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Numbers of Production Occupations in Fort Smith, AR-OK

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 17,530
2006 16,420
2007 15,610
2008 14,190
2009 15,310
2010 14,750
2011 14,230
2012 12,060
2013 12,070
2014 12,570
2015 11,990
2016 12,580
2017 10,890
2018 10,660
2019 9,160

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,060
2006 1,030
2007 890
2008 900
2009 810
2010 840
2011 850
2012 870
2013 890
2014 950
2015 950
2016 980
2017 920
2018 940
2019 930

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2011 0
2013 0
2014 350
2015 320
2016 240

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2005 80

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 300
2006 150
2007 160
2008 110
2009 130
2010 110
2011 50
2012 60
2013 40
2014 50
2015 170
2016 170
2017 230
2018 110
2019 50

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2005 50
2011 30

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 2,890
2006 2,940
2007 2,200
2008 2,070
2009 2,200
2010 2,240
2011 2,630
2012 1,550
2013 1,660
2014 1,470
2015 1,480
2016 1,230

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 240
2006 240
2007 310
2008 0
2009 990
2010 880
2011 240
2012 210
2013 150
2014 140
2015 110
2016 70
2019 770

Bakers
Year Number
2005 110
2006 120
2007 120
2008 70
2009 120
2010 130
2011 140
2012 130
2013 90
2014 110
2015 120
2016 130
2017 130
2018 130
2019 130

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 200
2006 170
2007 230
2008 190
2009 170
2010 120
2011 90
2012 60
2013 100
2014 120
2015 130
2016 80
2017 70
2018 50
2019 60

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 1,290
2006 1,730
2007 2,230
2008 1,880
2009 1,670
2010 1,590
2011 1,620
2012 1,390
2013 1,380
2014 1,430
2015 1,240
2016 880
2017 1,030
2018 940
2019 1,860

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2012 260
2013 670
2014 770
2019 0

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 40
2009 30
2011 50
2013 0
2014 0
2015 100

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 190
2006 270
2007 260
2008 270
2009 200
2010 180
2011 70
2012 90
2013 110
2014 0
2015 430
2016 380
2017 270
2018 270
2019 180

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 240
2006 220
2007 210
2008 230
2009 200
2010 160
2011 220
2012 210
2013 200
2014 90

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2013 380
2014 410
2015 320
2016 460
2017 1,350
2018 1,360
2019 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 340
2006 260
2007 230
2008 130
2009 240
2010 210
2011 170
2012 80
2016 70
2017 60
2018 100
2019 0

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 70
2009 70

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 320
2006 290
2007 300
2008 510
2009 540
2010 450
2011 280
2012 340
2013 330
2014 390
2015 280
2016 220
2017 160
2018 140
2019 100

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 60
2006 70
2007 120
2008 80
2009 90
2013 40
2014 40

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 40
2013 30

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 50
2011 50
2013 30
2015 30

Machinists
Year Number
2005 270
2006 180
2007 190
2008 250
2009 300
2010 470
2011 520
2012 320
2013 150
2014 220
2015 220
2016 260
2017 140
2018 160
2019 180

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 200
2006 270
2007 250
2008 370
2009 330
2011 190
2012 170
2014 90
2015 90
2016 90
2017 60
2018 60

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 180
2009 210
2010 230
2011 250
2012 160
2013 220
2014 160
2015 130
2016 80

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 180
2006 140
2007 140
2008 150
2009 170
2010 160
2011 170
2012 120
2013 0
2014 110
2015 110
2016 90
2018 40

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 640
2006 760
2007 810
2008 740
2009 610
2010 660
2011 700
2012 630
2013 510
2014 470
2015 580
2016 550
2017 440
2018 390
2019 410

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 250
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 60

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 40
2014 40

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2010 90
2011 80
2012 90
2013 0
2014 0

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2015 30

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 60
2013 80

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 80
2006 80
2007 190
2008 140
2009 0
2010 80
2011 100
2012 100
2013 70
2017 40
2018 40
2019 30

