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Numbers of Production Occupations in Delaware

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2004 20,940
2005 22,750
2006 21,920
2007 18,610
2008 20,510
2009 17,970
2010 17,500
2011 16,830
2012 14,650
2013 15,310
2014 15,680
2015 17,110
2016 16,940
2017 17,350
2018 17,410
2019 17,160

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2004 1,600
2005 1,370
2006 1,320
2007 1,460
2008 1,500
2009 1,500
2010 1,400
2011 1,360
2012 1,320
2013 1,230
2014 1,280
2015 1,340
2016 1,280
2017 1,280
2018 1,360
2019 1,310

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Year Number
2007 110
2008 140

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 100
2006 140
2007 170
2008 370
2009 390
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 550
2014 340
2015 290
2016 290

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2012 40
2013 110
2014 30
2016 50

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2004 180
2005 300
2006 330
2007 380
2008 260
2009 290
2010 200
2011 170
2012 140
2013 90
2014 140
2015 170
2016 130
2017 150
2018 140
2019 110

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2004 2,880
2005 3,080
2006 2,780
2007 1,230
2008 830
2009 710
2010 870
2011 630
2012 530
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 730

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2004 640
2008 2,120
2009 0
2010 0
2011 550
2012 560
2013 400
2014 530
2015 530
2016 570
2019 1,650

Bakers
Year Number
2004 640
2005 460
2006 560
2007 390
2008 330
2009 350
2010 280
2011 370
2012 310
2013 430
2014 510
2015 500
2016 410
2017 330
2018 350
2019 330

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2004 480
2005 280
2006 250
2007 310
2008 300
2009 270
2010 190
2011 220
2012 360
2013 430
2014 370
2015 400
2016 310
2017 310
2018 160
2019 170

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 3,300
2006 3,310
2007 4,840
2008 4,500
2009 4,360
2010 4,960
2011 5,060
2012 4,640
2013 4,140
2014 3,520
2015 3,800
2016 4,270
2017 5,350
2018 5,540
2019 5,550

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2011 420
2012 400
2013 320
2014 440
2015 490
2016 410
2017 210
2018 390
2019 230

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2004 120
2005 90
2006 100
2007 0
2008 40
2010 30
2011 310
2012 280
2013 340
2014 240
2015 260
2016 210
2017 190
2018 220
2019 260

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2004 40
2005 100
2006 100
2007 150
2008 110
2009 90
2010 50
2012 100
2013 80
2015 50
2016 50
2017 110

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2013 190
2014 250
2015 250
2016 250
2017 340
2018 340
2019 310

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2004 220
2005 290
2006 250
2007 270
2008 110
2009 180
2010 370
2011 0
2012 0
2013 150
2014 230
2015 250
2016 250
2018 220
2019 200

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

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2004 100
2005 70
2006 70
2008 140
2009 130
2015 40
2016 70

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2004 240
2005 270
2006 290
2007 300
2008 390
2009 330
2010 230
2011 150
2012 180
2013 390
2014 310
2015 260
2016 220
2017 220
2018 200
2019 270

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 40
2010 40
2011 50

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2004 140
2005 140
2006 110
2007 0
2010 70
2011 90
2012 120
2013 0
2014 110
2015 70
2016 0
2017 30
2018 40
2019 40

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30

Machinists
Year Number
2004 540
2005 570
2006 580
2007 570
2008 500
2009 360
2010 450
2011 510
2012 670
2013 540
2014 480
2015 510
2016 420
2017 340
2018 340
2019 350

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2004 50
2005 60
2006 70
2009 0
2010 90
2011 90
2012 70
2014 110
2015 0
2016 0
2017 110
2018 120
2019 100

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 50
2010 170

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 60
2007 80
2008 60
2009 60
2019 0

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2004 560
2005 740
2006 720
2007 720
2008 530
2009 490
2010 480
2011 420
2012 460
2013 410
2014 490
2015 500
2016 420
2017 630
2018 700
2019 700

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 110
2006 60
2007 90
2008 30
2009 40
2017 30

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2015 30
2016 40
2018 40
2019 50

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2007 0
2008 160
2009 200

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2004 300
2005 190
2006 190
2007 160
2008 120
2009 0
2010 60
2011 60
2012 60
2013 50
2014 40
2015 40
2016 30
2017 30
2018 40
2019 40

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2004 470
2005 300
2006 310
2007 380
2008 330
2009 270
2010 270
2011 300
2012 320
2013 330
2014 380
2015 350
2016 300
2017 240
2018 230
2019 240

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2004 80
2005 200
2006 310
2007 70
2008 60
2009 80
2010 90
2011 70
2012 110
2013 70
2014 60
2015 60
2016 50
2017 50
2018 60
2019 40

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2004 600
2005 600
2006 650
2007 620
2008 800
2009 840
2010 820
2011 760
2012 540
2013 590
2014 630
2015 870
2016 730
2017 670
2018 630
2019 610

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2004 150
2005 170
2006 150
2007 110
2008 0
2009 30
2011 60
2012 0
2013 140
2014 170
2015 50
2016 40

