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Numbers of Production Occupations in Rapid City, SD

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 1,920
2006 2,000
2007 2,390
2008 2,000
2009 1,900
2010 1,670
2011 1,680
2012 1,600
2013 1,950
2014 1,820
2015 2,010
2016 2,000
2017 2,290
2018 2,110
2019 1,930

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 170
2006 160
2007 150
2008 140
2009 120
2010 110
2011 110
2012 120
2013 140
2014 110
2015 110
2016 110
2017 120
2018 100
2019 100

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2007 340
2009 210
2010 100
2013 0

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 460
2006 360
2007 280
2008 190
2009 200
2010 260
2011 280
2012 230
2013 350
2014 420
2015 360
2016 420

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2019 260

Bakers
Year Number
2005 60
2006 70
2007 50
2008 50
2009 40
2011 50
2012 60
2013 70
2014 50
2015 50
2016 50
2017 70
2018 60
2019 60

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 80
2006 70
2007 70
2008 100
2009 90
2010 60
2011 40
2012 50
2013 60
2014 70
2015 80
2016 100
2017 70
2018 50
2019 50

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2016 30
2018 60
2019 40

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2015 50
2016 40

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 50
2011 40
2012 30
2013 30

Machinists
Year Number
2005 80
2006 70
2007 60
2008 60
2009 90
2010 70
2011 70
2012 80
2013 120
2014 110
2015 100
2016 80
2017 120
2018 70
2019 80

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 120
2006 170
2007 120
2008 170
2009 140
2010 140
2011 130
2012 170
2013 170
2014 160
2015 160
2016 190
2017 270
2018 230
2019 220

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2005 0

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 30

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 60
2008 80
2009 80
2010 60
2011 50
2012 50
2013 50
2014 60
2015 80
2016 60
2017 60
2018 70
2019 70

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 0

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 200
2006 170
2007 200
2008 200
2009 190
2010 180
2011 150
2012 130
2013 150
2014 220
2015 280
2016 300
2017 340
2018 240
2019 300

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2007 40
2008 50

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 30

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 80
2006 0
2007 90
2008 60
2009 0
2010 50
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70
2014 50
2015 70
2016 60
2017 70

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 120
2006 110
2007 120
2008 90
2009 70
2010 70
2011 60
2012 60
2013 70
2014 70
2015 60
2016 0
2017 110
2018 130
2019 120

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 110
2006 170
2007 160
2008 110
2009 80
2010 90
2011 130
2012 70
2013 120
2014 130
2015 130
2016 140
2017 270
2018 280
2019 260

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 30
2007 30
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 30
2013 40
2015 0

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 50
2006 60
2007 70
2008 70
2009 70
2010 70
2011 70
2012 60
2013 80
2014 80
2015 110
2016 90
2017 100
2018 100
2019 90

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 50
2006 50
2007 50
2008 50
2009 50

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 40
2010 60
2011 60
2012 40
2013 40
2014 40
2015 40
2016 50
2017 50
2018 50

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2008 30
2011 100
2012 150
2013 210
2014 100
2015 80
2016 50
2017 100
2018 120
2019 100

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30
2008 30
2009 30

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2007 0
2008 70
2009 70
2010 50
2013 40
2017 30
2018 30
2019 30

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 150
2007 160
2008 100
2009 60
2010 80
2011 80
2012 70
2013 70
2014 70
2015 100
2016 60
2017 60
2018 0
2019 40

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2007 50
2008 40
2009 30
2011 0
2015 50
2016 50
2017 60
2018 60
2019 40

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2006 80
2007 90
2008 90
2009 80
2010 100
2011 100
2012 80
2013 70
2014 30
2015 40
2016 70
2017 60
2018 90

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2019 30

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2007 0
2008 40
2010 30

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2018 30

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 50
2007 50
2008 70
2009 70
2010 50
2011 50
2012 50
2014 50
2015 60
2016 50