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Numbers of Production Occupations in Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 24,960
2006 24,270
2007 24,290
2008 25,160
2009 23,060
2010 24,710
2011 21,350
2012 22,040
2013 24,100
2014 25,890
2015 24,150
2016 25,830
2017 24,410
2018 25,640
2019 24,490

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,810
2006 1,680
2007 1,600
2008 1,740
2009 1,640
2010 1,610
2011 1,580
2012 1,830
2013 1,810
2014 1,830
2015 1,690
2016 1,900
2017 2,020
2018 2,050
2019 1,990

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Year Number
2019 0

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2005 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2008 180
2009 150
2010 190
2011 140
2012 150
2013 170
2014 180
2015 160
2016 160

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2007 50
2008 0
2010 40
2011 40
2013 60
2014 70
2015 70

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 0
2007 110
2008 0
2012 40
2018 170
2019 0

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 180
2006 240
2007 80
2008 110
2009 130
2010 110
2011 120
2012 100
2013 190
2014 310
2015 290
2016 200
2017 80
2018 70
2019 170

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 1,850
2006 1,370
2007 1,790
2008 1,830
2009 1,610
2010 2,070
2011 2,260
2012 2,570
2013 1,740
2014 2,710
2015 3,030
2016 3,160

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 440
2006 590
2007 550
2008 450
2010 840
2011 630
2012 260
2013 360
2014 280
2015 350
2016 490
2019 2,060

Bakers
Year Number
2005 530
2006 510
2007 550
2008 360
2009 400
2010 360
2011 440
2012 420
2013 390
2014 370
2015 330
2016 370
2017 390
2018 350
2019 350

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 490
2006 720
2007 710
2008 670
2009 360
2010 290
2011 250
2012 200
2013 0
2014 700
2015 630
2016 550
2017 370
2018 470
2019 490

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 1,960
2006 1,790
2007 2,230
2008 2,850
2009 2,710
2010 2,560
2011 1,810
2012 1,870
2013 1,940
2014 2,370
2015 2,210
2016 1,700
2017 1,990
2018 2,000
2019 1,910

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2005 1,780
2006 1,630
2008 940
2009 880
2010 1,240
2013 1,290
2014 610
2015 0
2016 440
2017 610
2018 620
2019 1,110

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 100
2006 150
2007 260
2008 0
2009 190
2010 180
2011 190
2012 110
2013 100
2014 80
2015 50
2016 80
2017 130
2018 150
2019 90

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 350
2006 320
2007 380
2008 290
2009 340
2010 280
2011 550
2012 650
2013 590
2014 420
2015 380
2016 480
2017 600
2018 480
2019 550

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 270
2006 170
2007 90
2008 480
2009 460
2010 550
2011 190
2012 190
2013 180
2014 210
2015 250
2016 150
2017 160
2018 150
2019 100

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 50
2013 370
2014 420
2015 420
2016 220
2017 210
2018 250
2019 270

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 280
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 50
2012 100
2013 100
2014 90
2015 100
2016 50
2019 50

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 40

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 70
2008 90
2011 0
2012 110
2013 30
2014 30
2016 90
2018 80

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 490
2006 460
2007 440
2008 670
2009 570
2010 480
2011 350
2012 400
2013 350
2014 230
2015 270
2016 320
2017 270
2018 170
2019 200

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 60
2006 50
2007 40
2008 0

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 190
2006 70
2007 50
2008 70
2009 50
2010 60
2011 90
2012 90
2013 0
2014 0
2015 180
2016 50
2017 50
2018 40

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 50
2006 50
2007 110
2008 100
2009 110
2010 70
2011 70
2012 80
2013 50
2014 100
2015 0

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 70

Machinists
Year Number
2005 490
2006 510
2007 590
2008 570
2009 500
2010 430
2011 500
2012 530
2013 590
2014 830
2015 850
2016 1,070
2017 1,350
2018 1,160
2019 980

Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Year Number
2013 70
2014 80
2015 30

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 270
2006 350
2007 290
2008 440
2009 250
2010 230
2011 130
2012 100
2013 130
2014 120
2015 270
2016 250
2017 210
2018 280
2019 290

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 100
2006 210
2008 0
2009 0
2010 310
2011 0
2012 0
2013 90
2014 80
2015 110
2016 340
2017 300
2018 700
2019 360

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 130
2006 170
2007 180
2008 230
2009 210
2010 240
2011 200
2012 170
2013 110
2014 100
2015 110
2016 120
2017 120
2018 170
2019 140

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 1,110
2006 1,040
2007 960
2008 1,250
2009 1,210
2010 1,040
2011 710
2012 940
2013 1,140
2014 1,110
2015 1,120
2016 1,170
2017 1,150
2018 980
2019 950

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 90
2006 60
2007 60
2008 50
2009 50
2010 40
2013 30
2014 40
2015 60
2016 70
2017 60
2018 100
2019 100

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30
2007 0

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 30
2009 30
2011 30
2017 0
2018 50
2019 90

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2012 40
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 540
2006 590
2007 210
2008 230
2009 130
2010 200
2011 170
2012 260
2013 250
2014 270
2015 200
2016 200
2017 170
2018 210
2019 130

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 1,100
2006 1,100
2007 1,350
2008 1,690
2009 1,070
2010 1,410
2011 1,240
2012 1,280
2013 1,370
2014 1,280
2015 1,300
2016 1,320
2017 1,450
2018 1,590
2019 1,450

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 440
2006 330
2007 440
2008 390
2009 490
2010 320
2011 190
2012 270
2013 180
2014 160
2016 90
2017 0
2018 0
2019 280

