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Numbers of Production Occupations in North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 7,070
2007 6,320
2008 5,440
2009 6,410
2010 5,060
2011 6,030
2012 5,720
2013 5,910
2014 6,490
2015 15,270
2016 27,190
2017 26,860
2018 28,690
2019 26,650

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 600
2007 640
2008 650
2009 730
2010 550
2011 530
2012 570
2013 580
2014 590
2015 2,050
2016 2,050
2017 2,150
2018 2,200
2019 2,180

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Year Number
2007 60
2008 60

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2019 80

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 80
2007 90
2008 80
2009 60
2012 40
2013 40
2014 50
2015 140
2016 210

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 160
2007 40
2008 50
2009 40
2015 0
2016 50

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2015 210
2016 180
2017 60
2018 90
2019 80

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2006 170
2007 140
2008 90
2009 60
2010 0
2015 290
2016 370
2017 320
2018 330
2019 310

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2006 230
2007 190
2008 120
2009 120
2010 0
2011 0
2015 60
2016 40
2018 40

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 1,150
2007 870
2008 1,060
2009 760
2010 1,130
2011 1,090
2012 1,590
2013 1,850
2014 1,710
2015 0
2016 3,560

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2007 40
2009 110
2010 260
2011 250
2012 120
2013 0
2014 0
2015 410
2016 520
2019 5,500

Bakers
Year Number
2006 30
2007 60
2008 60
2009 80
2010 100
2011 120
2012 100
2013 80
2014 90
2015 0
2016 250
2017 280
2018 240
2019 420

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 140
2007 120
2008 50
2009 40
2010 40
2011 90
2012 80
2013 80
2014 0
2015 0
2016 260
2017 280
2018 260
2019 230

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2015 0
2016 0

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 1,080
2018 0

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2015 0
2018 0
2019 110

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2012 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 170
2017 0
2018 670
2019 0

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2009 40
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2015 210
2016 360
2017 510
2018 520
2019 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2015 210
2016 130
2017 160
2018 140
2019 120

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 210
2007 190
2008 130
2009 160
2010 60
2011 100
2012 90
2013 150
2014 100
2015 170
2016 0
2017 0
2018 460
2019 290

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 50
2008 70
2009 50
2015 150
2016 120
2017 220
2018 200
2019 140

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 190
2007 120
2008 130
2009 120
2010 30
2011 40
2012 120
2013 180
2014 140
2015 530
2016 410
2017 560
2018 790
2019 840

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 60

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 70
2007 0
2008 0
2009 200
2010 130
2011 120
2012 60
2013 40
2015 200
2016 330
2017 380
2018 400
2019 230

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 50
2008 60
2010 0
2011 50
2013 30
2015 0
2016 40
2017 60
2019 90

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2015 70

Machinists
Year Number
2006 580
2007 460
2008 390
2009 280
2010 190
2011 190
2012 0
2013 0
2014 990
2015 1,520
2016 1,340
2017 1,090
2018 1,070
2019 1,040

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2015 60
2016 80
2018 50
2019 0

Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2015 30
2016 40

Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Year Number
2007 50
2008 70
2009 60
2015 140
2016 130

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 50
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 50
2014 0
2015 400
2016 470
2017 520
2018 390
2019 390

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 0
2010 50
2011 70
2012 60
2013 30
2015 630
2016 630
2017 630
2018 420
2019 710

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2010 40
2011 50
2012 50
2013 40
2014 30
2015 60
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 110

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 410
2007 450
2008 490
2009 610
2010 440
2011 420
2012 340
2013 380
2014 620
2015 0
2016 2,500
2017 2,390
2018 2,750
2019 2,840

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2015 0
2016 50
2019 110

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2015 80
2016 40
2017 30
2019 50

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 80
2008 90
2009 0
2013 70
2014 80
2015 150
2016 70
2017 30
2018 40
2019 90

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2007 40
2008 30
2015 0
2019 50

