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Numbers of Production Occupations in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 8,860
2007 9,290
2008 10,640
2009 9,260
2010 9,220
2011 8,440
2012 8,660
2013 9,660
2014 9,750
2015 11,590
2016 12,860
2017 12,590
2018 12,880
2019 13,560

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 870
2007 900
2008 880
2009 800
2010 800
2011 760
2012 870
2013 830
2014 780
2015 1,220
2016 1,130
2017 1,220
2018 1,230
2019 1,240

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Year Number
2006 120
2007 110

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2019 90

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 70
2009 100
2010 0
2011 0
2012 40
2013 50
2014 40
2015 60

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2011 60
2012 120
2013 100
2014 110
2015 80
2016 70

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2006 300
2007 360
2008 530
2009 460
2010 320
2011 170
2012 230
2013 220
2014 250
2015 260
2016 170
2017 200
2018 170
2019 230

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 270
2009 0
2012 0
2014 90

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 660
2007 540
2008 970
2009 850
2010 880
2011 300
2012 630
2013 730
2014 860
2015 510
2016 720

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 70
2010 80
2011 110
2012 70
2015 150
2016 200
2019 1,040

Bakers
Year Number
2006 70
2007 60
2008 220
2009 230
2010 200
2011 110
2012 140
2013 120
2014 90
2015 90
2016 170
2017 180
2018 190
2019 120

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 160
2007 190
2008 140
2009 230
2010 220
2011 250
2012 220
2013 360
2014 330
2015 300
2016 290
2017 320
2018 0
2019 530

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2010 0
2012 0
2014 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2007 160
2010 60
2011 0
2012 130
2013 240
2014 240
2015 190
2016 110
2017 80

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2011 40
2012 80
2013 70
2016 0
2017 0
2018 30

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2007 120
2008 150
2009 130
2010 100
2011 40
2012 60
2013 50
2014 130
2015 140
2016 210
2017 310
2018 290
2019 190

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 70
2007 40
2008 40
2014 0
2015 190
2016 100
2017 100
2019 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 0
2013 0
2014 40

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 40
2009 40
2010 30
2011 80
2012 80
2013 80
2015 120
2016 100
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 70
2013 0
2019 30

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 50
2007 40
2013 0
2015 150
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 190
2007 110
2008 200
2009 170
2010 160
2011 200
2012 210
2013 200
2014 110
2015 230
2016 270
2017 250
2018 250
2019 250

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 30
2007 60
2008 40
2009 30
2010 30
2011 50
2012 30

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 160
2007 290
2008 230
2009 250
2010 70
2011 90
2012 110
2013 190
2014 300
2015 210
2016 200
2017 140
2018 170
2019 120

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 110
2007 100
2008 0
2009 190
2010 140
2011 140
2012 110
2013 110
2014 0

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 70
2007 120
2008 80
2009 90
2010 50
2011 0
2012 50
2013 50
2014 40
2015 40
2019 70

Machinists
Year Number
2006 640
2007 500
2008 670
2009 500
2010 590
2011 460
2012 600
2013 650
2014 800
2015 1,090
2016 650
2017 730
2018 820
2019 760

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 310
2008 310
2009 0
2010 140

Pourers and Casters, Metal
Year Number
2007 220
2008 220
2010 90
2013 120
2014 130

Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2015 0

Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 70
2009 120
2010 110
2011 70
2012 60
2013 60
2014 70
2015 40
2018 30

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 100
2007 0
2008 170
2009 140
2010 170
2011 150
2012 150
2013 120
2014 170
2015 130
2016 170
2017 120
2018 150
2019 280

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 130
2016 220
2017 250
2018 190
2019 110

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2006 40
2010 30
2011 40
2015 40
2016 70
2017 70
2018 50
2019 60

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 930
2007 930
2008 1,010
2009 840
2010 790
2011 860
2012 940
2013 920
2014 1,040
2015 1,390
2016 1,210
2017 1,220
2018 1,570
2019 1,810

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2011 50
2017 70
2018 70
2019 30

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 30
2007 30
2008 40
2009 40
2010 30
2011 40
2013 40
2014 30
2016 40
2017 40
2018 0
2019 0

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2012 0
2013 40

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 60
2007 70
2008 50
2009 40
2015 60
2016 50
2017 0
2019 150

