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Numbers of Production Occupations in Roanoke, VA

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 10,270
2006 9,900
2007 10,690
2008 11,650
2009 9,760
2010 8,500
2011 8,380
2012 8,920
2013 9,210
2014 10,120
2015 9,680
2016 9,420
2017 9,320
2018 9,890
2019 10,170

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 960
2006 870
2007 790
2008 790
2009 770
2010 740
2011 770
2012 780
2013 830
2014 790
2015 770
2016 840
2017 890
2018 910
2019 1,030

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 550
2006 470
2007 410
2008 430
2009 480
2010 470
2011 400
2012 520
2013 0
2014 410
2015 330
2016 410

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 120
2006 170
2007 160
2014 0
2015 0

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 80
2010 90
2011 50

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 30
2006 50
2007 80
2008 90
2009 120
2010 50
2011 60
2012 110
2013 210
2014 200
2015 150
2016 90
2017 130
2018 190
2019 150

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 1,000
2006 1,010
2007 1,700
2008 1,670
2009 1,400
2010 950
2011 1,220
2012 850
2013 1,240
2014 1,580
2015 1,560
2016 1,990

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2008 790
2010 540
2012 570
2013 420
2014 270
2015 190
2016 260
2019 2,050

Bakers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 0
2007 0
2008 170
2009 100
2010 50
2011 60
2012 60
2013 100
2014 110
2015 110
2016 0
2017 210
2018 0
2019 110

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 120
2006 130
2007 110
2008 120
2009 80
2010 90
2011 110
2012 140
2013 130
2014 140
2015 110
2016 110
2017 100
2018 90

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2009 0
2011 80
2012 90
2013 0
2014 520
2015 510
2016 270
2017 100
2018 90
2019 120

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2014 30
2015 30
2016 30

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 110
2006 120
2007 160
2008 170
2009 0
2011 90
2012 80
2013 150
2014 120
2015 100
2016 50
2018 100
2019 170

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 100

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 510
2006 510
2007 540
2008 270
2009 200
2010 150
2011 200
2012 220
2013 220
2014 250
2015 270
2016 210
2017 130
2018 90
2019 70

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 40
2008 50
2009 50
2010 0
2011 0

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 50
2009 140
2010 90
2011 80
2012 60
2013 100
2014 60
2015 70
2016 130
2017 110
2018 90
2019 30

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30
2006 50
2007 80
2008 130
2009 100
2010 90
2011 50
2012 40
2013 30

Machinists
Year Number
2005 440
2006 480
2007 320
2008 370
2009 410
2010 410
2011 420
2012 420
2013 370
2014 460
2015 530
2016 490
2017 380
2018 330
2019 300

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 60
2007 70

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 90
2007 100
2008 80
2009 110
2010 0
2011 90
2012 80
2013 110
2014 210
2015 230
2016 220
2017 170
2018 200

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 50
2008 260
2009 280
2013 300
2014 40
2016 110
2017 280
2019 570

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2007 60
2008 80
2009 150
2010 110
2011 110
2012 90
2013 80
2014 70
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50
2018 60
2019 60

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 580
2006 440
2007 470
2008 390
2009 500
2010 460
2011 360
2012 580
2013 630
2014 560
2015 510
2016 640
2017 680
2018 630
2019 360

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 30
2006 0
2007 0
2008 250
2009 110
2011 0
2012 240
2013 260
2014 270
2015 190
2016 170
2017 160

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2011 40
2014 40
2015 50

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 80
2006 140
2007 130
2008 110
2009 50
2010 60
2011 110
2012 100
2013 130
2014 100
2015 80
2016 60
2017 50
2018 60

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 190
2006 190
2007 260
2008 290
2009 280
2010 300
2011 240
2012 240
2013 180
2014 220
2015 210
2016 280
2017 260
2018 320
2019 320

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 100
2006 60
2007 50
2008 80
2009 70
2010 80
2011 130
2012 110
2013 0
2014 70
2015 140
2016 120

