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Numbers of Production Occupations in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 38,520
2006 36,700
2007 35,920
2008 34,090
2009 28,480
2010 24,830
2011 26,170
2012 25,840
2013 27,470
2014 28,340
2015 27,850
2016 28,800
2017 29,580
2018 31,190
2019 30,210

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 2,690
2006 2,530
2007 2,320
2008 2,180
2009 1,920
2010 1,660
2011 1,720
2012 1,660
2013 1,740
2014 1,690
2015 1,840
2016 1,930
2017 1,930
2018 1,910
2019 1,800

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2011 70
2012 80
2013 100
2018 60
2019 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 150
2007 0
2008 50
2009 50
2011 190
2012 230
2013 150
2014 130
2015 170
2016 240

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 570
2007 620

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 90
2006 130
2007 0
2008 70
2009 60
2010 60
2011 60
2012 30
2013 90
2014 110
2015 90
2016 110
2017 40
2018 40
2019 50

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2008 60

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 5,680
2006 5,750
2007 5,520
2008 4,230
2009 3,370
2010 2,670
2011 3,090
2012 3,340
2013 4,180
2014 4,120
2015 3,970
2016 3,870

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 140
2006 110
2007 120
2008 160
2009 170
2010 190
2011 330
2012 0
2013 110
2014 90
2015 110
2016 120
2019 4,210

Bakers
Year Number
2005 110
2006 100
2007 100
2008 140
2009 330
2010 290
2011 340
2012 180
2013 240
2014 230
2015 250
2016 190
2017 180
2018 70
2019 120

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 140
2006 110
2007 90
2008 90
2009 150
2010 190
2011 240
2012 180
2013 160
2014 140
2015 150
2016 130
2017 120
2018 80
2019 70

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2007 260
2008 200
2009 160
2010 180
2018 460
2019 450

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2007 190
2008 100
2009 120
2010 130
2018 60
2019 50

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2008 100
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2015 60
2018 220
2019 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2019 80

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 570
2007 790
2008 900
2009 1,110
2011 550
2013 600
2014 610
2015 530
2016 630
2017 1,030
2018 1,360
2019 1,520

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 330
2009 240
2010 0
2011 0
2019 110

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2018 30
2019 50

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 480
2006 540
2007 600
2008 570
2009 350
2010 260
2011 310
2012 330
2013 470
2014 520
2015 640
2016 460
2017 500
2018 360
2019 480

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 0
2008 110
2009 0
2010 140
2011 90
2012 80

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 170
2006 190
2007 120
2008 120
2009 50
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2015 80
2016 70
2017 130
2018 130
2019 140

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 320
2007 180
2008 300
2009 240
2010 150
2014 90
2015 50
2016 60
2017 80
2018 60
2019 0

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2008 30
2010 30
2011 30
2012 40
2015 40
2016 50
2017 0

Machinists
Year Number
2005 690
2006 560
2007 540
2008 540
2009 600
2010 660
2011 740
2012 840
2013 860
2014 880
2015 600
2016 480
2017 490
2018 530
2019 440

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 170
2006 120
2007 120
2008 180
2009 190
2010 280
2011 200
2012 220
2013 230
2014 270
2015 330
2016 460
2017 590
2018 540
2019 410

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 350
2008 310
2009 340
2010 350
2011 360
2012 260
2015 220
2018 300

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 100
2006 80
2007 140
2008 110
2009 130
2010 100
2011 110
2012 90
2013 110
2014 120
2015 140
2016 130
2017 100
2018 110
2019 110

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 330
2006 400
2007 460
2008 390
2009 280
2010 310
2011 290
2012 340
2013 400
2014 430
2015 520
2016 570
2017 540
2018 490
2019 580

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 100
2007 190
2008 140
2009 0
2011 50
2012 70
2013 40
2014 120

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 100
2007 110
2008 110
2009 50
2010 50
2011 70
2012 60
2013 70
2016 80
2017 60
2018 40
2019 100

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 30
2013 50
2014 40

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2005 30
2008 40
2009 40
2010 150
2015 0

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2011 0
2012 40
2013 0
2014 30
2017 40
2018 40
2019 50

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 210
2006 240
2007 200
2008 190
2009 200
2010 240
2011 240
2012 310
2013 280
2014 250
2015 280
2016 280
2017 380
2018 240
2019 250

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 70
2007 100
2008 100
2009 70
2011 60
2012 90
2013 110
2014 80
2017 30
2018 30
2019 0

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 260
2006 210
2007 0
2008 210
2009 250
2010 240
2011 120
2012 290
2013 300
2014 300
2015 250
2016 290
2017 340
2018 400
2019 340

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 370
2006 360
2007 330
2008 230
2009 210
2010 210
2011 250
2012 150
2013 120
2014 70
2015 60
2016 50

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 3,110
2006 3,100
2007 2,790
2008 2,590
2009 2,170
2010 1,750
2011 1,960
2012 1,950
2013 1,900
2014 1,980
2015 2,160
2016 2,310
2017 2,260
2018 2,340
2019 2,410

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 0

Sewers, Hand
Year Number
2012 0
2014 30
2016 30

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 30
2013 0

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 800
2006 720
2007 520
2008 700
2009 590
2010 670
2011 590
2012 440
2013 520
2014 470
2015 420
2016 570
2017 410
2018 480
2019 650

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 280
2006 300
2007 370
2008 400
2009 310
2010 280
2011 300
2012 340
2013 290
2014 170
2015 320
2016 410
2017 420
2018 370
2019 380

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 1,300
2006 1,200
2007 980
2008 650
2009 650
2010 600
2011 580
2012 580
2013 670
2014 620
2015 500
2016 480
2017 510
2018 470
2019 290

