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Numbers of Production Occupations in Hawaii

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2004 18,700
2005 17,240
2006 16,620
2007 15,630
2008 15,550
2009 14,430
2010 13,620
2011 13,010
2012 12,840
2013 13,400
2014 14,370
2015 14,300
2016 15,270
2017 13,950
2018 13,950
2019 13,350

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2004 1,400
2005 1,430
2006 1,270
2007 1,300
2008 1,370
2009 1,280
2010 1,260
2011 1,260
2012 1,290
2013 1,460
2014 1,430
2015 1,390
2016 1,380
2017 1,400
2018 1,390
2019 1,390

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2009 0

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2004 270
2005 230
2007 120
2008 230
2009 160
2010 190
2011 140
2012 110
2013 130
2014 100
2017 0
2018 110
2019 100

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2008 70
2009 50
2010 40

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2004 1,090
2005 480
2006 380
2007 420
2008 580
2009 500
2010 580
2011 490
2012 420
2013 390
2014 550
2015 600
2016 470

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2004 410
2005 370
2006 560
2007 550
2008 630
2009 570
2010 290
2011 220
2012 250
2013 220
2014 210
2015 190
2016 290
2019 450

Bakers
Year Number
2004 1,020
2005 1,290
2006 1,230
2007 1,430
2008 1,400
2009 1,380
2010 1,210
2011 1,260
2012 1,210
2013 1,410
2014 1,500
2015 1,480
2016 1,420
2017 1,400
2018 1,460
2019 1,480

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2004 620
2005 540
2006 510
2007 490
2008 500
2009 500
2010 470
2011 460
2012 480
2013 420
2014 450
2015 510
2016 580
2017 590
2018 680
2019 560

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2004 1,080
2005 1,040
2006 790
2007 550
2008 360
2009 420
2010 440
2011 590
2012 510
2013 450
2014 380
2015 480
2016 570
2017 570
2018 650
2019 670

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2007 120
2008 80
2011 40
2012 60
2013 0
2014 40
2015 70
2016 100
2017 90
2018 100
2019 70

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2004 70
2006 60
2007 50
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 40
2012 0
2013 70
2014 50
2015 80
2016 120
2017 120
2018 110
2019 130

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2004 630
2005 750
2006 670
2007 510
2008 630
2009 650
2010 740
2011 510
2012 480
2013 630
2014 670
2015 820
2016 590
2017 590
2018 670
2019 920

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2004 270
2005 160
2006 140
2007 110
2008 80
2009 60
2010 120
2011 190
2012 260
2013 220
2014 250
2015 0
2016 160
2017 0
2018 50
2019 90

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 60
2013 0
2014 80
2015 60
2016 60
2019 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2014 40

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2004 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 30
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 60
2009 0

Machinists
Year Number
2004 300
2005 330
2006 380
2007 420
2008 440
2009 360
2010 250
2011 220
2012 230
2013 250
2014 260
2015 250
2016 260
2017 240
2018 240
2019 280

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 80
2007 70
2008 80
2009 100
2010 90
2012 80
2013 160
2014 220
2015 220
2016 150
2017 100
2019 120

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2004 890
2005 610
2006 670
2007 730
2008 640
2009 520
2010 460
2011 510
2012 440
2013 410
2014 490
2015 530
2016 610
2017 570
2018 540
2019 530

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2011 50
2012 0
2013 70
2016 50

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 110
2015 100

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 150
2017 30
2018 40

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2004 150
2005 270
2006 190
2007 190
2008 110
2009 60
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 50
2015 0
2016 110
2017 100
2018 0
2019 0

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2004 610
2005 570
2006 460
2007 510
2008 490
2009 470
2010 510
2011 310
2012 220
2013 220
2014 260
2015 280
2016 300
2017 270
2018 260
2019 230

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2004 200
2005 210
2006 250
2007 210
2008 80
2009 60
2013 50
2014 40
2015 40
2017 40
2018 0
2019 60

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2004 1,770
2005 1,440
2006 1,600
2007 1,340
2008 1,410
2009 1,290
2010 1,510
2011 1,460
2012 1,780
2013 1,730
2014 1,930
2015 1,540
2016 1,710
2017 1,480
2018 1,760
2019 1,800

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2004 350
2005 500
2006 580
2007 690
2008 740
2009 500
2010 280
2011 150
2012 180
2013 290
2014 310
2015 650
2016 570
2017 530
2018 190
2019 190

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2004 860
2005 860
2006 720
2007 690
2008 510
2009 390
2010 290
2011 310
2012 360
2013 400
2014 330
2015 370
2016 390
2017 340
2018 330
2019 260

Sewers, Hand
Year Number
2005 0
2013 0
2014 30

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2004 110
2005 120
2006 70
2007 0
2008 0
2009 120
2010 80
2011 70
2012 130
2013 70
2014 80
2015 0
2016 100
2017 110
2018 110
2019 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 100
2009 0
2010 0
2018 40