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2004 210
2005 220
2006 200
2007 210
2008 110
2009 110
2010 130
2013 0
2014 70
2015 80
2016 130
2017 80
2018 170
2019 110

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Year Number
2005 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 30
2007 100
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 110
2013 50
2015 40
2016 50
2017 50
2018 60
2019 60

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 0

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2004 0
2006 0
2014 0
2015 40

Upholsterers
Year Number
2004 50
2005 110
2006 110
2007 130
2008 120
2009 120
2010 60
2011 30
2013 40
2014 0
2015 110
2016 140
2017 50
2019 60

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 120
2013 0
2018 0
2019 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2004 210
2005 130
2006 130
2007 0
2008 330
2009 310
2010 300
2011 200
2012 180
2013 100
2014 130
2015 160
2016 230
2017 180
2018 170
2019 190

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2008 30

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2012 40

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 80
2008 70
2009 120
2010 40
2011 0
2013 80
2014 80
2015 80
2016 70

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 0
2008 60
2012 100
2013 100
2014 110
2015 140
2016 90
2017 230

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2004 170
2005 170
2006 180
2007 130
2008 230
2009 220
2010 120
2011 120
2012 40

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2004 60
2005 80
2006 80
2007 70
2008 50
2009 50
2010 60
2011 40
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60
2015 40
2016 40
2017 50
2018 50
2019 50

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2004 270
2005 250
2006 230
2007 230
2008 270
2009 230
2010 280
2011 280
2012 230
2013 230
2014 260
2015 350
2016 420
2017 450
2018 380
2019 270

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 100
2010 110
2011 100
2012 110
2013 130
2014 160
2015 160
2016 90
2018 0
2019 0

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2011 30
2014 40
2015 70
2016 50
2017 40

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2007 30
2008 60
2009 30
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2006 50

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2004 310
2005 390
2006 460
2007 550
2008 670
2009 610
2010 510
2011 600
2012 700
2013 820
2014 820
2015 930
2016 650
2017 770
2018 830
2019 660

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 0
2005 30
2008 0
2009 40
2010 120
2011 210
2012 170
2013 120
2014 100
2015 70
2016 60
2017 60
2018 70
2019 60

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 50
2005 50
2006 40
2008 60
2009 70
2010 110
2011 70
2012 50
2013 30
2014 50
2015 50
2016 40
2017 40
2018 50
2019 30

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 980
2005 1,300
2006 1,240
2007 0
2008 160
2009 200
2010 180
2011 70
2012 50
2013 60
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 280
2019 270

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2004 100
2006 30
2007 50
2008 0

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 80
2005 50
2006 50
2007 40
2008 130
2009 160
2010 170
2011 180
2012 120
2013 90
2014 90
2015 0
2016 190
2017 70
2018 90
2019 60

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 90
2008 210
2009 180
2010 250
2011 260
2012 140
2013 160
2014 140
2015 170
2016 110
2017 160
2018 0
2019 0

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2004 0
2006 90
2011 30
2012 50

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2004 1,040
2005 660
2006 620
2007 680
2008 790
2009 800
2010 1,160
2011 0
2013 1,480
2014 1,010
2015 1,110
2016 940
2017 900
2018 790
2019 780

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2004 40
2005 50
2006 50
2007 70
2008 50
2013 30
2018 0

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2004 90
2005 140
2006 100
2007 420
2008 410
2009 390
2010 170
2011 110
2012 110
2013 70
2015 300
2016 0
2019 0

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2005 80
2006 50
2010 50
2015 50
2016 60
2017 60
2018 30

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 100
2008 80
2013 30

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2004 1,510
2005 740
2006 720
2007 730
2008 820
2009 1,220
2010 1,290
2011 1,470
2014 600
2015 830
2016 730
2017 880
2018 850
2019 820

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2009 30
2010 30

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2004 230
2005 210
2006 160
2007 180
2008 140
2009 100
2010 130
2011 180
2012 140
2013 180
2014 220
2015 270
2016 260
2017 240
2018 180
2019 170

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2004 110
2005 170
2006 190
2007 270
2008 270
2009 380
2010 0
2011 0
2012 80
2013 50
2014 50
2015 60
2016 70
2017 40
2018 40

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2004 70
2005 90
2006 90
2007 190
2008 180
2009 160
2010 100
2011 80
2012 110
2013 230
2014 190
2016 70
2017 90
2018 90
2019 80

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30
2008 30
2009 30
2010 30
2012 30
2014 30
2016 50

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2010 0
2011 140
2012 0
2013 150
2014 240
2015 260
2016 160
2017 130

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2015 40
2016 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2004 120
2005 140
2006 90
2007 60
2011 120
2012 90
2013 0
2014 60
2015 120
2016 80
2017 110
2018 90
2019 100

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2009 210
2010 40
2011 30
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 160
2017 190

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2004 4,940
2005 4,370
2006 3,920
2007 1,190
2008 1,000
2009 1,090
2010 790
2011 730
2012 730
2013 0
2014 410
2015 340
2016 340
2017 380
2018 410
2019 360

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 270
2005 400
2006 270
2007 400
2008 450
2013 40
2014 100
2015 130
2016 100
2017 0
2019 0