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Numbers of Production Occupations in Baton Rouge, LA

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 20,220
2006 18,330
2007 18,080
2008 19,180
2009 19,160
2010 18,740
2011 18,820
2012 19,430
2013 18,810
2014 19,590
2015 21,640
2016 22,410
2017 21,720
2018 19,600
2019 19,480

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,810
2006 1,600
2007 1,460
2008 1,690
2009 1,790
2010 1,950
2011 1,950
2012 2,250
2013 2,400
2014 2,730
2015 2,770
2016 2,580
2017 2,430
2018 2,180
2019 2,220

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 110
2006 100
2007 150
2008 120
2009 100
2011 50
2012 30
2013 40

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 170
2006 150
2007 320
2008 460
2009 560
2010 490
2011 420
2012 270
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 380
2017 380
2018 310
2019 320

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2005 150
2006 140
2007 130
2012 50
2013 80
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 60

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 830
2006 650
2007 570
2008 650
2009 750
2010 650
2011 510
2012 500
2013 490
2014 540
2015 750
2016 680

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 440
2006 320
2007 220
2008 120
2009 140
2010 160
2011 180
2012 210
2013 260
2014 270
2015 210
2016 210
2019 540

Bakers
Year Number
2005 180
2006 210
2007 270
2008 320
2009 330
2010 310
2011 400
2012 400
2013 420
2014 360
2015 250
2016 210
2017 250
2018 310
2019 290

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 480
2006 380
2007 250
2008 290
2009 330
2010 350
2011 340
2012 310
2013 320
2014 290
2015 210
2016 240
2017 290
2018 280
2019 260

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 120
2007 70
2008 0
2011 50
2012 50
2013 30
2014 60
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 220
2019 260

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 50
2008 50
2009 40
2014 40

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 130
2007 100
2008 100
2009 130
2010 100
2011 110
2012 120
2013 100
2014 120
2015 160
2016 190
2017 130
2018 100
2019 90

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 70
2006 50
2007 90
2008 70
2009 70
2010 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 70
2015 60
2016 60
2017 50

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2018 50
2019 90

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2012 50
2013 120
2014 50

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 110
2006 120
2007 30
2008 60
2009 0
2010 190
2011 220
2012 160
2013 90
2014 160
2015 230
2016 200
2017 120
2018 90
2019 100

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 50
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2018 0

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 140
2007 80
2008 60
2009 60
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2017 60
2018 50
2019 0

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 80
2006 0

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2017 110
2019 150

Machinists
Year Number
2005 1,070
2006 1,150
2007 1,040
2008 980
2009 910
2010 970
2011 910
2012 930
2013 790
2014 890
2015 1,010
2016 1,080
2017 990
2018 900
2019 910

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2011 0

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 2,960
2006 2,840
2007 3,060
2008 2,630
2009 2,500
2010 2,180
2011 2,480
2012 2,230
2013 2,670
2014 2,780
2015 3,970
2016 3,920
2017 3,720
2018 3,130
2019 2,960

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 120
2006 140
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 170
2011 140
2012 180
2013 200
2014 140
2017 90
2018 80
2019 80

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2016 0

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 60
2008 50
2009 30
2014 90

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 40
2007 40
2008 120
2009 110

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2015 30

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 80
2007 140
2008 230
2009 0

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 90
2007 60
2008 0
2009 0
2010 70
2011 70
2012 60
2013 30
2017 30
2018 40
2019 40

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 360
2006 350
2007 260
2008 400
2009 340
2010 320
2011 220
2012 280
2013 340
2014 370
2015 360
2016 350
2017 240
2018 170
2019 90

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 80
2006 60
2007 110
2008 60
2009 60
2010 60
2013 50
2014 70
2015 110
2016 0
2017 0
2018 80
2019 150

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 840
2006 810
2007 740
2008 850
2009 770
2010 780
2011 670
2012 580
2013 610
2014 490
2015 600
2016 490
2017 620
2018 730
2019 890

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 180
2006 120
2007 150
2008 190
2009 110
2010 80
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 120
2017 0
2018 100

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 170
2006 160
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 140
2011 140
2012 120
2013 130
2014 90
2015 80
2016 110
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 80
2007 100
2008 80
2009 0
2010 0
2011 50
2012 90
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2017 0

