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Numbers of Production Occupations in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 2,570
2006 2,310
2007 2,400
2008 2,830
2009 3,420
2010 3,730
2011 3,420
2012 3,480
2013 3,550
2014 3,750
2015 3,640
2016 4,240
2017 4,070
2018 3,840
2019 3,980

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 320
2006 320
2007 270
2008 280
2009 280
2010 320
2011 310
2012 310
2013 350
2014 360
2015 410
2016 400
2017 460
2018 520
2019 510

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2014 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2009 0
2010 60
2011 70
2012 90
2013 50
2014 30
2015 30
2016 50

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2009 50
2013 40
2014 50
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 150
2006 120
2008 130
2009 150
2010 140
2011 60
2012 50
2013 100
2014 160
2015 140
2016 200

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 90
2006 80
2007 40
2008 80
2009 90
2010 100
2011 60
2012 40
2016 30
2019 250

Bakers
Year Number
2005 70
2006 90
2007 60
2008 40
2009 70
2010 100
2011 100
2012 170
2013 210
2014 190
2015 170
2016 150
2017 170
2018 110
2019 120

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 70
2006 90
2007 80
2008 50
2009 50
2010 60
2011 50
2012 70
2013 90
2014 130
2015 100
2016 60
2017 80
2018 100
2019 180

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2011 40
2012 50
2013 0

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2013 0
2014 0

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 0
2008 0
2010 130
2011 150
2012 180
2013 120
2014 160
2015 240
2016 370
2017 360
2018 420
2019 410

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 130
2007 140
2008 130
2009 220
2010 120
2011 60
2012 50
2013 60
2014 70
2015 0
2016 190
2017 230
2019 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2013 90
2014 80
2015 0
2016 30

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2014 30

Machinists
Year Number
2005 150
2006 150
2007 160
2008 160
2009 110
2010 100
2011 110
2012 130
2013 120
2014 90
2015 100
2016 140
2017 150
2018 150
2019 210

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 170
2006 140
2007 140
2008 120
2009 120
2010 90
2011 210
2012 200
2013 210
2014 100
2015 110
2016 160
2017 160
2018 180
2019 180

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 80
2006 60
2010 50
2011 60
2012 60
2013 80
2014 100
2015 140
2016 50
2017 30
2018 60
2019 70

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 90
2006 80
2007 50
2008 50
2009 30
2010 40
2011 0
2012 50
2013 90
2014 100
2015 120
2016 60
2017 80
2018 0
2019 190

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 30
2007 110
2008 90
2009 70
2010 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2006 0
2012 0
2013 0
2017 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2008 80
2009 0
2010 40
2011 30

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2010 30

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2005 40

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2005 110
2006 90

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2008 100
2009 110
2010 90
2011 40
2013 80
2015 70
2016 60
2017 80
2018 90
2019 80

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 50
2006 80
2007 50
2008 0
2009 80
2010 110
2011 80
2012 60
2014 200
2016 110
2017 100
2018 170

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2008 70
2009 40

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2013 40
2014 30
2015 40

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2013 30

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 80
2006 70
2007 60
2008 0
2009 340
2010 330
2011 120
2012 200
2013 230
2014 200
2015 140
2016 150
2017 180
2018 220
2019 150

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2011 0

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 70
2007 0
2010 0
2011 40
2013 40
2014 70
2015 120
2016 210
2017 220
2018 200
2019 120

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 120
2006 220
2007 230
2008 220
2010 80
2011 110
2012 100
2013 100
2014 60
2015 160
2016 140
2017 210

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2014 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 230
2006 240
2007 270
2008 390
2009 370
2010 270
2011 290
2012 220
2013 220
2014 230
2015 250
2016 320
2017 370
2018 350
2019 440

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 30
2007 0
2008 0
2011 30
2015 40
2016 50

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2017 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 220
2006 250
2007 620
2008 670
2009 990
2010 960
2011 700
2012 760
2013 570
2014 790
2015 900
2016 1,010
2017 770
2018 840
2019 1,020

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2011 30
2013 30
2016 30
2017 60
2018 60
2019 50

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2008 40
2009 30

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2009 110
2010 190
2011 180
2012 210
2013 180
2014 170
2015 110
2016 100
2017 0

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 50
2008 60
2009 60
2010 80
2011 70
2012 70
2013 60

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 70
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 240
2011 260
2012 320
2013 300
2014 260
2015 200
2016 90
2017 50
2018 60
2019 0

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 100
2006 80
2007 70
2008 70
2009 50
2012 90
2013 60
2014 50
2015 50
2016 80
2017 0