Numbers of Production Occupations in Northeast Kansas nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2015 8,120
2016 11,190
2017 11,660

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2015 1,010
2016 880
2017 950

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Year Number
2015 210
2016 270

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Year Number
2015 260
2016 270
2017 320

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 2,240

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

Year Number
2015 80
2016 80

Bakers

Year Number
2015 50
2016 80
2017 80

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2015 140
2016 150
2017 140

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Year Number
2016 0
2017 70

Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Year Number
2015 190
2016 190

Food Batchmakers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other

Year Number
2016 50

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

Year Number
2015 50
2016 50
2017 60

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 30

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

Year Number
2015 190
2016 180
2017 200

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 40
2016 0
2017 0

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

Year Number
2015 0
2016 260
2017 70

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 30

Machinists

Year Number
2015 0
2016 620
2017 570

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

Year Number
2015 290
2016 0
2017 50

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 90
2016 90
2017 0

Tool and Die Makers

Year Number
2015 60
2016 40
2017 70

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2015 1,550
2016 1,370
2017 1,290

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

Year Number
2015 0
2016 70
2017 90

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2017 70

Prepress Technicians and Workers

Year Number
2015 50
2016 0
2017 60

Printing Press Operators

Year Number
2015 180
2016 260
2017 230

Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Year Number
2015 60
2016 50

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2015 160
2016 150
2017 180

Sewing Machine Operators

Year Number
2015 0
2017 110

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

Year Number
2015 0
2017 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

Year Number
2015 150
2016 170
2017 160

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Year Number
2015 300
2016 380
2017 120

Power Plant Operators

Year Number
2017 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2015 300
2016 220
2017 260

Gas Plant Operators

Year Number
2016 0
2017 120

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 0
2016 50
2017 50

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

Year Number
2015 210
2016 120
2017 90

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

Year Number
2015 50

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 310
2016 290
2017 300

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 150
2016 220
2017 380

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2017 50

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2015 520
2016 430
2017 510

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2015 0
2016 820
2017 1,120

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 30

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

Year Number
2015 370
2016 340
2017 380

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Year Number
2015 440
2016 380
2017 240

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers

Year Number
2015 60
2016 60
2017 60

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 40

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 100
2016 0
2017 60

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2015 440
2016 360
2017 290

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0