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Numbers of Production Occupations in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 15,520
2007 16,300
2008 16,190
2009 13,680
2010 12,940
2011 10,860
2012 11,460
2013 11,080
2014 12,030
2015 11,330
2016 10,570
2017 10,400
2018 11,310
2019 11,520

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 1,290
2007 1,220
2008 1,070
2009 900
2010 940
2011 960
2012 1,150
2013 1,110
2014 1,060
2015 1,040
2016 920
2017 920
2018 920
2019 930

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2006 100
2007 90
2008 110
2009 100
2010 110
2012 90
2013 70
2014 60
2015 100
2017 80
2018 70
2019 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 280
2007 260
2008 260
2009 210
2010 180
2011 170
2012 200
2013 270
2014 240
2015 210
2016 170

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2014 30
2015 30
2016 0

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2007 30
2008 60
2009 50
2013 100
2014 50
2015 0

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2006 390
2007 280
2008 250
2009 330
2010 290
2011 210
2012 190
2013 160
2014 110
2015 180
2016 140
2017 120
2018 120
2019 0

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 2,050
2007 2,190
2008 2,020
2009 1,550
2010 1,070
2011 650
2012 960
2013 0
2014 1,900
2015 1,980
2016 1,190

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2007 290
2008 140
2009 140
2010 590
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2019 1,990

Bakers
Year Number
2006 90
2007 70
2008 80
2009 60
2011 90
2012 90
2013 100
2014 80
2015 60
2019 70

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 100
2007 90
2008 120
2009 110
2010 170
2011 140
2012 180
2013 130
2014 100
2015 90
2016 140
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2013 0
2017 0

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2011 40
2012 80
2013 60
2014 30
2018 30
2019 30

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 180
2010 200
2011 280
2012 270
2013 290
2014 130
2015 0
2016 120
2017 360
2018 400
2019 330

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 110
2007 80

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 100
2007 90
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 540
2007 370
2008 310
2009 300
2010 260
2011 280
2012 180
2013 260
2014 210
2015 200
2016 180
2017 100
2018 130
2019 100

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 220
2007 140
2010 40
2011 50
2012 50
2014 50
2015 60
2016 40
2017 40
2018 40

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 100
2007 80
2008 70
2009 130
2010 110
2011 60
2014 30
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 100

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 110
2007 0
2008 110
2009 0
2010 60

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 50
2009 0
2010 0
2011 40
2018 0
2019 0

Machinists
Year Number
2006 500
2007 700
2008 680
2009 640
2010 480
2011 380
2012 430
2013 640
2014 620
2015 770
2016 340
2017 270
2018 340
2019 450

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 240
2009 210
2010 150
2011 180
2012 140
2013 190
2014 190
2015 150
2016 220
2017 280
2018 270
2019 210

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 100
2009 100
2010 80
2011 30
2012 100
2013 60
2016 210
2017 60
2018 90
2019 50

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 80
2008 60
2009 50
2010 0
2011 0

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 500
2007 700
2008 730
2009 600
2010 400
2011 430
2012 540
2013 650
2014 600
2015 540
2016 360
2017 410
2018 450
2019 640

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 40
2007 80
2008 80
2009 80
2010 30
2011 40
2012 60
2013 80
2014 140
2015 0
2016 180
2017 120
2018 130
2019 60

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 110
2017 50
2018 30
2019 40

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 70
2014 50
2015 40
2016 90
2017 110
2018 90
2019 60

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2006 70
2007 70
2008 50
2009 60
2010 50

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2007 70
2008 170
2009 190
2010 140
2011 0

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2006 70
2007 100
2008 100
2009 90
2010 80
2011 70
2012 80
2013 130
2014 130
2015 120
2016 140
2017 90
2018 70
2019 70

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2006 70
2007 40
2008 30
2009 30
2010 40
2011 50

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 160
2007 130
2008 160
2009 160
2010 230
2011 190
2012 170
2013 190
2014 160
2015 130
2016 70
2017 160
2018 190
2019 200

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2006 80
2007 160
2008 160
2009 170
2013 0
2014 70
2015 70
2016 90
2017 50
2018 30

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 650
2007 850
2008 870
2009 600
2010 710
2011 570
2012 560
2013 500
2014 580
2015 560
2016 520
2017 660
2018 590
2019 650

