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Numbers of Production Occupations in Winston-Salem, NC

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 18,800
2006 17,510
2007 18,650
2008 17,370
2009 15,290
2010 14,570
2011 14,670
2012 12,780
2013 13,730
2014 13,990
2015 23,340
2016 25,090
2017 24,680
2018 24,720
2019 21,370

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,590
2006 1,360
2007 1,430
2008 1,280
2009 1,100
2010 960
2011 950
2012 890
2013 920
2014 850
2015 1,490
2016 1,490
2017 1,540
2018 1,580
2019 1,600

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2017 70
2018 60
2019 60

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2007 1,030
2008 1,010
2009 1,190
2010 760
2011 500
2013 150
2014 330
2015 480
2016 400

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2015 60
2016 50

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2016 60
2017 0
2018 50

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 210
2006 170
2007 180
2008 250
2009 210
2010 90
2011 90
2012 100
2013 40
2014 90
2015 370
2016 320
2017 130
2018 120
2019 120

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 2,330
2006 2,530
2007 2,470
2008 2,280
2009 1,790
2010 1,610
2011 1,530
2012 1,240
2013 1,960
2014 2,040
2015 3,550
2016 3,520

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 80
2008 100
2009 170
2010 190
2011 190
2012 460
2013 370
2015 90
2016 120
2019 4,850

Bakers
Year Number
2005 240
2006 250
2007 170
2008 240
2009 340
2010 290
2011 310
2012 260
2013 260
2014 230
2015 450
2016 470
2017 400
2018 350
2019 500

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 130
2006 100
2007 140
2008 150
2009 180
2010 150
2011 160
2012 150
2013 170
2014 160
2015 240
2016 210
2017 240
2018 220
2019 160

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2017 70
2018 90
2019 60

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 90
2010 150
2017 330
2018 340

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 120
2006 90
2007 70
2010 50
2011 50
2012 70
2013 80
2014 120
2015 360
2016 260
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 40

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 100
2008 430
2009 630
2010 550
2011 130
2013 90
2014 320
2015 360
2016 330
2017 290
2018 220
2019 280

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 40

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 200
2008 130
2009 140
2010 60
2011 60
2012 50
2015 70

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 350
2006 500
2007 340
2008 360
2009 280
2010 370
2011 480
2012 630
2013 610
2014 450
2015 760
2016 670
2017 720
2018 550
2019 400

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 90
2006 40
2007 60
2008 40
2009 50
2010 70
2011 90
2012 70
2013 110
2014 100
2015 110
2016 150
2017 110
2018 160
2019 100

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 40
2008 60
2009 90
2013 160
2014 200
2016 90
2018 150
2019 160

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 50
2008 30
2009 30

Machinists
Year Number
2005 790
2006 770
2007 690
2008 1,070
2009 810
2010 1,070
2011 1,020
2012 870
2013 520
2014 560
2015 850
2016 800
2017 890
2018 1,010
2019 980

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 500
2008 430
2009 390
2010 390
2011 550
2012 480
2013 520
2014 640
2015 1,160
2016 1,180
2017 920
2018 950
2019 0

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 60
2008 0
2010 40
2011 30
2012 40
2015 620
2016 570
2017 450
2018 350
2019 500

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 130
2006 70
2007 90
2008 100
2009 100
2010 90
2011 70
2012 100
2013 100
2014 100
2015 150
2016 140
2017 150
2018 140
2019 90

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 620
2006 700
2007 730
2008 750
2009 490
2010 250
2011 200
2012 230
2013 680
2014 600
2015 930
2016 970
2017 990
2018 1,110
2019 1,030

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30
2011 310
2012 380
2013 140
2015 120
2017 290
2018 290
2019 320

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2017 60

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 150
2008 80
2009 70
2014 40
2015 40
2016 40
2017 50
2018 50
2019 0

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2005 60
2007 30

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 40
2007 60
2008 70
2009 50
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 60
2014 60
2015 60
2016 60
2017 70
2018 70
2019 80

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 550
2006 390
2007 440
2008 330
2009 310
2010 380
2011 470
2012 390
2013 420
2014 330
2015 670
2016 600
2017 610
2018 560
2019 460

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2007 100
2008 240
2009 210
2010 70
2011 100
2012 110
2013 110
2014 100
2015 70
2016 150
2017 110
2018 90
2019 0

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 550
2006 200
2007 0
2008 210
2009 280
2010 320
2011 310
2012 230
2013 160
2014 210
2015 190
2016 240
2017 250
2018 260
2019 190

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 0
2006 290
2007 0
2008 340
2009 160
2010 120
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 60
2015 120
2016 110
2017 130
2018 80
2019 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 1,160
2006 1,000
2007 680
2008 400
2009 220
2010 310
2011 280
2012 240
2013 240
2014 350
2015 600
2016 570
2017 670
2018 670
2019 750

