Numbers of Production Occupations in Southeast Kansas nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2015 11,480
2016 11,780
2017 11,120

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2015 1,210
2016 1,180
2017 1,080

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Year Number
2016 50

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

Year Number
2015 40

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Year Number
2015 250
2016 270
2017 0

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2015 2,200
2016 1,790

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

Year Number
2015 200
2016 200

Bakers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 110
2017 120

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2015 70
2016 0
2017 0

Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Year Number
2015 780
2016 0
2017 0

Food Batchmakers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other

Year Number
2015 60

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

Year Number
2015 70

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

Year Number
2015 80
2016 0
2017 0

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

Year Number
2015 60
2016 50

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

Year Number
2015 200
2016 290
2017 280

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

Year Number
2015 50
2016 60

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

Year Number
2015 160
2016 260
2017 0

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

Year Number
2015 50

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2017 0

Machinists

Year Number
2015 580
2016 720
2017 510

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

Year Number
2015 250
2016 270
2017 180

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

Year Number
2015 90
2016 110

Tool and Die Makers

Year Number
2015 160
2016 100
2017 60

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2015 820
2016 750
2017 680

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

Year Number
2015 80

Prepress Technicians and Workers

Year Number
2015 100
2016 130
2017 220

Printing Press Operators

Year Number
2015 420
2016 380
2017 350

Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Year Number
2015 170
2016 250
2017 230

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2015 150
2016 230
2017 170

Sewing Machine Operators

Year Number
2015 70
2016 0
2017 40

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

Year Number
2016 70
2017 130

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Year Number
2015 70
2016 90
2017 120

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Year Number
2015 190
2016 210
2017 170

Power Plant Operators

Year Number
2015 100
2016 90
2017 80

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2015 0
2016 320
2017 230

Gas Plant Operators

Year Number
2015 60
2016 60
2017 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

Year Number
2015 0
2017 0

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

Year Number
2015 0
2017 50

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

Year Number
2015 50

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 210
2016 190
2017 180

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 50
2016 60
2017 230

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

Year Number
2015 550
2016 340
2017 480

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

Year Number
2016 0
2017 0

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2015 510
2016 650
2017 670

Dental Laboratory Technicians

Year Number
2016 50

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2015 0
2016 810
2017 1,230

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

Year Number
2015 320
2016 390
2017 350

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

Year Number
2017 50

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Year Number
2015 200
2016 220
2017 300

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers

Year Number
2015 70
2016 110
2017 120

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2017 70

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2015 730
2016 730
2017 430

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2016 190
2017 260