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 140
2007 170
2008 190
2009 80
2010 70
2011 70
2012 90
2013 90
2014 100
2015 70
2016 110
2017 100
2018 110
2019 70

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2004 160
2005 310
2006 350
2007 430
2008 350
2009 270
2010 170
2011 210
2012 240
2013 300
2014 260
2015 230
2016 170
2017 220
2018 230
2019 200

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2018 30

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2004 110
2005 120
2006 110
2007 100
2008 90
2009 0
2010 0
2016 60
2017 50
2018 60
2019 60

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2008 0
2009 70
2010 60
2012 100
2013 120
2014 160
2015 110
2016 100
2017 40
2018 40
2019 40

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2016 40

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2004 250
2005 140
2006 190
2007 310
2008 300
2009 320
2010 280
2011 310
2012 290
2013 240
2014 230
2015 220
2016 240
2017 240
2018 220
2019 350

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2004 80
2005 70
2006 70
2008 100
2009 100
2010 110
2011 70
2012 60
2013 60
2014 70
2015 60
2016 70
2017 60
2018 50

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2004 360
2005 320
2006 300
2007 300
2008 300
2009 340
2010 350
2011 330
2012 300
2013 320
2014 300
2015 370
2016 360
2017 460
2018 460
2019 520

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2004 320
2005 260
2006 250
2007 240
2008 160
2009 180
2010 180
2011 210
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 120
2016 370
2017 290

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2004 140
2005 110
2006 100
2007 70
2008 80
2010 100
2011 110
2012 70
2013 100
2014 130
2015 130
2016 120
2017 120
2018 90
2019 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2008 0
2009 80
2010 40
2011 40
2013 40
2014 50
2015 0
2016 70
2017 110
2018 110
2019 90

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 0
2005 60
2006 50
2008 40
2009 60
2010 70
2011 80
2012 50
2013 40

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2004 90
2013 50
2014 80
2015 80
2016 70
2017 40
2018 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 70
2005 120
2006 110
2007 140
2008 90
2009 100
2010 80
2011 40
2012 50
2013 0
2014 70
2015 70
2016 70
2017 110
2018 130
2019 110

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 50
2006 70
2012 40
2013 50
2014 40
2015 0
2016 50
2017 40
2018 40
2019 30

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 50
2008 30
2009 50
2010 70
2011 80
2012 80
2013 40
2014 0
2015 130
2016 100
2017 50
2018 30

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 80
2005 120
2006 80
2007 70
2008 0
2009 100
2010 80
2011 70
2014 40
2015 0
2016 110
2017 0
2018 130
2019 130

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2004 410
2005 520
2006 440
2008 580
2009 570
2010 410
2011 380
2012 420
2013 480
2014 570
2015 620
2016 570
2017 740
2018 980
2019 830

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2004 200
2005 90
2006 100
2007 110
2008 100
2009 150
2010 150
2011 270
2012 270
2013 220
2014 180
2015 170
2016 230
2017 220
2018 280
2019 230

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2004 160
2005 200
2006 170
2007 210
2008 220
2009 170
2010 120
2011 130
2012 0
2013 180
2014 150
2015 130
2016 120
2017 140
2018 170
2019 180

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2004 100
2005 160
2006 100
2007 60
2008 0
2009 120
2010 110
2011 40
2013 110
2014 120
2015 90

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2004 1,320
2005 1,330
2006 1,230
2007 880
2008 610
2009 600
2010 690
2011 680
2012 570
2013 430
2014 420
2015 650
2016 720
2017 710
2018 650
2019 520

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2004 80
2016 0
2017 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 140
2005 220
2006 170
2007 120
2008 120
2009 110
2010 190
2011 280
2012 220
2013 0
2014 200
2015 160
2016 250
2017 170
2018 230
2019 130

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2004 480
2005 210
2006 330
2007 300
2008 290
2009 280
2010 300
2011 210
2012 190
2013 170
2014 200
2015 220
2016 200
2017 130
2018 50

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 0

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

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2004 210
2005 120
2006 60
2007 90
2009 40
2010 30
2011 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2004 100
2005 50
2006 100
2007 110
2008 130
2009 60
2010 50
2011 0
2012 170
2013 160
2014 240
2015 90
2016 100
2017 0
2018 100
2019 80

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 100
2006 80
2007 110
2008 50

Tire Builders
Year Number
2011 60
2012 0

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2004 1,320
2005 1,310
2006 1,160
2007 1,000
2008 750
2009 880
2010 740
2011 780
2012 740
2013 710
2014 750
2015 700
2016 720
2017 500
2018 370
2019 320

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 120
2005 150
2006 250
2007 310
2008 350
2009 260
2012 300
2013 280
2014 260
2015 180
2016 220
2017 130
2018 130
2019 100