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Numbers of Production Occupations in West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 15,430
2007 18,170
2008 16,120
2009 15,490
2010 14,740
2011 15,920
2012 12,040
2013 11,470
2014 12,610
2015 13,430
2016 12,240
2017 11,560
2018 14,060
2019 15,540

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 1,180
2007 1,160
2008 1,130
2009 1,160
2010 1,120
2011 1,030
2012 950
2013 1,130
2014 1,000
2015 970
2016 880
2017 830
2018 770
2019 890

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 80
2013 70
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2007 280
2008 290
2009 240
2010 160
2011 260

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2006 280
2007 250
2008 90
2009 40
2011 30
2013 50
2015 0
2017 70
2018 290
2019 310

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 1,790
2007 2,340
2008 2,680
2009 2,470
2010 2,300
2011 2,490
2012 1,850
2013 1,790
2014 1,490
2015 1,430
2016 1,040

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2006 670
2007 580
2008 430
2009 420
2010 310
2011 180
2012 120
2013 70
2014 280
2015 390
2016 430
2019 1,870

Bakers
Year Number
2006 170
2007 140
2008 140
2009 190
2010 190
2011 180
2012 160
2013 160
2014 200
2015 220
2016 210
2017 190
2018 180
2019 200

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 460
2007 420
2008 390
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 230
2013 0
2014 770
2015 360
2016 270
2017 220
2018 310
2019 310

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2007 2,150
2008 2,100
2010 0
2011 80
2012 60
2013 0
2018 630
2019 630

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2007 290
2009 1,860
2010 1,830
2011 1,890
2015 930
2018 1,110
2019 1,110

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2006 350
2007 200
2008 260
2009 230
2010 200
2011 90
2012 130
2013 130
2014 0
2015 50
2016 70
2017 0
2018 70
2019 110

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30
2008 50
2009 40
2010 50
2011 60
2012 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2014 30
2015 110
2016 100
2017 100

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 230
2007 310
2009 0
2010 130
2011 0
2013 0
2017 40
2018 30

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 160
2007 150
2012 30
2013 30

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 150
2007 100
2008 50
2009 60
2019 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 380
2007 420
2008 480
2009 450
2010 720
2011 640
2012 610
2013 430
2014 380
2015 370
2016 370
2017 400
2018 440
2019 590

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 130
2007 0
2008 0
2009 130
2010 120
2011 80
2012 40
2014 140
2015 140
2016 70
2017 80

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 130
2007 400
2008 430
2009 430
2010 230
2011 280
2012 300
2013 230
2014 210
2015 160
2016 110
2017 90
2018 100
2019 170

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 120
2007 280
2008 380
2009 370
2010 280
2011 330
2012 300
2013 150
2014 110
2015 110
2016 110
2017 110
2018 120

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 150
2008 160
2009 180
2010 160
2011 220
2012 160

Machinists
Year Number
2006 720
2007 650
2008 670
2009 580
2010 280
2011 640
2012 640
2013 1,020
2014 1,380
2015 1,320
2016 1,030
2017 650
2018 640
2019 950

Pourers and Casters, Metal
Year Number
2011 30

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 30
2007 170
2008 250
2009 190
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2013 70
2019 100

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 140
2007 120
2011 180
2012 230
2013 250
2015 110
2016 280
2017 500
2018 580
2019 450

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2006 210
2007 230
2008 140
2009 110
2010 100
2011 80
2012 80
2013 100
2014 110
2015 100
2016 50
2017 80
2018 70
2019 170

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 1,140
2007 1,050
2008 920
2009 990
2010 1,320
2011 1,650
2012 1,590
2013 1,220
2014 1,200
2015 1,320
2016 1,000
2017 910
2018 940
2019 1,080

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 100
2007 70
2011 50
2012 80
2013 0
2014 40
2015 50
2016 40

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2019 130

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2009 0
2010 40
2011 30

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2011 90
2012 90
2013 100
2014 0

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 210
2007 130
2009 0
2010 0
2011 40
2013 0
2014 110
2015 0
2018 0
2019 60

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2006 340
2007 180
2008 130
2009 220
2010 350
2011 360
2012 290
2013 410
2014 300
2015 290
2016 310
2017 300
2018 280
2019 360

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2006 110
2007 140
2008 60
2009 40
2010 0
2011 50
2012 0
2013 40
2014 40
2015 50
2016 50
2017 40
2018 40
2019 0

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 510
2007 530
2008 450
2009 400
2010 360
2011 400
2012 310
2013 310
2014 320
2015 350
2016 310
2017 260
2018 350
2019 420

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2006 50
2010 60
2011 90
2012 50

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2007 170
2008 150
2009 60
2010 110
2011 150
2012 120
2013 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2011 90

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2012 60
2013 60

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 360
2007 210
2008 160
2009 190
2010 160
2011 140
2012 130
2013 100
2014 70
2015 80
2016 380
2017 470
2018 500
2019 460

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2019 70

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 50
2008 150

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 100
2007 50
2009 30
2010 70
2011 110
2012 0
2013 0
2014 110
2015 50
2016 0
2018 0
2019 150

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2015 30

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2009 0
2010 290
2011 250
2013 260
2014 210
2015 160
2016 90
2017 0

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2006 160
2007 120
2008 120
2009 110
2010 120
2011 110
2012 130
2013 150
2014 130
2015 100
2016 90
2017 90
2018 90
2019 140

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 310
2007 350
2008 310
2009 370
2010 520
2011 700
2012 670
2013 0
2014 320
2015 280
2016 290
2017 280
2018 300
2019 230

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2011 0

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 0

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 130
2007 160
2008 150
2009 200
2010 0
2012 0
2014 30
2015 0
2016 60

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2006 70
2012 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 250
2007 210
2008 80
2009 0
2010 280
2011 300
2012 150
2013 0
2014 0
2015 190
2016 100
2017 60
2018 70
2019 140

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 330
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 90
2013 0
2014 0
2015 70
2016 70
2017 90
2018 80
2019 110

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2010 60
2011 120
2012 0
2013 190
2014 120
2015 70
2016 120
2018 140

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 500
2007 520
2008 450
2009 420
2010 350
2011 300
2012 380
2013 530
2014 750
2015 700
2016 840
2017 810
2018 1,070
2019 1,060

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2007 0

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2008 30
2009 30
2014 30
2015 40

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2009 40
2010 40
2011 0
2012 60
2013 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 580
2007 770
2008 430
2009 560
2010 480
2011 540
2012 370
2013 350
2014 340
2015 500
2016 690
2017 630
2018 610
2019 320

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 350
2007 300
2008 260
2009 310
2010 290
2011 230
2012 210
2013 260
2014 320
2015 300
2016 120
2017 140
2018 150
2019 430

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2009 80
2010 80
2011 80
2012 60

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 420
2007 480
2008 270
2009 260
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 340
2014 450
2015 460
2016 220
2017 50
2018 90
2019 220

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2012 30
2013 60
2014 50
2015 60

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2011 50
2012 80
2013 80

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2015 180

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 130
2007 210
2008 0
2009 230
2010 0
2014 100
2015 0
2016 0
2019 140

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 1,290
2007 850
2008 890
2009 730
2010 610
2011 540
2012 530
2013 650
2014 560
2015 0
2016 860
2017 790
2018 660
2019 750

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 640
2007 850
2008 990
2009 1,070
2012 510
2013 680
2014 910
2015 1,330
2016 1,580
2017 1,710
2018 1,500
2019 760