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Numbers of Production Occupations in Portland-South Portland, ME

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 9,260
2006 8,260
2007 8,070
2008 8,890
2009 7,810
2010 7,880
2011 7,720
2012 7,590
2013 7,890
2014 7,840
2015 7,550
2016 8,320
2017 8,430
2018 8,610
2019 8,480

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,010
2006 890
2007 840
2008 940
2009 830
2010 770
2011 810
2012 770
2013 720
2014 610
2015 640
2016 630
2017 650
2018 670
2019 660

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 70
2006 60
2007 0
2008 0
2009 150
2010 130
2011 140
2012 0
2013 110
2014 120
2015 220
2016 290

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 60
2012 50

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 90
2006 70
2007 90
2008 80
2009 70
2010 40
2011 60
2012 70
2013 70
2017 30
2019 60

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2007 0
2009 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 30
2014 30
2017 30
2019 30

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 1,210
2006 1,140
2007 1,170
2008 1,290
2009 1,090
2010 880
2011 920
2012 1,200
2013 1,400
2014 1,220
2015 960
2016 890

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 240
2006 250
2007 270
2008 300
2009 240
2010 260
2011 200
2012 200
2013 70
2014 80
2015 180
2016 140
2019 1,020

Bakers
Year Number
2005 180
2006 210
2007 190
2008 210
2009 120
2010 240
2011 300
2012 300
2013 260
2014 280
2015 260
2016 280
2017 240
2018 290
2019 310

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 130
2006 110
2007 100
2008 110
2009 110
2010 170
2011 200
2012 230
2013 230
2014 200
2015 200
2016 150
2017 120
2018 140
2019 170

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 180
2006 170
2007 210
2008 390
2009 410
2010 420
2011 400
2012 300
2013 250
2014 360
2015 290
2016 350
2017 320
2018 370
2019 410

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2007 420
2008 380
2009 220
2010 110
2011 120
2012 160
2013 130
2014 120
2015 200
2016 220
2017 130
2018 130
2019 50

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2008 30
2010 150
2012 0
2016 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2015 100
2016 70
2017 90
2018 0
2019 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2016 0
2018 40
2019 40

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 100
2006 130
2007 160
2008 130
2009 30
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 50
2015 40
2016 40
2017 50
2018 60
2019 0

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2010 30

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 190
2006 170
2007 190
2008 100
2009 110
2010 70
2011 60
2012 70
2013 80
2014 60
2015 40
2018 0
2019 60

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 50
2007 50
2008 60
2009 150
2010 130
2011 110
2012 110
2013 120
2014 0
2016 90
2018 110
2019 150

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 40
2006 70
2007 60
2008 100

Machinists
Year Number
2005 460
2006 490
2007 510
2008 490
2009 430
2010 330
2011 480
2012 400
2013 410
2014 330
2015 430
2016 420
2017 420
2018 320
2019 310

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30
2010 190
2016 0
2017 0
2018 140

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2009 40
2010 50
2011 40
2012 0
2013 100
2014 100
2015 150
2016 100
2017 80
2018 50
2019 40

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 70
2006 60
2007 40
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 60
2012 40
2015 0

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 290
2006 270
2007 200
2008 160
2009 180
2010 180
2011 220
2012 240
2013 390
2014 420
2015 360
2016 310
2017 360
2018 350
2019 390

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2014 0
2015 0

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 40
2010 40
2011 50
2012 50
2013 30

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 100
2006 70
2007 100
2008 120
2009 160
2010 150
2011 180
2012 170
2013 210
2014 200
2015 140
2016 140
2017 150
2018 180
2019 220

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2008 70
2009 70
2010 70
2014 30
2015 40

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2008 90
2010 50

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 70
2007 70
2008 60
2009 0

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 260
2006 220
2007 0
2008 220
2009 140
2010 140
2011 140
2012 150
2013 100
2014 140
2015 120
2016 140
2017 180
2018 190
2019 250

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 60
2006 120
2007 40
2008 0
2011 40
2012 40
2015 30
2016 30
2017 40

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 350
2006 320
2007 370
2008 330
2009 290
2010 200
2011 180
2012 0
2013 250
2014 280
2015 270
2016 340
2017 330
2018 400
2019 320