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2008 40
2009 30

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2013 0
2014 50
2015 40
2016 40
2017 50
2018 40
2019 30

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 90
2007 50
2008 0
2009 30

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2006 130
2007 140
2008 110
2009 70
2010 150
2011 120
2012 100
2013 100
2014 100
2015 160
2016 160
2017 180
2018 170
2019 160

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 360
2007 400
2008 350
2009 380
2010 430
2011 420
2012 360
2013 390
2014 380
2015 530
2016 610
2017 550
2018 440
2019 480

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2006 70
2007 0
2008 60
2009 50
2010 50
2011 70
2012 90
2013 80
2014 60
2015 110
2016 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 120
2007 80
2008 60
2009 100
2010 110
2011 80
2012 0
2013 80
2014 100
2015 130
2016 150
2017 150
2018 80
2019 70

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2008 0

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2006 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2006 60
2007 0
2008 0
2013 0
2014 0
2019 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 230
2007 320
2008 380
2009 260
2010 180
2011 200
2012 180
2013 300
2014 330
2015 380
2016 170
2017 140
2018 170
2019 240

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2013 0

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 90
2007 60
2011 60
2012 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 70
2018 80
2019 80

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 270
2007 270
2008 160
2009 110
2010 80
2011 0
2012 40
2013 40
2014 30
2015 0
2016 180
2017 230
2018 160
2019 170

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2006 40

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 180
2007 0
2008 0
2013 230
2015 260
2016 300
2017 390
2018 170
2019 130

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2017 40
2019 30

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 330
2007 320
2008 410
2009 380
2010 410
2011 330
2012 370
2013 540
2014 680
2015 860
2016 630
2017 550
2018 550
2019 480

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 0

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2016 60
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 60
2010 50
2011 60
2012 50
2013 0
2014 180
2015 260
2016 140
2017 200
2018 0
2019 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2016 0
2017 0
2018 80
2019 50

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2015 0
2018 80
2019 0

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2010 40
2011 80
2012 80
2013 70
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 120
2007 210
2008 250
2009 160
2010 80
2011 90
2012 80
2013 90
2014 50
2015 70
2016 190
2017 250
2018 260
2019 170

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2006 100
2007 90
2008 150
2009 0
2010 50
2011 70
2012 90
2013 50
2015 60
2016 90
2017 150
2018 140
2019 120

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 300
2008 270
2009 250
2010 0
2011 200
2012 200
2013 70
2014 50
2015 250
2016 260
2017 320
2018 280
2019 270

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2013 30
2015 50
2016 50
2017 60

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 140
2007 140
2008 90
2009 70
2010 100
2011 60
2012 40
2013 0
2014 0
2015 110
2016 120
2017 120
2018 80
2019 50

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 0
2008 170
2009 130
2010 30
2011 140
2012 180
2013 160
2015 70
2016 100
2017 110
2018 110
2019 0

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 40
2008 40
2009 50
2010 120
2011 110
2012 110
2015 0
2016 50
2017 50
2018 50
2019 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 400
2007 320
2008 280
2009 250
2010 330
2011 420
2012 550
2013 610
2014 490
2015 0
2016 690
2017 760
2018 900
2019 930

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 40
2013 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 360
2007 290
2008 230
2009 200
2010 240
2011 410
2012 510
2013 470
2014 230
2015 390
2016 290
2017 0
2018 690
2019 750

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2009 50

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 150
2007 140
2008 140
2009 140
2010 140
2011 140
2012 190
2013 210
2014 250
2015 520
2016 560
2017 480
2018 510
2019 440

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 390
2007 360
2008 320
2009 430
2010 430
2011 710
2012 0
2013 0
2014 210
2015 370
2016 370
2017 220
2018 310
2019 240

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2010 40
2011 50
2012 50
2013 30
2016 60
2017 0
2018 80
2019 50

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2011 0

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2007 40
2008 40
2017 70
2018 80
2019 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2009 0
2010 40
2012 0
2013 60
2014 100
2015 150
2016 450
2019 110

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 450
2007 360
2008 600
2009 700
2010 950
2011 510
2012 460
2013 640
2014 770
2015 0
2016 990
2017 1,020
2018 860
2019 720

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 40
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2012 0
2013 60
2014 40
2018 180
2019 410