010 100
2011 140
2012 150
2013 130
2014 70
2015 50
2016 60
2017 50
2018 40
2019 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 330
2006 330
2007 260
2008 130
2009 100
2010 70
2011 100
2012 140
2013 120
2014 90
2015 170
2016 270
2017 370
2018 340
2019 260

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2007 30
2008 40

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2015 30
2016 30

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 370
2008 0
2015 40
2016 0

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2005 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2008 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 50
2014 50
2015 60
2016 0
2017 310
2018 310
2019 130

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2008 410
2009 0
2013 110
2014 100
2015 80

Tire Builders
Year Number
2005 0
2009 0
2010 0

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 1,690
2007 1,790
2008 1,810
2009 1,830
2010 1,720
2011 1,560
2012 1,500
2013 1,200
2014 1,420
2015 960
2016 1,070
2017 780
2018 560
2019 260

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 130
2007 210
2008 170
2009 180
2012 340
2013 170
2014 220
2015 0
2016 0
2017 440
2018 180
2019 220