Numbers of Production Occupations in Northwest Kansas nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2015 1,640
2016 2,150
2017 1,860

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2015 280
2016 290
2017 260

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2015 210
2016 310

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2016 30
2017 60

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

Year Number
2015 30
2016 50
2017 30

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2017 40

Machinists

Year Number
2015 60
2016 50
2017 60

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 0
2016 70
2017 90

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2015 540
2016 420
2017 260

Printing Press Operators

Year Number
2015 50
2016 50
2017 40

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2015 80
2016 80
2017 90

Sewing Machine Operators

Year Number
2016 30
2017 60

Power Plant Operators

Year Number
2017 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2015 170
2016 140
2017 110

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

Year Number
2015 120
2016 50
2017 100

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

Year Number
2016 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2016 40

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2015 100
2016 120
2017 110

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2016 240
2017 210

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

Year Number
2015 0
2016 50
2017 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Year Number
2015 0

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 50

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2016 40
2017 40