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Numbers of Production Occupations in Lincoln, NE

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 9,680
2006 8,780
2007 10,560
2008 11,460
2009 9,650
2010 8,270
2011 8,900
2012 9,040
2013 9,220
2014 10,200
2015 9,530
2016 9,460
2017 8,980
2018 9,160
2019 8,750

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 830
2006 790
2007 770
2008 720
2009 600
2010 660
2011 660
2012 690
2013 710
2014 800
2015 800
2016 780
2017 690
2018 740
2019 820

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2007 60

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 370
2006 310
2007 280
2008 330
2009 340
2010 300
2011 370
2012 300
2013 290
2014 320
2015 230
2016 270

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 60
2007 180
2008 160
2011 100

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 50
2006 70
2008 300
2009 300
2010 170
2011 180
2012 160
2014 230
2015 210
2016 240
2017 140
2018 200
2019 140

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 1,530
2006 1,370
2007 1,740
2008 1,970
2009 1,900
2010 1,660
2011 2,190
2012 2,230
2013 2,330
2014 2,180
2015 2,320
2016 1,660

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2006 90
2007 120
2008 170
2009 100
2010 80
2011 130
2012 150
2013 150
2014 150
2015 0
2016 210
2019 1,080

Bakers
Year Number
2005 210
2006 180
2007 100
2008 110
2009 110
2010 110
2011 120
2012 160
2013 220
2014 250
2015 320
2016 290
2017 260
2018 160
2019 160

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 150
2006 160
2007 130
2008 130
2009 100
2010 90
2011 110
2012 90
2013 100
2014 110
2015 100
2016 90
2017 90
2018 100
2019 130

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 140
2007 130
2009 230
2011 60
2012 80
2013 140
2014 180
2016 180
2017 260
2018 0

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2007 70
2008 60

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2006 40
2007 30
2011 200
2012 150

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 60
2009 40
2010 40
2011 30
2012 50
2013 50
2014 120
2015 160
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 40

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 90
2013 40
2014 50

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2007 80
2008 90
2010 50
2011 140
2012 180
2013 140
2016 0
2017 50
2018 60
2019 70

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2010 50
2011 60
2012 60

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 330
2006 360
2007 340
2008 290
2009 220
2010 180
2011 190
2012 200
2013 80
2014 90
2015 100
2016 90
2017 90
2018 90
2019 70

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 190
2006 130
2007 120
2009 30
2010 40
2011 40
2012 60
2013 0
2014 0
2017 70
2018 70
2019 80

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 40
2009 30
2010 30

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2010 70
2011 60
2012 90
2013 50

Machinists
Year Number
2005 140
2006 160
2007 280
2008 360
2009 380
2010 350
2011 220
2012 210
2013 610
2014 830
2015 850
2016 620
2017 490
2018 630
2019 1,280

Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Year Number
2005 50

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 220
2006 300
2007 430
2008 550
2009 460
2010 330
2011 270
2012 230
2013 280
2014 200
2015 170
2016 130
2017 180
2018 190
2019 130

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 290
2007 70
2008 190
2009 180
2010 160
2011 80
2012 80
2013 40
2014 30
2015 70
2016 110
2017 90
2018 140
2019 180

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 180
2006 210
2007 160
2008 220
2009 190
2010 130
2011 100
2012 80
2013 150
2014 130
2015 120
2016 150
2017 110
2018 150
2019 160

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 670
2006 480
2007 640
2008 710
2009 650
2010 270
2011 290
2012 440
2013 440
2014 410
2015 420
2016 600
2017 690
2018 800
2019 710

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2014 360
2016 50

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 250
2007 290
2008 280
2011 170
2012 180
2013 190
2014 310
2015 380
2016 390
2017 290
2019 230

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 90
2006 70
2007 80
2008 60
2009 40
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2013 30
2014 30
2015 50
2016 50
2017 30

