Numbers of Production Occupations in Far West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2006 1,010
2007 920
2008 970
2009 1,320
2010 1,300
2011 1,760
2012 1,880
2013 2,460
2014 3,040
2015 3,940
2016 2,750
2017 2,910

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2006 180
2007 140
2008 110
2009 130
2010 150
2011 190
2012 180
2013 260
2014 370
2015 430
2016 310
2017 260

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Year Number
2015 70

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Year Number
2012 50

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 250
2010 230
2011 240
2012 80
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

Year Number
2009 0
2012 0
2013 280
2014 320
2015 90

Bakers

Year Number
2006 90
2007 60
2008 40
2009 50
2011 40
2012 30
2013 30
2014 150
2015 150
2016 140
2017 60

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2006 50
2007 80
2008 60
2009 50
2010 0
2011 0
2012 50
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2017 60

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Year Number
2013 0

Food Batchmakers

Year Number
2008 60
2010 70

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2006 40
2007 40

Machinists

Year Number
2006 70
2010 30
2011 70
2012 90
2013 110
2014 110
2015 80
2016 0
2017 0

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2006 170
2007 220
2008 320
2009 340
2010 310
2011 310
2012 460
2013 660
2014 1,000
2015 930
2016 580
2017 430

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2006 90
2007 70
2008 70
2009 70
2010 70
2011 80
2012 120
2013 150
2014 100
2015 140
2016 120
2017 130

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

Year Number
2008 0
2009 60
2010 70
2011 90
2013 80
2017 100

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2006 0
2007 80
2008 90
2009 110
2010 90
2011 100
2012 70
2013 0
2014 90
2015 90
2016 60
2017 120

Gas Plant Operators

Year Number
2011 60
2012 40
2013 30
2014 140
2015 230
2016 250
2017 170

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

Year Number
2006 170
2007 160
2009 0
2011 0
2012 190
2013 0
2014 0
2015 640
2016 420
2017 320

Plant and System Operators, All Other

Year Number
2015 30
2016 50
2017 40

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2011 90
2013 60

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2016 30
2017 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2009 50
2010 50
2012 40
2013 0
2014 80

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 90
2009 90
2010 100
2011 180
2012 180
2013 510
2014 530
2015 850
2016 560
2017 590

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2006 40

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2014 50
2015 70
2016 50

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2006 110
2007 70
2008 130
2009 120
2010 130
2011 310
2012 300
2013 290
2014 60
2015 140
2016 120
2017 120

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2013 0
2014 40
2015 0
2016 60
2017 60