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 150
2008 90
2009 50
2014 0
2015 70
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 130
2008 90
2009 40
2010 30
2012 30
2013 30
2014 40
2015 100
2016 120
2017 150
2018 50
2019 60

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 490
2007 490
2008 470
2010 300
2011 280
2012 390
2013 320
2014 420
2015 300
2016 380
2017 110
2018 160
2019 110

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 480
2008 520
2009 500
2010 460
2011 600
2012 410
2013 390
2014 310
2015 310
2016 330
2017 370
2018 470
2019 520

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2007 110
2011 170
2012 140
2013 130

Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Year Number
2006 70
2007 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2007 0
2008 240
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 70
2014 90
2015 210
2016 210
2017 0
2018 250
2019 230

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 90
2008 70
2009 0
2010 190
2011 130
2012 100
2014 0
2015 0
2018 120
2019 130

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 230
2007 540
2008 560
2009 480
2010 280
2011 230
2012 250
2013 310
2014 280
2015 230
2016 160
2017 150
2018 230
2019 250

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2006 160
2007 150
2010 300
2011 90
2014 150
2015 0
2016 40
2018 90
2019 80

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 610
2007 500
2008 430
2009 430
2010 380
2011 280
2012 370
2013 390
2014 440
2015 430
2016 570
2017 510
2018 410
2019 370

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 1,470
2007 1,020
2008 940
2009 570
2010 600
2011 520
2012 650
2013 720
2014 630
2015 330
2016 400
2017 430
2018 590
2019 460

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2009 0
2011 90
2012 90
2013 0
2014 30
2017 60

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2006 50
2007 40
2008 0
2010 30
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 50
2015 50
2016 30
2018 40
2019 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 240
2008 310
2009 300
2010 280
2011 270
2012 360
2013 390
2014 460
2015 540
2016 340
2017 250
2018 280
2019 260

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2012 0
2019 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2008 50
2009 50
2010 40
2012 40
2013 30
2016 70
2019 40

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 240
2007 0
2008 50
2009 40
2010 30
2012 70
2013 90
2014 150
2015 0
2016 70
2017 40
2018 110
2019 130

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2006 190
2007 110
2008 0
2009 0

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 290
2007 380
2008 440
2009 380
2010 270
2011 200
2012 180
2013 160
2014 100
2015 140
2016 190
2017 210
2018 180
2019 170

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2007 0
2014 50
2018 30

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 70
2010 80
2011 0
2012 130
2013 150
2014 110
2015 90
2016 90
2017 60
2018 70
2019 100

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 140
2007 120
2008 210
2009 270
2010 290
2011 0
2012 0
2013 60
2014 130
2015 190
2016 390
2017 200
2018 150
2019 30

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 300
2007 0
2010 60
2011 70
2012 70
2013 50
2014 30
2016 50
2017 70
2018 80
2019 80

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 780
2007 770
2008 810
2009 800
2010 760
2011 710
2012 680
2013 700
2014 620
2015 670
2016 770
2017 750
2018 900
2019 810

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 30
2015 70
2016 0
2018 0
2019 40

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 540
2007 780
2008 870
2009 750
2010 640
2011 320
2012 450
2013 500
2014 440
2015 480
2016 500
2017 630
2018 620
2019 560

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2007 260
2008 80

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 330
2007 150
2008 280
2009 280
2010 240
2011 270
2013 280
2014 190
2015 210
2016 200
2017 100
2018 210
2019 190

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 90
2007 90
2008 60
2009 70
2010 60
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 170
2007 150
2008 240
2009 230
2010 250
2011 140
2012 70
2015 30
2016 0
2017 330
2018 360
2019 260

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 200
2007 180
2008 120
2009 110
2010 90
2011 80
2012 70
2013 70
2017 30
2018 50
2019 40

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2008 80
2009 100
2010 130
2011 100
2016 30
2017 30
2018 30

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 190
2007 150
2008 200
2009 190
2010 0
2011 160
2012 120
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 710
2007 760
2008 680
2009 610
2010 400
2011 840
2012 840
2013 830
2014 520
2015 470
2016 400
2017 210
2018 180
2019 190

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 400
2007 0
2008 510
2009 320
2012 250
2013 160
2014 170
2015 80
2016 110
2017 180
2018 220
2019 250