Numbers of Production Occupations in Southeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2006 4,110
2007 4,300
2008 4,420
2009 5,920
2010 5,280
2011 5,200
2012 4,810
2013 5,140
2014 3,280
2015 3,740
2016 3,970
2017 5,300

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2006 350
2007 360
2008 370
2009 360
2010 370
2011 340
2012 340
2013 370
2014 390
2015 440
2016 500
2017 460

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Year Number
2008 600
2009 480

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Year Number
2006 40
2007 60
2008 50
2009 0
2010 80
2011 350
2016 50
2017 30

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2006 730
2007 640
2008 740
2009 540
2010 670
2011 410
2012 550
2013 360
2014 0
2015 370
2016 750

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2015 50
2016 50

Bakers

Year Number
2006 60
2009 0
2010 60
2011 50
2012 40
2013 30
2017 40

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2007 210
2008 60
2009 60
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 40
2014 40
2015 0

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Year Number
2009 1,190
2010 1,120
2011 2,250
2012 1,350
2013 1,340
2017 1,450

Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Year Number
2009 1,090
2010 1,100

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2009 30

Food Batchmakers

Year Number
2007 180
2008 110
2009 90
2012 110
2013 140
2014 140
2015 140
2016 110
2017 70

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2008 50
2009 40
2017 40

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

Year Number
2008 70
2010 40
2013 40
2015 70

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

Year Number
2006 200
2007 300
2008 100
2009 80
2010 0
2011 50
2012 50
2013 70
2014 110
2015 0
2016 40

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

Year Number
2006 110
2007 50
2008 50
2011 40
2012 50
2014 90
2015 70
2016 80

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

Year Number
2011 30
2012 40
2013 0
2014 70
2015 80

Machinists

Year Number
2006 150
2007 170
2008 130
2009 90
2010 90
2011 110
2012 180
2013 340
2014 270
2015 310
2016 260
2017 250

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

Year Number
2006 30
2007 70
2008 0
2009 0
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 60
2015 80

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

Year Number
2010 0

Tool and Die Makers

Year Number
2006 60
2008 50
2010 0
2016 0
2017 40

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2006 650
2007 570
2008 390
2009 390
2010 360
2011 430
2012 430
2013 490
2014 440
2015 430
2016 430
2017 270

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

Year Number
2006 90
2007 80
2008 80
2009 40
2016 40
2017 70

Prepress Technicians and Workers

Year Number
2006 0
2007 40
2008 0

Printing Press Operators

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

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2006 140
2007 140
2008 160
2009 170
2010 140
2011 130
2012 90
2013 110
2014 90
2015 80
2016 70
2017 60

Sewing Machine Operators

Year Number
2006 50

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

Year Number
2015 50
2016 40

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Year Number
2009 40

Power Plant Operators

Year Number
2006 70
2007 50
2008 60
2009 140
2010 170
2011 180
2012 100
2013 80
2014 60
2015 70
2016 0
2017 0

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

Year Number
2012 40
2013 50
2014 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2006 80
2007 120
2008 120
2009 140
2010 120
2011 140
2012 110
2013 120
2014 130
2015 150
2016 150
2017 140

Gas Plant Operators

Year Number
2015 40
2016 50
2017 60

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2013 60
2016 0
2017 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2012 60
2013 60
2014 50

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

Year Number
2006 80
2007 80
2008 50
2009 40
2015 100
2016 80
2017 100

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2006 160
2007 90
2008 100
2009 130
2010 120
2011 100
2012 130
2013 100
2014 130
2015 130
2016 170
2017 230

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

Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2013 40
2014 60
2015 0
2017 110

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

Year Number
2016 50
2017 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2006 170
2007 170
2008 200
2009 160
2010 150
2011 180
2012 280
2013 340
2014 310
2015 310
2016 290
2017 300

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2006 270
2007 330
2008 380
2009 240
2010 370
2011 0
2012 400
2013 420
2014 350
2015 390
2016 330
2017 670

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

Year Number
2006 140
2007 120
2008 100
2009 60
2010 60
2011 40
2012 50
2013 80
2014 80
2015 90
2016 50
2017 60

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Year Number
2006 60
2007 60
2008 60
2009 50
2010 80
2011 80
2012 90
2013 120
2014 150
2015 130
2016 160
2017 130

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers

Year Number
2013 0

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2017 0

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2006 420
2007 360
2008 290
2009 230
2010 140
2011 210
2012 220
2013 240
2014 170
2015 110
2016 180
2017 0

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2006 0
2008 0
2009 0