Home Contact About

Numbers of Production Occupations in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 17,700
2007 17,550
2008 16,530
2009 14,180
2010 13,230
2011 11,280
2012 11,700
2013 12,760
2014 10,610
2015 11,690
2016 10,950
2017 11,770
2018 11,980
2019 12,970

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 1,530
2007 1,260
2008 1,210
2009 1,130
2010 1,060
2011 1,130
2012 1,120
2013 1,110
2014 970
2015 1,020
2016 990
2017 1,270
2018 1,180
2019 1,150

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 70
2008 0
2009 90
2010 80
2013 50
2014 50
2015 60
2016 90

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2014 350

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2010 60
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 40
2017 40
2018 70
2019 60

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 140
2008 0
2009 0

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 3,760
2007 4,210
2008 3,700
2009 2,970
2010 2,310
2011 1,380
2012 1,540
2013 1,350
2014 1,420
2015 1,160
2016 2,030

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2006 510
2007 700
2008 450
2009 450
2010 470
2011 550
2012 930
2013 1,040
2014 980
2015 770
2016 450
2019 2,880

Bakers
Year Number
2006 150
2007 100
2008 100
2009 100
2010 70
2011 80
2012 90
2013 80
2014 70
2015 60
2016 90
2017 90
2018 80
2019 0

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 130
2007 530
2008 450
2009 410
2010 70
2011 110
2012 120
2013 100
2014 80
2015 70
2016 80
2017 70
2018 0
2019 0

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2006 1,200
2007 760
2008 840
2009 710
2010 480
2013 580
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2012 0
2013 70
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 580

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2006 90
2007 120
2008 150
2009 230
2010 250
2011 430
2012 550
2013 680
2014 440
2015 410
2016 190
2017 220
2018 230
2019 250

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 60
2008 50
2009 50
2014 0
2015 70
2016 0
2017 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 0
2014 0
2017 0
2018 80
2019 130

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 80
2007 30
2008 100
2009 100
2010 170
2011 170
2012 170
2013 90
2014 60
2015 0
2016 110
2017 80
2018 70

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2017 100
2018 120

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 210
2007 250
2008 180
2009 200
2010 190
2011 210
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 590
2016 680
2017 420
2018 380
2019 360

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2015 50
2016 0

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 40
2010 60
2011 140
2012 120
2013 40
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 50
2019 50

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0

Machinists
Year Number
2006 580
2007 1,130
2008 1,050
2009 940
2010 830
2011 910
2012 750
2013 1,080
2014 1,090
2015 1,240
2016 610
2017 540
2018 620
2019 600

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 950
2007 850
2008 210
2009 120
2010 60
2011 0
2013 310
2014 310
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 370
2019 270

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 90
2010 40
2013 100
2014 140
2015 0
2019 520

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2007 70
2008 90
2009 80
2010 90
2011 100
2012 90
2013 70
2014 60
2015 70
2016 120
2017 80
2018 100
2019 100

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 830
2007 960
2008 1,490
2009 1,140
2010 1,070
2011 1,110
2012 990
2013 910
2014 750
2015 980
2016 880
2017 780
2018 840
2019 840

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 300
2007 190
2008 50
2009 80
2010 100
2011 60
2013 0
2014 40
2015 30

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 60
2008 0
2012 0
2013 50

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2006 50
2008 40
2009 40
2010 30

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2014 40
2015 0
2016 0

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 80
2007 60
2008 60

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 150
2008 120
2009 120
2010 100
2011 90
2012 100
2013 120
2014 90
2015 80
2016 70
2017 80
2018 90
2019 110

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2006 40
2007 40

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 280
2007 350
2008 300
2009 280
2010 220
2011 180
2012 0
2013 50
2014 40
2015 100
2016 0
2017 190
2018 170
2019 180

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2006 70

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 790
2007 800
2008 530
2009 0
2010 340
2011 380
2012 290
2013 130
2014 50
2015 140
2016 100
2017 270
2018 160
2019 120

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 70
2007 90
2008 90
2009 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 110
2018 200
2019 140

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 200
2007 160
2008 160
2009 100
2010 120
2011 150
2012 220
2013 190
2014 330
2015 270
2016 290
2017 240
2018 350
2019 240

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 310
2007 270
2008 320
2009 0
2010 270
2011 330
2012 400
2013 230
2014 130
2015 140
2016 130
2017 260
2018 340
2019 290

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 310
2010 170
2011 150

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2006 40
2009 30
2010 40
2019 40

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2010 0
2011 180
2012 240
2013 190
2014 180
2015 200
2016 240
2017 230
2018 250
2019 190

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 30
2017 0
2018 0

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 230
2007 210
2008 230
2009 270
2010 260
2011 210
2012 170
2013 260
2014 220
2015 250
2016 400
2017 490
2018 480
2019 430

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 570
2007 360
2008 270
2009 250
2010 260
2011 300
2012 220
2013 0
2014 0
2015 330
2016 230
2017 90
2018 50

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2018 0
2019 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2014 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2008 60
2009 60
2010 160
2011 130
2012 140
2013 130
2014 140
2015 130
2016 120

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 450
2007 640
2008 880
2009 690
2010 440
2011 340
2012 400
2013 390
2014 0
2015 450
2016 540
2017 440
2018 450
2019 500

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 70
2008 40
2009 50
2010 250
2011 280
2012 290
2013 0
2019 0

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 60
2007 60
2008 0
2009 40
2010 80
2011 70
2012 60
2013 90
2014 90
2015 140
2016 60
2017 40
2018 40
2019 50

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2016 0

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 200
2007 0
2008 220
2009 210
2010 160
2011 80
2012 60
2013 90
2014 0
2015 0
2016 90
2017 210
2018 180
2019 250

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 310
2011 0
2012 380
2013 590

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 440
2007 90
2008 320
2009 280
2010 260
2011 0
2012 0
2013 140
2014 110
2015 320
2016 220
2017 240
2018 0
2019 0

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30
2014 40
2015 50
2016 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 720
2007 520
2008 560
2009 490
2010 510
2011 460
2012 540
2013 600
2014 610
2015 620
2016 640
2017 790
2018 780
2019 820

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2010 40

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2010 0
2012 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 690
2007 450
2008 500
2009 500
2010 530
2011 340
2012 380
2013 590
2014 590
2015 510
2016 510
2017 630
2018 640
2019 840

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 60
2007 90
2008 100
2009 160
2010 180
2011 170
2012 140
2013 120
2014 150
2015 280
2016 180
2017 120
2018 130
2019 120

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2010 70
2011 70
2012 50

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 270
2007 180
2008 180
2009 140
2010 120
2011 0
2012 400
2013 310
2014 170
2015 140
2016 70
2017 0
2018 0
2019 320

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30
2008 40
2009 30
2010 30
2019 0

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2008 30
2009 40
2010 0
2011 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 50
2007 80
2008 0
2009 30
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2014 0
2015 70
2016 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 280
2007 0
2008 310
2009 150
2010 150
2011 170
2012 140
2013 130
2014 160
2015 180
2016 140
2017 100
2018 100

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 950
2007 690
2008 650
2009 590
2010 460
2011 310
2012 370
2013 390
2014 370
2015 280
2016 180
2017 0
2018 260
2019 250

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 370
2007 270
2008 370
2009 480
2012 240
2013 310
2014 250
2015 430
2016 380
2017 430
2018 370
2019 290