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Numbers of Production Occupations in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 11,500
2006 12,010
2007 11,880
2008 10,780
2009 9,520
2010 8,640
2011 8,650
2012 9,540
2013 8,680
2014 8,880
2015 10,000
2016 10,300
2017 10,820
2018 11,540
2019 11,670

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 890
2006 900
2007 840
2008 820
2009 790
2010 810
2011 850
2012 890
2013 840
2014 800
2015 880
2016 1,040
2017 1,080
2018 1,090
2019 1,110

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Year Number
2016 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 350
2006 460
2007 440
2008 390
2009 350
2010 350
2011 330
2012 390
2013 300
2014 250
2016 200

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 50
2007 100
2008 160
2013 60
2014 50
2015 50

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2005 160
2006 140
2007 180
2008 100
2009 50

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 90
2006 180
2007 300
2008 270
2009 210
2010 140
2011 0
2012 100
2013 110
2014 90
2015 210
2016 270
2017 300
2018 210
2019 300

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2011 60
2012 50
2017 160
2018 140

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 2,540
2006 2,210
2007 1,710
2008 850
2009 820
2010 570
2011 290
2012 320
2013 530
2014 900
2015 1,060
2016 1,360

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 180
2006 220
2007 380
2008 390
2009 340
2010 450
2011 690
2012 670
2013 360
2014 180
2015 70
2016 80
2019 1,280

Bakers
Year Number
2005 320
2006 400
2007 370
2008 370
2009 280
2010 220
2011 260
2012 330
2013 380
2014 320
2015 440
2016 360
2017 400
2018 530
2019 420

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 190
2006 210
2007 120
2008 120
2009 0
2010 160
2011 150
2012 200
2013 220
2014 210
2015 220
2016 210
2017 310
2018 340
2019 320

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2006 30
2010 0
2011 80
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 40
2016 50
2017 40
2018 80
2019 0

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2010 60
2011 70
2012 80
2014 50
2015 0
2016 0

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 40
2008 60

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 160
2006 150
2007 150
2008 100
2009 100
2010 160
2011 110
2012 140
2013 110
2014 180
2015 160
2016 200
2017 140
2018 170
2019 240

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2016 30
2017 30

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 90
2009 0
2010 0
2012 70
2013 110
2014 140
2015 150
2016 0

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 50
2007 140
2013 40
2014 80
2015 160
2016 100
2017 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 420
2006 450
2007 490
2008 570
2009 430
2010 360
2011 240
2012 230
2013 280
2014 380
2015 480
2016 300
2017 180
2018 220
2019 270

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30
2007 40

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 140
2006 210
2007 240
2008 130
2009 110
2010 100
2011 140
2012 170
2013 190
2014 220
2015 230
2016 170
2017 140
2018 120
2019 120

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 40

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 30
2013 0

Machinists
Year Number
2005 510
2006 400
2007 400
2008 370
2009 300
2010 280
2011 310
2012 420
2013 560
2014 580
2015 820
2016 740
2017 830
2018 920
2019 860

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 120
2008 140
2010 0
2011 0
2012 410
2014 50
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 60
2019 80

Pourers and Casters, Metal
Year Number
2005 90
2006 120
2007 200
2008 0
2009 0
2011 80

Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 60
2009 0
2011 60
2012 80
2014 60
2015 60
2016 40
2017 140
2018 150
2019 140

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 190
2007 180
2008 330
2009 260
2010 280
2011 200
2012 260
2013 160
2014 220
2015 290
2016 370
2017 410
2018 510
2019 540

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 190
2006 260
2007 200
2008 0
2010 120
2012 130
2013 70
2014 120
2015 70
2016 70
2017 130
2018 160
2019 130

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 70
2006 80
2007 0
2008 0
2009 120
2010 110
2011 100
2012 70
2013 50
2014 30
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50
2018 40
2019 50

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 510
2006 670
2007 690
2008 550
2009 430
2010 290
2011 320
2012 350
2013 540
2014 550
2015 750
2016 690
2017 890
2018 820
2019 770

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2008 130
2009 90
2010 90
2011 50
2012 120
2013 70
2014 70

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 70
2006 80
2007 140
2008 100
2009 0
2011 70
2012 70
2014 30
2015 30

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2010 0

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 90
2006 60
2007 60
2008 60
2009 110
2010 110
2011 80
2013 0
2016 0
2017 70
2018 70
2019 60

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2006 0

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 70
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 60
2012 40
2013 40
2015 70
2019 80

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 140
2006 110
2007 110
2008 60
2009 90
2010 100
2011 0
2012 50
2013 0
2014 50
2015 50
2016 50
2017 90
2018 0