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 970
2006 780
2007 900
2008 880
2009 530
2010 340
2011 270
2012 300
2013 290
2014 530
2015 540
2016 470
2017 510
2018 810
2019 730

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2008 50
2009 70
2010 0
2011 290
2012 450
2013 230
2014 180
2015 100
2016 100
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Year Number
2005 350
2006 240
2007 230
2008 230
2009 180
2010 210
2011 240
2012 320
2013 250
2014 180
2015 110
2016 140
2017 100
2018 110
2019 130

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 3,190
2006 2,770
2007 2,860
2008 2,820
2009 2,500
2010 2,180
2011 2,230
2012 2,380
2013 2,590
2014 2,730
2015 2,840
2016 3,310
2017 3,670
2018 3,700
2019 3,280

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 110
2006 140
2007 160
2008 60
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2014 40
2015 160
2016 130
2017 450
2018 290
2019 330

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 1,410
2006 1,130
2007 1,170
2008 850
2009 630
2010 270
2011 340
2012 340
2013 340
2014 370
2015 330
2016 520
2017 390
2018 610
2019 570

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 1,500
2006 1,640
2007 1,350
2008 1,220
2009 830
2010 790
2011 800
2012 770
2013 850
2014 820
2015 610
2016 460
2017 450
2018 590
2019 560

Model Makers, Wood
Year Number
2005 140
2006 120
2007 60
2008 70
2009 60
2010 90
2011 80
2012 90
2013 140
2014 130
2015 130
2016 50
2017 30

Patternmakers, Wood
Year Number
2005 80
2006 120
2007 130
2008 100
2009 0
2012 90
2013 80
2014 90
2015 30

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 620
2006 730
2007 600
2008 550
2009 440
2010 450
2011 410
2012 470
2013 470
2014 460
2015 390
2016 230
2017 270
2018 300
2019 290

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 2,030
2006 1,720
2007 1,400
2008 1,080
2009 980
2010 880
2011 880
2012 930
2013 1,120
2014 1,290
2015 1,120
2016 1,220
2017 940
2018 1,080
2019 920

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2005 30

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2008 0
2012 80
2014 260
2015 160
2017 150

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 30
2007 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 130
2006 120
2007 180
2008 200
2009 170
2010 90
2011 100
2012 110
2013 140
2014 160
2015 150
2016 170
2017 120
2018 130
2019 130

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2014 40
2015 50
2016 100
2017 60
2018 80
2019 60

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2016 30
2017 40

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 240
2008 80
2009 40
2018 60
2019 80

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 410
2006 210
2007 210
2008 200
2009 160
2010 220
2011 360
2012 450
2013 350
2014 250
2015 270
2016 230
2017 190
2018 150
2019 180

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 640
2006 490
2007 260
2008 400
2009 430
2010 330
2011 270
2012 240
2013 340
2014 320
2015 300
2016 210
2017 290
2018 340
2019 480

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 1,180
2006 1,160
2007 1,070
2008 940
2009 730
2010 710
2011 680
2012 650
2013 580
2014 630
2015 630
2016 640
2017 860
2018 980
2019 960

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 330
2006 470
2007 390
2008 430
2009 380
2010 360
2011 580
2012 470
2013 560
2014 690
2015 640
2016 680
2017 600
2018 590
2019 650

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 220
2006 200
2007 140
2008 180
2009 160
2010 230
2011 240
2012 240
2013 100
2014 140
2015 0
2016 370
2017 230
2018 0
2019 310

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 30
2006 60
2007 90
2008 80
2009 50
2012 50
2013 50
2014 40
2015 40
2016 50
2017 30
2018 30

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 1,890
2006 1,500
2007 1,320
2008 1,450
2009 1,380
2010 1,390
2011 1,300
2012 1,230
2013 1,240
2014 1,440
2015 1,450
2016 1,560
2017 1,600
2018 1,650
2019 1,520

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2016 30

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 30
2010 30
2013 40
2014 70
2015 110
2016 130
2017 80
2018 80
2019 80

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 770
2006 760
2007 570
2008 650
2009 700
2010 700
2011 680
2012 620
2013 700
2014 730
2015 550
2016 920
2017 900
2018 910
2019 480

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 90
2006 130
2007 180
2008 170
2009 100
2010 100
2011 130
2012 100
2013 0
2014 70
2015 70
2016 50
2017 40
2018 60
2019 90

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 830
2006 750
2007 1,090
2008 1,120
2009 880
2010 680
2011 410
2012 430
2013 400
2014 440
2015 410
2016 460
2017 380
2018 420
2019 440

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 110
2006 100
2007 100
2008 90
2010 70
2011 60
2012 40
2013 70
2014 60
2015 60
2016 40
2017 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 330
2006 150
2007 140
2008 200
2009 160
2010 120
2011 200
2012 190
2015 310
2016 270
2017 290
2018 130
2019 130

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2016 70
2017 70
2018 60
2019 0

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 400
2006 360
2007 300
2008 290
2009 260
2010 200
2011 170
2012 210
2013 230
2014 350
2015 250
2016 300
2017 350
2018 330
2019 320

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2018 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 70
2013 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 260
2006 280
2007 260
2008 250
2009 200
2010 210
2011 240
2012 220
2013 200
2014 240
2015 260
2016 310
2017 380
2018 360
2019 460

Tire Builders
Year Number
2008 0
2009 80
2010 100
2017 50
2018 40
2019 40

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 2,470
2006 2,340
2007 2,270
2008 2,620
2009 1,870
2010 1,780
2011 1,550
2012 1,470
2013 1,770
2014 1,510
2015 1,520
2016 1,250
2017 1,270
2018 1,150
2019 950

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 120
2006 100
2007 100
2008 130
2009 110
2012 640
2013 550
2014 490
2015 480
2016 300
2017 210
2018 200
2019 190