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Numbers of Production Occupations in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 17,720
2007 19,200
2008 17,300
2009 16,760
2010 13,070
2011 16,760
2012 17,870
2013 19,080
2014 19,850
2015 17,610
2016 17,200
2017 17,040
2018 15,920
2019 17,060

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 1,690
2007 1,770
2008 1,410
2009 1,280
2010 1,260
2011 1,310
2012 1,230
2013 1,230
2014 1,320
2015 1,210
2016 1,210
2017 1,120
2018 1,260
2019 1,260

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2006 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 90
2007 80
2008 40
2009 70
2010 90
2011 150
2016 210

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2009 190
2010 70
2011 100
2015 310
2019 100

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2006 190
2007 200
2008 230
2009 240
2010 230
2011 0
2012 290
2013 420
2014 410
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 190

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 110
2016 130
2017 60
2018 40

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 3,070
2007 2,820
2008 2,680
2009 2,860
2010 0
2011 1,870
2012 2,600
2013 2,900
2014 3,170
2015 3,680
2016 3,980

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 330
2010 350
2011 500
2012 660
2013 780
2014 560
2015 570
2016 490
2019 2,620

Bakers
Year Number
2006 100
2007 110
2008 90
2009 90
2010 120
2011 140
2012 150
2013 120
2014 150
2015 110
2016 100
2017 110
2018 140
2019 160

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 540
2007 460
2008 320
2009 160
2010 310
2011 380
2012 390
2013 330
2014 280
2015 250
2016 250
2017 370
2018 350
2019 350

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 1,230
2012 1,180
2013 1,050
2014 510
2015 540
2016 630
2018 750
2019 1,010

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2006 1,630
2007 1,200
2008 1,810
2009 1,250
2010 1,310
2011 780
2012 880
2013 750
2014 1,010
2015 1,120
2016 1,230
2017 1,010
2018 860
2019 860

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2009 60
2010 80
2011 70
2012 80
2013 110
2014 90
2015 50
2017 50
2018 30

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2006 170
2007 200
2008 220
2009 280
2010 230
2011 250
2012 340
2013 720
2014 810
2015 340
2016 330
2017 430
2018 540
2019 460

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30
2009 60
2011 40
2013 40
2014 50
2015 70
2016 70
2018 140
2019 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 160
2013 170
2014 290
2015 210
2016 130
2019 220

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 50
2014 50
2015 60
2019 60

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 60
2010 50
2011 50

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 560
2008 370
2009 470
2010 350
2011 500
2012 600
2013 470
2014 360
2015 250
2016 270
2017 240
2018 210
2019 280

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 110
2008 0
2009 50
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 40

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 130
2007 130
2008 80
2009 150
2010 130
2011 180
2012 110
2013 90
2014 80
2015 40
2016 50
2018 40
2019 60

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 100
2007 140
2008 40
2010 40
2011 0
2012 0
2013 120
2014 110
2015 40
2016 70
2017 0
2019 40

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 100
2011 70

Machinists
Year Number
2006 660
2007 850
2008 950
2009 780
2010 770
2011 680
2012 770
2013 720
2014 740
2015 560
2016 540
2017 520
2018 760
2019 620

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 220
2007 190
2008 200
2009 180
2010 170
2011 100
2012 170
2013 150
2014 190
2015 190
2016 160
2017 340
2018 480
2019 610

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 550
2008 430
2009 0
2010 130
2011 240
2012 500
2013 740
2014 620
2015 590
2016 350
2017 410
2018 330
2019 360

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2006 140
2007 140
2008 110
2009 80
2010 50
2011 50
2012 70
2013 70
2014 70
2015 80
2016 90
2017 90
2018 60
2019 70

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 1,450
2007 1,800
2008 1,590
2009 1,440
2010 1,090
2011 1,200
2012 1,430
2013 1,710
2014 1,740
2015 1,730
2016 1,660
2017 1,550
2018 1,410
2019 1,290

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 290
2007 270
2008 310
2009 110
2010 90
2011 70
2012 250
2013 250
2014 280
2015 160
2016 140
2017 110
2018 90
2019 120