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 280
2006 370
2007 410
2008 620
2009 510
2010 450
2011 250
2012 330
2013 290
2014 410
2015 320
2016 310
2017 290
2018 240
2019 250

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 160
2006 200
2007 190
2008 0
2009 100
2010 40
2011 60
2012 0
2013 80
2014 80
2015 60
2016 40
2017 50
2018 0
2019 50

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 290
2006 0
2007 0
2008 250
2009 270
2010 340
2011 260
2012 180
2013 190
2014 100
2015 80
2016 150
2017 210
2018 320
2019 360

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 30
2007 40
2008 40

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2008 70
2009 100

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2008 50
2009 60
2010 50

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 380
2006 250
2007 260
2008 180
2009 240

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 60
2008 90
2009 120
2010 50
2011 80
2012 70
2013 70
2019 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 140
2006 240
2007 150
2008 200
2009 180
2010 180
2011 160
2012 180
2013 250
2014 210
2015 220
2016 150
2017 260
2018 250
2019 240

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 0
2009 30
2014 0
2015 70
2016 50
2017 50
2019 0

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 210
2006 190
2007 150
2008 0
2012 40
2013 80
2014 100
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 230
2006 170
2007 170
2008 130
2009 180
2010 150
2011 130
2012 40
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 110
2017 170
2018 180
2019 220

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2012 0
2013 0

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 50
2011 30
2019 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 130
2006 50
2007 60
2008 70
2009 60
2010 120
2011 120
2013 100
2014 110
2015 110
2016 110
2017 90
2018 90
2019 130

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2010 30
2011 40

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2016 30

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 0
2014 30

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2006 80
2007 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 200
2006 210
2007 150
2008 200
2009 150
2010 90
2011 70
2012 70
2013 130
2014 160
2015 100
2016 130
2017 120
2018 490
2019 550

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 50
2006 80
2007 0
2008 260
2009 200
2010 120
2011 120
2012 110
2013 60
2014 50
2015 50
2017 0
2018 0
2019 40

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 460
2006 620
2007 740
2008 560
2011 0
2012 0
2013 80
2014 70
2019 80

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 90
2006 130
2007 110
2008 0
2019 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 510
2006 470
2007 560
2008 600
2009 560
2010 500
2011 530
2012 590
2013 590
2014 450
2015 390
2016 490
2017 570
2018 560
2019 780

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 70
2008 50

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 50
2006 50
2007 60
2008 0
2009 80
2010 70
2011 70
2012 50
2013 120
2014 130
2015 60
2016 60
2017 40
2018 100
2019 40

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2005 90
2006 80
2007 0
2008 40
2009 60
2010 50

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 50
2007 30
2008 40
2009 30
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 80

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 490
2006 320
2007 330
2008 350
2009 320
2010 330
2011 330
2012 300
2013 280
2014 240
2015 200
2016 160
2017 200
2018 560
2019 640

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 70
2007 110
2008 80
2009 50

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 180
2006 60
2007 190
2008 140
2009 110
2010 60
2011 70
2012 130
2013 170
2014 160
2015 140
2016 130
2017 160
2018 150
2019 220

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2009 60
2010 80
2011 60
2012 70
2015 40
2016 40

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 290
2006 380
2007 270
2008 270
2009 80
2010 180
2011 210
2012 200
2013 110
2014 130
2015 150
2016 120
2017 90
2018 70
2019 110

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2012 30
2016 50
2017 50
2018 30

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 70
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2017 70
2018 30
2019 50

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 180
2006 200
2007 180
2008 150
2009 90
2010 100
2011 70
2012 100
2013 130
2014 0
2015 200
2016 220
2017 170
2018 170
2019 200

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 660
2006 620
2007 510
2008 440
2009 350
2010 310
2011 460
2012 500
2013 400
2014 570
2015 610
2016 540
2017 330
2018 330
2019 170

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 30
2007 130
2008 0
2009 190
2012 550
2013 590
2014 600
2015 690
2016 0
2017 0
2018 110
2019 170