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 80
2007 80
2008 80
2009 0
2015 40
2019 0

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 320
2007 640
2008 590
2009 180
2010 140
2011 120
2012 140
2013 110
2014 80
2015 130
2016 80
2017 50
2018 50
2019 50

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 170
2007 120
2009 60
2010 50
2011 100
2012 90
2013 80
2014 100
2015 90
2016 80
2017 80
2018 100
2019 160

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 550
2006 710
2007 580
2008 620
2009 180
2010 210
2011 240
2014 250
2015 290
2016 270
2017 170
2018 310
2019 380

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2015 660
2016 1,100
2017 930
2018 830
2019 560

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2009 0
2011 130
2015 0
2017 0
2019 170

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 90
2015 170
2016 160
2017 150
2018 0
2019 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 60
2009 50
2010 0
2011 30
2016 60
2017 70
2018 50
2019 40

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 140
2006 130
2007 140
2008 130
2009 130
2010 110
2011 120
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 100
2016 170
2017 240
2018 190
2019 250

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 40
2015 70
2016 70
2017 70
2019 30

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2007 90
2008 130
2009 110
2010 70
2012 30
2013 40
2014 30
2015 280
2016 200
2017 280
2018 140
2019 170

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 410
2006 250
2007 140
2008 80
2009 70
2010 90
2011 130
2012 170
2013 180
2014 210
2015 0
2016 1,030
2017 800
2018 1,080
2019 1,120

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2017 140
2018 170

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 30

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2007 80
2008 100
2009 90
2010 90
2011 100
2012 100
2013 120
2014 110
2015 190
2016 160
2017 0
2018 140
2019 80

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2018 50

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2014 220
2015 750
2016 850
2017 650
2018 380
2019 320

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 30
2014 30
2015 60
2016 50

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 250
2006 250
2007 150
2008 220
2009 160
2010 200
2011 200
2012 170
2013 170
2014 230
2015 250
2016 290
2017 260
2018 340
2019 390

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2015 60

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 200
2007 140
2008 100
2009 140
2010 140
2011 150
2012 100
2013 120
2014 180
2015 300
2016 240
2017 230
2018 250
2019 260

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2010 100
2014 30
2015 90
2016 140
2017 150
2018 160
2019 110

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2015 0
2016 0
2017 80
2018 0

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 1,610
2006 1,540
2007 1,550
2008 1,280
2009 1,010
2010 970
2011 990
2012 930
2013 980
2014 1,050
2015 1,620
2016 1,510
2017 1,330
2018 1,540
2019 1,660

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2013 40
2014 30
2018 40
2019 0

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2008 30
2009 0
2010 50
2011 50
2015 60
2016 70
2017 0
2018 50
2019 70

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2015 40
2016 60
2017 40
2019 40

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2015 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 1,910
2006 1,960
2007 1,860
2008 1,320
2009 1,190
2010 1,510
2011 1,560
2012 2,470
2013 2,070
2014 1,890
2015 1,370
2016 1,500
2017 1,090
2018 840
2019 0

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 70
2007 90
2008 50
2009 40
2010 30
2011 30
2014 40
2015 80
2016 0
2017 0
2018 40
2019 30

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 490
2006 230
2007 230
2008 200
2009 210
2010 200
2011 170
2012 100
2013 400
2014 180
2015 360
2016 420
2017 490
2018 420
2019 580

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 110
2006 110
2007 60
2008 90
2009 110
2010 90
2011 80
2012 50
2013 40
2017 50
2018 30

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 270
2006 140
2007 320
2008 240
2009 160
2010 90
2011 80
2012 110
2013 140
2014 150
2015 140
2016 150
2017 90
2018 80
2019 80

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2005 50
2013 60
2014 50
2015 100
2016 70
2017 50
2018 30
2019 0

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 80
2007 80
2008 50
2009 30
2012 40
2013 50
2014 70
2015 150
2016 140
2017 160
2018 60
2019 90

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2016 30

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2007 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2007 40

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 750
2006 760
2007 550
2008 390
2009 310
2010 280
2011 150
2012 260
2013 240
2014 240
2015 350
2016 340
2017 310
2018 260
2019 240

Tire Builders
Year Number
2019 90

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 2,230
2006 1,970
2007 1,830
2008 1,180
2009 1,680
2010 1,680
2011 2,240
2012 990
2013 900
2014 730
2015 1,570
2016 2,280
2017 2,230
2018 2,070
2019 1,040

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 250
2006 310
2007 0
2008 110
2009 50
2013 120
2014 150
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 190
2019 270