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 170
2006 200
2007 230
2008 250
2009 230
2010 290
2011 290
2012 260
2013 180
2014 170
2015 230
2016 250
2017 300
2018 210
2019 230

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 140
2006 110
2007 50
2008 0
2009 40
2010 40
2011 50
2012 80
2013 70
2014 40
2016 60
2017 70
2018 60

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 400
2006 360
2007 320
2008 290
2009 320
2010 290
2011 300
2012 320
2013 380
2014 300
2015 310
2016 320
2017 350
2018 400
2019 410

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 40
2006 60
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 70
2011 0
2012 0
2019 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 130
2006 170
2007 180
2008 170
2009 140
2010 130
2011 210
2012 150
2013 190
2014 150
2015 170
2016 240
2017 160
2018 170
2019 100

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 70
2006 50
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 30

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 30
2016 50

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 190
2006 200
2007 170
2008 140
2009 70
2010 190
2011 190
2012 190
2013 160
2014 180
2015 160
2016 130
2017 120
2018 140
2019 220

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2007 60
2008 70
2009 50
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 100
2015 180
2016 130
2017 110
2018 130
2019 170

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2007 230
2008 190
2009 120
2010 90
2011 60
2012 40
2014 130
2015 190
2016 270
2017 0
2018 250
2019 210

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2007 0
2011 0
2012 0

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2015 50
2016 60
2017 50
2018 50
2019 30

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 90
2006 90
2007 80
2008 60
2009 50
2010 60
2011 50
2012 60
2013 50
2014 40
2015 50
2016 60
2017 80
2018 70
2019 80

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 60
2007 70
2008 70
2009 100
2010 110
2011 110
2012 90
2013 100
2014 100
2015 110
2016 120
2017 150
2018 230
2019 250

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2007 30
2015 40
2016 0
2017 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2017 40
2018 0
2019 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 110
2006 130
2007 130
2009 30
2012 0
2013 30
2015 0
2016 120
2017 190
2018 160
2019 150

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2013 30
2016 30
2017 70
2018 50
2019 60

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 40
2006 60
2007 90
2008 130
2009 120
2010 80
2015 30
2016 40
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 80
2006 90
2007 0
2008 140
2009 140
2010 170
2011 170
2012 170
2013 210
2014 70
2015 80
2016 40
2017 0
2018 120
2019 150

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 0
2014 30
2015 60
2016 40

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 90
2006 60
2007 80
2008 50
2009 60
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2013 0
2014 50
2019 30

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 170
2006 170
2007 200
2008 90
2009 70
2010 60
2011 30
2014 60
2015 40
2016 70
2017 90
2018 80
2019 90

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2011 40
2013 70
2014 30
2015 50
2017 70
2018 120
2019 140

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 450
2006 430
2007 420
2008 410
2009 410
2010 470
2011 440
2012 440
2013 360
2014 420
2015 430
2016 460
2017 490
2018 540
2019 500

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2014 40
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50
2018 90
2019 90

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 250
2006 230
2007 90
2008 170
2009 120
2010 0
2011 130
2012 150
2013 140
2014 130
2015 70
2016 100
2017 70
2018 80
2019 90

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2009 30

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 70
2007 0
2008 60
2009 50
2016 60
2017 70
2018 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 280
2006 280
2007 280
2008 400
2009 370
2010 400
2011 220
2012 250
2013 240
2014 270
2015 360
2016 230
2017 320
2018 380
2019 330

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 50
2008 60
2009 50
2010 0
2011 0
2014 60
2015 0
2016 50
2017 0
2018 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 300
2006 250
2007 230
2008 290
2009 260
2010 210
2011 220
2012 260
2013 370
2014 260
2015 240
2016 150
2017 390
2018 400
2019 510

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 140
2006 210
2007 110
2008 120
2009 110
2010 120
2011 130
2012 130
2013 90
2014 70
2015 110
2016 80
2017 90
2018 110
2019 110

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 150
2006 190
2007 530
2008 460
2009 470
2010 120
2011 240
2012 210
2013 220
2014 190
2015 130
2016 140
2017 120
2018 190
2019 190

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2008 30
2009 40
2010 30
2011 30
2012 50
2014 30

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2014 40
2015 40
2016 50
2017 90
2018 90
2019 100

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2009 0
2010 60
2011 0
2012 40

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 80
2010 80
2011 160
2012 190
2013 0
2015 90
2016 110
2017 160
2018 80
2019 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 100
2006 150
2007 110
2009 100
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 40
2015 90
2016 100
2019 130

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 280
2006 390
2007 450
2008 740
2009 790
2010 590
2011 390
2012 380
2013 300
2014 270
2015 300
2016 310
2017 240
2018 180
2019 140

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 290
2006 220
2007 170
2008 230
2009 190
2012 400
2013 470
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2019 40