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 440
2006 380
2007 280
2008 180
2009 120
2010 200
2011 180
2012 190
2013 120
2014 140
2015 140
2016 190
2017 180
2018 180
2019 160

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 210
2006 190
2007 230
2008 310
2009 290
2010 180
2011 90
2012 120
2013 90
2014 80
2015 40
2016 110
2017 100
2018 90
2019 70

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 280
2006 250
2007 260
2008 190
2009 170
2010 140
2011 150
2012 160
2013 170
2014 170
2015 150
2016 200
2017 200
2018 260
2019 270

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2007 30
2008 90
2017 50
2018 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 80
2006 90
2007 70
2008 60
2009 60
2010 70
2011 40
2019 30

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 50
2007 50
2008 40
2011 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2007 230
2008 180
2016 40
2017 30
2018 40
2019 40

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 190
2006 260
2007 200
2008 170
2009 140
2010 150
2011 40
2012 40
2013 60
2014 90
2015 70
2016 50
2017 40
2018 60
2019 60

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 30

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 120
2006 130
2007 160
2008 170
2009 100
2010 90

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2016 100
2017 100
2018 90

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 70
2006 70
2007 60
2008 70
2009 60
2010 70
2011 70
2012 90
2013 90
2014 80
2015 70
2016 70
2017 70
2018 70
2019 80

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 50
2006 80
2007 70
2008 70
2009 60
2010 70
2011 70
2012 70
2013 80
2014 70
2015 60
2016 60
2017 60
2018 60
2019 70

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2010 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 40
2008 40
2009 40
2011 0
2018 0
2019 70

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 50
2006 70
2007 80
2009 110
2012 40
2013 0
2014 80
2018 40
2019 80

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2006 0

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 180
2006 190
2007 320
2008 350
2009 350
2010 270
2011 130
2012 130
2013 120
2014 150
2015 130
2016 110
2017 140
2018 120
2019 130

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 90

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 40
2008 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 70
2013 60
2014 80
2015 60
2016 50
2018 30
2019 50

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2012 0
2013 240
2014 180
2015 190
2016 390
2017 340
2018 410
2019 130

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2017 30
2018 30
2019 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 720
2006 640
2007 610
2008 810
2009 750
2010 870
2011 790
2012 740
2013 530
2014 630
2015 620
2016 660
2017 650
2018 660
2019 690

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 40
2010 40
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 40
2015 0
2016 60
2017 50
2018 40

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 90
2006 70
2007 110
2008 110
2009 100
2010 70
2011 80
2012 80
2013 80
2014 80
2015 60
2017 0
2018 40
2019 60

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 100
2007 0
2010 30
2011 30
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 30

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 380
2006 360
2007 380
2008 370
2009 310
2010 550
2011 670
2012 630
2013 540
2014 410
2015 470
2016 560
2017 550
2018 480
2019 390

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 60
2008 40

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 170
2006 120
2007 60
2008 110
2009 220
2010 220
2011 190
2012 180
2013 230
2014 230
2015 210
2016 210
2017 210
2018 220
2019 170

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 70
2007 110
2008 0
2009 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 210
2007 220
2008 180
2009 160
2010 110
2011 280
2012 330
2013 370
2014 190
2015 150
2016 70
2017 140
2018 120
2019 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2012 80
2017 30
2018 50
2019 0

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2014 40
2015 50

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2019 40

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2008 90
2009 90
2010 50

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 300
2009 190
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2014 80
2015 80
2016 90
2019 120

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 90
2006 70
2007 40
2008 50
2009 50
2010 0
2014 40
2016 40
2017 30
2018 30

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 320
2006 400
2007 440
2008 410
2009 300
2010 160
2011 160
2012 140
2013 370
2014 560
2015 650
2016 490
2017 380
2018 410
2019 410

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 460
2007 220
2008 230
2009 40
2012 40
2013 30
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 110
2018 130
2019 0