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2011 50
2013 40

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 40
2018 0

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2013 40

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

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 70
2007 70
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 40
2017 50
2018 100
2019 100

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2006 200
2007 210
2008 330
2009 230
2010 190
2011 210
2012 110
2013 90
2014 110
2015 110
2016 90
2017 110
2018 0
2019 420

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 380
2007 420
2008 390
2009 360
2010 280
2011 230
2012 240
2013 230
2014 210
2015 170
2016 180
2017 180
2018 190
2019 230

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2006 30
2007 40
2008 40
2014 30
2015 30

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 240
2007 490
2008 0
2009 0
2010 330
2011 150
2012 0
2013 0
2014 250
2016 0
2017 70
2018 100
2019 90

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2013 80
2014 80
2015 0

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 40

Upholsterers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 270
2007 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 490
2007 410
2008 230
2009 150
2010 50
2011 50
2012 90
2013 100
2014 130
2015 110
2016 140
2017 150
2018 200
2019 200

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 50
2008 0
2010 30

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 70
2007 60
2008 30
2009 0
2010 40
2011 0

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 150
2007 160
2008 100
2010 80
2011 120
2012 100
2013 120
2014 200
2015 0
2017 550
2018 590
2019 730

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2006 80
2007 0
2008 50
2009 40
2010 0
2013 70

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2007 30

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 60
2007 40
2009 30
2010 40
2011 60
2012 50
2013 0
2014 30
2015 40

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2009 0
2012 40
2013 40
2014 30
2016 0
2017 90
2018 60

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 360
2007 410
2008 330
2009 290
2010 180
2011 290
2012 290
2013 330
2014 290
2015 320
2016 320
2017 320
2018 300
2019 310

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 130
2014 310
2015 160
2016 140
2017 160
2018 130
2019 140

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2014 60
2015 60
2016 0
2017 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2008 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2015 160
2016 0
2017 140
2019 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2017 80
2018 120
2019 210

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 120
2007 140
2008 100
2009 130
2010 110
2011 200
2012 190
2013 160
2014 200
2015 210
2016 210
2017 160
2018 180
2019 150

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 170
2007 310
2008 0
2009 230
2010 130
2011 170
2012 70
2013 80
2014 90
2015 100
2016 110
2017 80
2018 50
2019 110

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2008 60
2009 40
2012 0
2013 0
2014 30

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 450
2007 340
2008 300
2009 290
2010 460
2011 480
2012 740
2013 590
2014 600
2015 500
2016 620
2017 620
2018 380
2019 260

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2006 80
2007 80

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 60
2007 60
2008 0
2009 130
2010 130
2011 120
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 50
2016 60
2017 40

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 160
2007 120
2008 140
2009 90
2013 60
2014 40
2017 50

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 70

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 790
2007 800
2008 850
2009 840
2010 660
2011 630
2012 660
2013 720
2014 660
2015 670
2016 690
2017 670
2018 570
2019 600

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2017 0

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2006 40
2007 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 490
2007 880
2008 1,110
2009 1,220
2010 710
2011 810
2012 990
2013 1,090
2014 880
2015 510
2016 460
2017 520
2018 720
2019 680

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 480
2007 460
2008 480
2009 300
2010 250
2011 270
2012 280
2013 460
2014 560
2015 550
2016 490
2017 290
2018 330
2019 350

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2010 30
2016 40

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 540
2007 500
2008 460
2009 340
2010 310
2011 370
2012 310
2013 320
2014 270
2015 240
2016 110
2017 140
2018 180
2019 270

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2012 40
2013 60
2014 70
2015 100
2016 80

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 110
2007 100
2008 0

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 60
2007 90
2008 110
2009 60
2010 120
2011 120
2012 180
2013 90
2014 0
2015 0
2017 120

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2013 310
2014 340
2019 40

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2015 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2011 60
2012 50

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 570
2007 520
2008 580
2009 500
2010 860
2011 910
2012 790
2013 250
2014 700
2015 710
2016 870
2017 830
2018 930
2019 860

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 510
2007 730
2008 730
2009 1,160
2012 750
2013 720
2014 750
2015 540
2016 500
2017 330
2018 0
2019 260