Numbers of Production Occupations in Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2006 1,240
2007 1,130
2008 820
2009 830
2010 790
2011 880
2012 980
2013 910
2014 590
2015 590
2016 940
2017 780

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2006 150
2007 160
2008 140
2009 150
2010 120
2011 140
2012 150
2013 150
2014 130
2015 130
2016 160
2017 190

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2006 60
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2012 0
2013 60

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

Year Number
2006 60
2007 40
2011 0

Bakers

Year Number
2010 40
2011 40
2012 50
2013 50
2014 40
2015 40
2016 30
2017 0

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2007 40

Food Batchmakers

Year Number
2007 0
2008 30
2009 0
2013 0

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

Year Number
2006 240
2007 270
2008 230
2009 140
2012 100

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

Year Number
2006 50
2009 40
2011 60
2013 40
2014 50
2015 50
2016 70
2017 60

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

Year Number
2008 0
2010 40
2011 30
2012 40

Machinists

Year Number
2006 100
2007 110
2008 110
2009 110
2010 100
2011 70
2012 80
2013 100
2014 110
2015 150
2016 130
2017 170

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

Year Number
2016 40

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2010 30
2011 0
2012 0

Prepress Technicians and Workers

Year Number
2012 30

Printing Press Operators

Year Number
2012 40

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2006 90
2007 90
2008 120
2009 100
2010 80
2011 90
2012 90
2013 60
2014 0
2017 0

Sewing Machine Operators

Year Number
2013 0

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Year Number
2010 40

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 30
2010 30
2011 50
2012 40
2013 40
2014 30
2016 40
2017 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2007 0
2008 40
2009 60
2010 70
2011 70
2012 50
2013 50
2014 50
2015 50
2016 40
2017 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2010 50
2011 60
2012 40
2013 50
2015 60
2016 120
2017 0

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2011 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2006 100
2007 110
2008 80
2009 90
2010 100
2011 140
2012 140
2013 100
2014 60
2015 50
2016 90
2017 100

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2007 60
2008 40
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2013 50
2014 40
2015 60
2016 150
2017 120

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

Year Number
2012 40

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

Year Number
2006 50
2010 50

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Year Number
2006 60
2007 50
2008 0
2009 100
2010 40
2011 50
2013 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2012 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2012 50
2013 80

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2006 240
2007 160
2009 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 80
2016 70

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0