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 120
2006 130
2007 150
2008 240
2009 260
2010 260
2011 190
2012 190
2013 190
2016 120
2017 190
2018 220
2019 270

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 230
2006 230
2007 0
2008 80
2009 100
2010 50
2014 110
2015 100
2016 100
2017 80
2018 90

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 160
2006 210
2007 200
2008 220
2009 250
2010 220
2011 150
2012 120
2013 120
2014 160
2015 130
2016 140
2017 170
2018 150
2019 160

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 50
2006 80
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 50
2011 60
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2016 50
2018 50
2019 40

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 130
2006 160
2007 130
2008 130
2009 90
2010 110
2011 120
2012 100
2013 40
2014 80
2015 100
2016 200
2017 0
2018 160
2019 150

Upholsterers
Year Number
2008 40
2011 60
2013 50
2015 40
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 370
2007 120
2008 110
2009 120
2010 110
2011 0
2012 70
2013 40
2014 110
2015 0
2016 90
2017 80
2018 80
2019 70

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2014 0

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2007 110
2008 100
2009 80
2010 50
2015 50
2016 50
2017 40

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 70
2006 0
2007 0
2008 60
2009 90
2010 90
2012 30
2013 90
2014 130
2015 0
2016 90
2017 50
2018 50
2019 80

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2013 0
2014 0

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 70
2006 40
2009 40
2010 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 120
2006 120
2007 120
2008 190
2009 260
2010 310
2011 250
2012 240
2013 180
2014 200
2015 230
2016 260
2017 300
2018 290
2019 250

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2014 40
2015 70
2016 40

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2014 40
2015 60
2016 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2017 30

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 210
2011 100
2012 50
2013 40
2014 40
2016 50

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 70
2010 90
2011 50
2012 70
2013 50
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2018 50
2019 40

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2007 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 80
2006 110
2007 70
2008 150
2009 120
2010 130
2011 70
2012 0
2013 100
2014 220
2015 230
2016 270
2017 120
2018 120
2019 50

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2010 0
2011 310
2012 330
2013 290
2014 290
2015 220
2016 260
2017 280
2018 200
2019 150

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2008 300
2009 220
2010 180
2011 60
2012 60
2017 0
2019 200

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2014 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 1,210
2006 1,190
2007 870
2008 810
2009 770
2010 780
2011 640
2012 640
2013 810
2014 760
2015 730
2016 470
2017 550
2018 550
2019 610

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2008 0

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2015 0

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2010 0
2014 50
2019 40

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 960
2006 1,270
2007 1,090
2008 1,060
2009 520
2010 530
2011 620
2012 580
2013 580
2014 900
2015 630
2016 750
2017 500
2018 600
2019 840

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 280
2006 230
2007 210
2008 190
2009 130
2010 120
2011 130
2012 150
2013 160
2014 110
2015 120
2016 110
2017 80
2018 160
2019 150

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

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2014 300
2015 250
2016 230

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 30
2007 30
2008 60
2009 100
2010 90
2011 0
2018 60

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 120
2006 120
2007 130
2008 90
2011 60
2012 60
2013 60
2014 70
2015 90
2016 0
2019 150

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2010 0
2016 130
2019 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2013 40
2014 60
2015 50
2016 30
2019 30

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 300
2006 360
2007 380
2008 290
2009 240
2010 240
2011 360
2012 390
2013 310
2014 80
2015 90
2016 80
2017 150
2018 150
2019 280

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 3,020
2006 2,690
2007 2,380
2008 1,980
2009 1,910
2010 1,830
2011 2,080
2012 1,900
2013 1,660
2014 1,370
2015 1,530
2016 2,650
2017 2,300
2018 2,030
2019 410

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 1,070
2006 530
2007 380
2008 0
2009 810
2012 130
2013 90
2014 0
2015 370
2016 430
2017 80
2018 110
2019 180