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2009 50
2010 50
2011 90
2012 0
2013 0
2014 50
2015 0
2018 0
2019 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 150
2006 210
2007 230
2008 310
2009 150
2010 80
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 80
2015 110
2016 170
2017 140
2018 180
2019 280

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Year Number
2018 0

Sewers, Hand
Year Number
2005 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2016 60
2017 80
2018 70

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2015 50
2016 50
2017 60

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 230
2006 190
2007 210
2008 290
2009 290
2010 220
2011 150
2012 120
2013 150
2014 150
2015 130
2016 130
2017 140
2018 120
2019 110

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 30
2010 30
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2019 40

Patternmakers, Wood
Year Number
2005 0

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 140
2006 160
2007 120
2008 0
2009 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 70
2015 80
2016 100
2017 90
2018 90
2019 40

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 40
2006 0
2007 0
2008 80
2010 40
2013 40
2014 100
2015 80
2016 70
2017 50
2018 40
2019 0

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2005 40
2006 0
2007 200
2008 90
2018 90

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 40
2006 50
2007 40
2008 40
2009 70
2010 100
2011 90
2012 80
2013 50
2014 50
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40
2019 70

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 100
2006 70
2007 90
2008 140
2009 120
2010 110
2011 130
2012 130
2013 130
2014 110
2015 160
2016 150
2017 130
2018 110
2019 110

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2012 0
2013 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2013 50
2015 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2010 30
2011 40
2012 40

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 80
2006 100
2007 50
2008 90
2009 80
2010 70
2011 30
2012 40
2013 70
2014 100
2015 90
2016 90
2017 120
2018 140
2019 180

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2010 50
2011 50
2012 50
2013 40
2014 30
2015 30
2017 40
2019 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 160
2006 0
2007 0
2008 50
2009 50
2010 50
2011 40
2012 60
2013 60
2014 70
2015 40
2016 0
2017 40
2018 0
2019 0

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 30
2013 0

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 330
2006 240
2007 140
2008 50
2009 70
2011 110
2012 50
2013 70
2014 50
2016 40
2017 0
2018 0

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 150
2007 110
2008 140
2009 140
2010 200
2011 150
2012 200
2013 200
2014 190
2016 180
2017 180
2018 130
2019 150

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 810
2006 750
2007 530
2008 550
2009 540
2010 430
2011 330
2012 350
2013 330
2014 360
2015 230
2016 250
2017 340
2018 360
2019 430

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 80
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 50
2010 0
2011 40
2012 0
2014 50
2015 0
2016 70
2017 60
2018 50
2019 40

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 50
2007 50
2008 0
2009 60
2010 50
2013 60
2014 60
2015 70
2016 50
2017 50

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 100
2006 60
2007 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 380
2006 330
2007 520
2008 640
2009 680
2010 430
2011 720
2012 740
2013 770
2014 640
2015 640
2016 780
2017 590
2018 650
2019 560

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 30
2008 80
2009 0
2010 0
2013 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 110
2007 60
2008 60
2009 60
2010 110
2011 70
2012 150
2013 180
2014 140
2015 80
2016 110
2017 130
2018 100
2019 90

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 230
2006 100
2007 140
2008 70
2009 60
2010 50
2011 30
2013 50

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 110
2007 150
2008 260
2009 230
2010 240
2011 170
2012 200
2013 200
2014 250
2015 210
2016 250
2017 430
2018 440
2019 390

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2005 40
2013 50
2014 50
2015 40
2016 40
2018 50
2019 30

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 0
2016 40
2017 30
2018 40

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2017 0

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2016 0
2019 40

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2007 0
2008 50
2009 40
2016 30
2019 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 170
2006 0
2012 0
2013 0
2017 40
2018 40

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 510
2006 470
2007 310
2008 240
2009 190
2010 470
2011 520
2012 580
2013 310
2014 500
2015 550
2016 610
2017 380
2018 380
2019 300

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 160
2006 90
2007 40
2008 0
2009 0
2012 170
2013 80
2014 110
2015 250
2016 380
2017 560
2018 630
2019 880