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Numbers of Production Occupations in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 20,560
2006 19,600
2007 20,260
2008 18,090
2009 20,030
2010 18,890
2011 19,170
2012 16,640
2013 16,590
2014 17,330
2015 18,670
2016 20,380
2017 20,670
2018 20,570
2019 20,870

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,280
2006 1,390
2007 1,370
2008 1,400
2009 1,460
2010 1,290
2011 1,250
2012 1,090
2013 1,120
2014 1,200
2015 1,160
2016 1,170
2017 1,280
2018 1,320
2019 1,400

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2005 60

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 340
2007 90
2008 0
2009 270
2010 280
2011 270
2016 0

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2005 50
2010 50
2011 0
2012 0
2013 40
2014 30

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 190
2006 220
2007 150
2008 170
2009 120
2010 160
2011 140
2012 190
2013 200
2014 160
2015 120
2016 90
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2005 50
2009 40
2013 0

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 1,720
2006 2,540
2007 2,460
2008 2,130
2009 3,730
2010 4,250
2011 4,080
2012 2,580
2013 1,910
2014 2,130
2015 2,150
2016 2,720

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 190
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 170
2010 90
2011 170
2012 0
2013 260
2014 320
2015 340
2016 360
2019 4,550

Bakers
Year Number
2005 810
2006 670
2007 510
2008 490
2009 510
2010 480
2011 570
2012 550
2013 560
2014 510
2015 480
2016 480
2017 570
2018 480
2019 520

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 380
2006 370
2007 320
2008 410
2009 430
2010 400
2011 510
2012 540
2013 520
2014 300
2015 320
2016 350
2017 320
2018 310
2019 230

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 380
2006 190
2007 120
2008 110
2009 150
2010 120
2011 80
2012 70
2013 80
2014 80
2015 60
2016 40
2019 100

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2005 240
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 100
2010 110
2011 100
2012 110
2013 100
2014 110
2015 190
2016 260
2017 280
2019 100

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 90
2007 270
2008 450
2009 230
2010 290
2011 350
2012 360
2013 330
2014 440
2015 410
2016 480
2017 460
2018 700
2019 650

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2009 70
2010 80
2011 130
2012 80
2013 100
2014 80
2015 80
2016 60
2017 60

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2019 40

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 590
2006 270
2007 490
2008 570
2009 610
2010 380
2011 450
2012 480
2013 610
2014 620
2015 590
2016 530
2017 610
2018 600
2019 840

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 50
2007 0
2008 0
2009 70
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 70
2006 50
2007 70
2008 50
2009 80
2010 120
2011 140
2012 160
2013 130
2014 120
2015 90
2016 120
2017 100
2018 100

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 790
2006 770
2007 760
2008 570
2009 480
2010 440
2011 510
2012 420
2013 520
2014 560
2015 630
2016 690
2017 720
2018 790
2019 700

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 210
2006 110
2007 90
2009 0
2010 100
2011 80
2012 50

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 200
2006 180
2007 170
2008 0
2009 310
2010 280
2011 0
2012 90
2013 80
2014 140
2015 120
2016 130
2017 70
2018 80
2019 130

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 30
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2018 0
2019 150

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 50
2006 50
2007 50
2008 60
2009 70
2010 0
2012 0
2013 0

Machinists
Year Number
2005 730
2006 870
2007 640
2008 640
2009 560
2010 500
2011 460
2012 470
2013 440
2014 480
2015 560
2016 740
2017 630
2018 460
2019 480

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 30
2007 30
2008 50
2009 40

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 780
2006 600
2007 610
2008 440
2009 380
2010 280
2011 280
2012 220
2013 270
2014 260
2015 220
2016 190
2017 430
2018 510
2019 550

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 130
2006 180
2007 250
2008 190
2009 190
2010 60
2011 50
2012 90
2013 220
2014 610
2015 360
2016 410
2017 320
2018 460
2019 640

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 160
2006 150
2007 150
2008 200
2009 160
2010 130
2011 130
2012 150
2013 150
2014 100
2015 70
2016 80
2017 60
2018 80
2019 80

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 480
2006 490
2007 600
2008 600
2009 550
2010 500
2011 430
2012 540
2013 590
2014 740
2015 630
2016 600
2017 500
2018 550
2019 480

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2011 30
2012 30
2013 0
2014 0
2015 90
2016 100
2017 100
2018 110
2019 60

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 60
2006 90
2007 0
2008 0
2009 40
2010 0
2012 0
2013 40
2014 40

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 0

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 50
2009 60
2010 0
2011 140
2012 70
2013 80
2016 60
2017 140
2018 140
2019 150

