Numbers of Production Occupations in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2015 8,780
2016 9,880
2017 10,100
2018 8,970
2019 8,580

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2015 740
2016 1,040
2017 1,090
2018 1,050
2019 660

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

Year Number
2019 0

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Year Number
2016 210
2019 270

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2015 5,490
2016 5,430

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

Year Number
2015 190
2016 150
2019 5,310

Bakers

Year Number
2018 90
2019 140

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2015 90
2016 80
2017 80
2018 70
2019 70

Food Batchmakers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 50
2017 60
2018 0
2019 40

Food Processing Workers, All Other

Year Number
2015 0
2018 0
2019 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 80
2016 40
2017 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 110
2016 440
2017 630
2018 690
2019 300

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2017 50
2019 40

Machinists

Year Number
2018 0

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2018 0
2019 0

Tool and Die Makers

Year Number
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50
2018 50

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2015 660
2016 700
2017 590
2019 640

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2019 40

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2018 0

Printing Press Operators

Year Number
2015 70
2016 70
2017 90
2018 80
2019 70

Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2015 40
2016 40
2017 60
2018 70
2019 70

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

Year Number
2015 30

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2015 60
2017 30
2018 40
2019 50

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2019 110

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2015 600
2016 380
2017 410
2018 600
2019 650

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2015 200
2016 240
2017 420
2018 440
2019 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 130
2016 110
2017 260
2018 230

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Year Number
2015 0
2016 60
2017 0
2018 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers

Year Number
2019 30

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2015 240
2016 90
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2015 0
2016 700
2017 810
2018 730
2019 90