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2017 40

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2013 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 100
2006 100
2007 0
2008 110
2009 90
2010 0
2011 170
2012 210
2013 0
2014 150
2015 150
2016 260
2017 240
2018 240
2019 260

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2019 40

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2008 90
2009 70
2010 80
2011 110
2012 120
2013 50
2014 80
2015 0
2016 40
2017 30
2018 60
2019 60

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 190
2006 100
2008 100
2009 80
2010 80
2011 50
2012 50
2016 40
2017 0
2018 0
2019 70

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2010 40
2011 0
2012 0

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 100
2006 110
2007 80
2008 0
2009 200
2010 190
2011 70
2012 70
2016 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 360
2006 290
2007 260
2008 370
2009 320
2010 250
2011 150
2012 160
2013 200
2014 240
2015 270
2016 210
2017 280
2018 280
2019 270

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 2,650
2006 2,390
2007 1,960
2008 1,720
2009 1,640
2010 1,600
2011 2,050
2012 2,310
2013 2,690
2014 2,300
2015 2,150
2016 2,410
2017 2,450
2018 1,830
2019 1,460

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2010 40
2014 100
2015 110
2016 100
2017 60
2018 70

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2005 1,160
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 1,840
2010 1,620
2011 1,660
2012 1,080
2013 440
2014 840
2015 1,330
2016 1,660
2017 1,280
2018 800
2019 1,030

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 120
2015 110
2016 130
2017 130
2018 90
2019 100

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 1,290
2006 1,140
2007 1,090
2008 1,310
2009 550
2010 600
2011 880
2012 1,260
2013 1,610
2014 1,230
2015 1,180
2016 630
2017 1,010
2018 1,140
2019 1,170

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 150
2006 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 170
2011 130
2012 90
2014 60
2015 60
2016 50
2017 40
2018 0
2019 0

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 90
2007 150
2008 170
2009 0
2014 0
2015 0
2018 70
2019 50

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 30
2007 50
2008 30
2009 50

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 190
2006 150
2007 0
2008 0
2010 130
2011 0
2013 140
2014 0
2015 210
2016 240
2017 290
2018 430
2019 450

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 180
2009 0
2010 30
2011 40
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 80
2006 90
2007 90

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2006 70
2007 70
2016 30
2017 40
2018 50
2019 30

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 890
2006 1,370
2007 1,590
2008 1,590
2009 1,250
2010 1,340
2011 1,230
2012 1,610
2013 1,430
2014 2,110
2015 2,300
2016 2,290
2017 1,970
2018 1,950
2019 1,930

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2008 0
2009 40
2015 0
2016 80
2017 60

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 190
2006 160
2007 140
2008 170
2009 140
2010 80
2011 90
2012 70
2013 80
2014 50
2015 60
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 50

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2008 100
2009 130
2010 110
2011 70
2012 110
2013 160
2014 140
2015 0
2016 70
2017 0
2019 140

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 400
2006 370
2007 390
2008 700
2009 800
2010 940
2011 610
2012 450
2013 300
2014 160
2015 200
2016 320
2017 400
2018 320
2019 240

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 120
2006 80
2007 30
2008 220
2009 190
2010 100
2011 100
2012 90
2013 60
2014 120
2015 150
2016 250
2017 250
2018 160
2019 180

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 140
2008 140
2009 130
2010 130
2011 150
2012 170
2013 110
2014 30
2016 30

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 90
2007 40
2008 80
2009 60
2010 130
2011 410
2012 510
2013 0
2014 100
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2019 0

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2010 30
2011 40
2012 50
2017 0
2018 0
2019 80

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2009 0
2010 50
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 40
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2017 0

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 1,250
2006 1,200
2007 1,410
2008 1,750
2009 1,420
2010 980
2011 770
2012 740
2013 960
2014 960
2015 1,190
2016 1,030
2017 850
2018 900
2019 750

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 670
2006 580
2007 860
2008 950
2009 990
2012 1,340
2013 1,410
2014 1,260
2015 1,370
2016 1,680
2017 2,080
2018 1,820
2019 1,620