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 630
2006 760
2007 870
2008 750
2009 630
2010 440
2011 640
2012 630
2013 760
2014 490
2015 540
2016 520
2017 570
2018 920
2019 900

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 120
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 110
2010 100
2011 80
2012 90
2013 90
2014 0
2015 0
2016 50
2017 0
2018 80
2019 90

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 250
2006 260
2007 270
2008 210
2009 200
2010 270
2011 230
2012 360
2013 290
2014 270
2015 210
2016 270
2017 230
2018 210
2019 220

Sewers, Hand
Year Number
2014 50

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 60
2007 80
2008 70
2009 60
2010 50
2011 50
2012 0
2013 0
2014 60
2015 30
2016 60
2017 40

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 70
2016 40
2017 50
2018 30

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2012 150

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 390
2006 470
2007 450
2008 420
2009 310
2010 260
2011 290
2012 490
2013 470
2014 480
2015 400
2016 480
2017 460
2018 420
2019 170

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 0
2014 0
2016 0

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 60
2010 40
2018 0
2019 0

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 50
2006 50
2007 80
2008 80
2009 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2010 70
2011 70
2012 80

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2010 130
2011 150
2012 140
2013 40
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 210
2006 230
2007 210
2008 210
2009 200
2010 360
2011 400
2012 390
2013 330
2014 340
2015 340
2016 350
2017 340
2018 350
2019 280

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 210
2006 160
2007 190
2008 290
2009 340
2010 340
2011 220
2012 170
2013 180
2014 150
2015 190
2016 170
2017 190
2018 160
2019 290

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 120
2008 190
2009 150
2010 110
2015 100
2016 140
2017 110

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2008 0
2009 80
2010 60
2011 40

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2011 0
2013 0
2017 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2013 50
2014 50
2017 0
2018 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 220
2007 90
2011 100
2012 140
2013 490
2014 420
2015 450
2016 0
2017 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 230
2006 190
2007 140
2008 0
2009 60
2010 60
2011 80
2012 120
2013 110
2014 90
2015 90
2016 110
2017 160
2018 140
2019 180

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 200
2006 220
2007 480
2008 420
2009 440
2010 260
2011 190
2012 90
2013 130
2014 110
2015 140
2016 60
2017 70
2018 0
2019 100

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2011 0
2012 0
2013 40
2017 30
2018 0
2019 50

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 430
2006 410
2007 710
2008 620
2009 580
2010 700
2011 740
2012 820
2013 480
2014 420
2015 510
2016 530
2017 690
2018 520
2019 570

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 40
2006 30

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 430
2006 390
2007 300
2008 210
2009 250
2010 290
2011 280
2012 260
2013 190
2014 270
2015 270
2016 350
2017 350
2018 310
2019 280

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 230
2006 270
2007 220
2008 170
2009 170
2010 260
2011 200
2012 270
2013 210
2014 290
2015 200
2016 220
2017 0
2018 700
2019 630

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 50
2006 60
2007 50
2019 0

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 920
2006 840
2007 800
2008 700
2009 800
2010 970
2011 1,040
2012 1,230
2013 1,190
2014 1,300
2015 1,620
2016 1,750
2017 1,640
2018 1,140
2019 1,050

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2009 0
2011 30
2013 0
2015 60
2016 70
2017 0

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 90
2006 130
2007 120
2008 0
2009 60
2010 130
2011 160
2012 140
2013 90
2014 110
2015 120
2016 160
2017 160
2018 150
2019 160

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2012 40
2013 70
2014 60
2015 0

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 150
2007 100
2008 130
2009 170
2010 180
2011 170
2012 120
2013 100
2014 50
2015 0
2016 0
2017 70
2018 0
2019 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 1,060
2006 1,300
2007 1,450
2008 1,680
2009 1,580
2010 1,680
2011 1,740
2012 1,410
2013 1,370
2014 1,670
2015 1,760
2016 2,560
2017 2,370
2018 2,540
2019 2,530

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 60
2010 80
2011 60
2012 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 310
2006 340
2007 270
2008 270
2009 310
2010 270
2011 330
2012 250
2013 320
2014 400
2015 430
2016 410
2017 290
2018 310
2019 270

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 250
2006 70
2007 110
2008 120
2009 150
2010 110
2011 110
2012 120
2013 100
2014 70
2016 60
2017 60
2018 30
2019 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 190
2006 190
2007 210
2008 190
2009 140
2010 150
2011 160
2012 170
2013 350
2014 330
2015 300
2016 300
2017 330
2018 320
2019 180

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 40
2015 50

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 70
2006 80
2007 50
2008 140
2009 170
2010 140
2019 60

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 80
2006 50
2009 50
2010 120
2011 150
2012 180
2013 100
2014 60
2015 50
2016 80
2017 110
2018 100
2019 40

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 90
2007 90
2008 110
2009 180
2010 220
2011 0
2012 80
2013 80
2014 110
2015 40
2016 60
2017 60
2018 40
2019 30

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2008 30
2009 50
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 80
2006 140
2007 140
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 220
2012 290
2013 340
2014 170
2019 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 230
2006 230
2007 290
2008 270
2009 250
2010 320
2011 230
2013 1,130
2014 1,230
2015 150
2016 160
2017 190
2018 290
2019 240

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 1,940
2006 1,720
2007 1,450
2008 1,050
2009 990
2010 630
2011 470
2012 570
2013 840
2014 1,250
2015 1,170
2016 1,370
2017 1,340
2018 1,280
2019 990

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 750
2006 1,210
2007 1,520
2008 1,110
2009 920
2012 390
2013 360
2014 470
2015 470
2016 460
2017 0
2018 990
2019 790