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 60
2010 100
2011 110
2012 90
2013 60
2014 60
2015 240
2016 280
2017 250
2018 220
2019 210

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2006 60
2008 30
2009 40
2015 40

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 110
2007 120
2008 120
2009 150
2010 170
2011 150
2012 130
2013 90
2014 140
2015 550
2016 480
2017 490
2018 410
2019 400

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2006 120
2007 110
2008 100
2009 70
2012 50
2013 80
2015 130
2016 110
2017 50
2018 0
2019 70

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 100
2007 100
2008 90
2009 90
2010 120
2011 70
2012 80
2014 0
2015 360
2016 340
2017 370
2018 290
2019 250

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2018 30
2019 30

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

Upholsterers
Year Number
2007 30
2008 30
2015 50
2016 0
2018 0
2019 40

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2018 0
2019 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 120
2007 100
2008 80
2009 80
2010 60
2011 70
2012 50
2013 100
2014 80
2015 460
2016 420
2017 420
2018 550
2019 670

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2018 60
2019 60

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 60
2010 50
2011 50
2015 0
2016 220
2017 280
2018 370
2019 430

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 100
2007 180
2008 0
2009 0
2015 790
2016 850
2017 1,050
2018 850
2019 630

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2015 0
2017 0

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2015 0
2016 0

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2015 0
2016 110

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2009 30
2017 0

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 230
2007 200
2008 250
2009 160
2010 210
2011 160
2012 90
2013 70
2014 100
2015 0
2016 640
2017 750
2018 850
2019 750

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2017 90
2018 0
2019 70

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2008 0
2009 30
2010 50
2015 70
2019 50

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2009 460
2015 0
2016 160
2017 150

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

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2014 60
2015 180
2016 120

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2016 40
2017 0
2018 0
2019 210

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 120
2015 100
2016 60
2017 90
2018 100
2019 0

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2006 120
2007 80
2008 70
2009 40
2010 50
2011 40
2012 50
2013 70
2014 70
2015 130
2016 110
2017 90
2018 100
2019 80

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 150
2007 230
2008 160
2009 140
2010 110
2011 100
2012 160
2013 150
2014 160
2015 640
2016 650
2017 480
2018 410
2019 390

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2015 40
2019 0

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 210
2007 380
2008 0
2009 290
2011 350
2012 0
2013 320
2015 480
2016 540
2017 590
2018 550
2019 140

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 120
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2014 30
2015 110
2016 240
2017 260
2018 400
2019 200

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2015 90
2016 140
2017 100
2018 90
2019 130

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 330
2007 510
2008 450
2009 490
2010 190
2011 300
2012 280
2013 350
2014 290
2015 0
2016 1,290
2017 1,350
2018 1,520
2019 1,430

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2015 130
2016 80
2018 0
2019 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 370
2007 0
2008 0
2009 300
2010 0
2011 330
2012 290
2013 240
2014 400
2015 1,240
2016 1,320
2017 1,000
2018 1,430
2019 1,570

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2009 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 40
2007 70
2008 90
2009 100
2010 160
2011 110
2012 130
2015 630
2016 680
2017 780
2018 770
2019 850

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2016 40

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 230
2007 120
2008 70
2009 120
2010 200
2011 240
2012 190
2015 390
2016 530
2017 440
2018 440
2019 180

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2015 60
2016 100
2017 0
2018 80
2019 40

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2018 60
2019 50

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2016 160
2017 170
2018 280
2019 0

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2016 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 40
2007 80
2015 70
2016 70
2017 120
2018 120
2019 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2010 110
2011 110
2015 520
2016 550
2017 0
2018 320
2019 0

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 380
2007 200
2008 220
2009 240
2010 310
2011 590
2012 830
2013 830
2014 700
2015 0
2016 2,320
2017 2,200
2018 1,490
2019 1,390

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 0
2016 110
2017 180
2018 300
2019 0