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 100
2006 210
2007 0
2012 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 80
2019 90

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 220
2006 210
2007 170
2008 120
2009 110
2010 140
2011 150
2012 160
2013 130
2014 130
2015 170
2016 230
2017 190
2018 120
2019 50

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 700
2006 480
2007 540
2008 650
2009 790
2010 840
2011 860
2012 780
2013 690
2014 540
2015 620
2016 700
2017 640
2018 600
2019 580

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 1,100
2006 570
2007 390
2008 230
2009 260
2010 200
2011 210
2012 0
2013 210
2014 190
2015 210
2016 240
2017 260
2018 240
2019 140

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 330
2006 350
2007 360
2008 360
2009 330
2010 270
2011 490
2012 490
2013 470
2014 390
2015 450
2016 420
2017 320
2018 440
2019 530

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 160
2006 100
2007 120
2008 110
2009 130
2010 110
2011 60
2012 50
2013 70
2014 90
2015 60
2016 70
2017 120
2018 120
2019 110

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 510
2006 660
2007 600
2008 600
2009 300
2010 260
2011 250
2012 200
2013 250
2014 200
2015 330
2016 290
2017 350
2018 170
2019 230

Sewers, Hand
Year Number
2005 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 30
2008 30
2017 0
2019 0

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0
2014 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 120
2007 360
2009 70
2010 60
2011 70
2012 90
2013 80
2014 80
2017 80
2018 90

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 150
2007 0
2008 0
2009 30
2010 40
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2005 160
2006 90
2007 140
2008 60
2009 70

Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 30

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 0
2007 0
2008 60
2010 40
2011 60
2012 0
2013 40
2015 0
2016 40
2017 40

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2008 40
2010 30
2014 0
2015 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 70
2010 80
2011 80
2012 50
2013 0
2014 50
2017 40
2018 80
2019 100

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 60
2006 0
2007 40
2008 30

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 30
2006 60
2007 0
2008 80
2009 60
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 120
2014 120
2015 150
2016 110
2017 130
2018 110

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 260
2008 0
2009 70
2010 70
2011 70
2012 70
2013 130
2014 150
2015 130
2016 130
2017 90
2018 120
2019 40

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 70
2007 90
2008 0
2013 50
2014 50

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 50
2009 80
2010 70
2011 80
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60
2015 60
2016 70
2017 60
2018 70
2019 70

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 150
2006 150
2007 410
2008 490
2009 440
2010 240
2011 250
2012 250
2013 320
2014 310
2015 290
2016 210
2017 200
2018 310
2019 250

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2007 80

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2014 110
2015 80
2016 0
2017 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2014 0
2015 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2012 40
2013 30
2014 40

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 0
2008 110
2009 210
2010 180
2011 190
2012 110
2013 110
2014 70
2015 120
2016 140
2017 170
2018 160
2019 190

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2014 120
2015 150
2016 150
2017 100
2019 180

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 50
2007 60
2008 40
2009 60
2010 50
2011 90
2012 50
2013 60
2014 60
2015 40
2019 60

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 0
2006 50
2007 60
2008 80
2009 60
2016 40
2018 40
2019 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 340
2006 320
2007 210
2008 170
2009 200
2010 170
2011 200
2012 170
2013 260
2014 250
2015 300
2016 210
2017 190
2018 120
2019 180

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2007 30
2008 40
2009 30
2010 60
2011 0
2012 0

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 190
2006 230
2007 290
2008 330
2009 320
2010 0
2011 0
2012 110
2013 120
2014 130
2015 140
2016 130
2017 150
2018 140
2019 110

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 200
2006 260
2007 220
2008 200
2009 0
2010 120
2011 110
2012 100
2015 110
2016 90
2017 90
2018 0
2019 110

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 60
2007 50
2014 0
2016 30

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 1,510
2006 1,030
2007 880
2008 950
2009 890
2010 920
2011 930
2012 990
2013 1,020
2014 900
2015 790
2016 1,050
2017 1,240
2018 1,150
2019 1,160

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2011 40
2012 30

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2006 140
2007 110
2008 0
2009 80
2010 50
2011 90
2012 100
2013 100
2014 110
2015 60
2016 70
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2011 0

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2006 230
2007 150
2008 220
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 220
2016 110
2019 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 1,430
2006 1,720
2007 1,790
2008 1,410
2009 1,030
2010 1,200
2011 1,750
2012 1,750
2013 1,510
2014 1,530
2015 1,230
2016 1,550
2017 1,170
2018 1,270
2019 1,520

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 30
2007 40
2008 80
2009 100
2010 70
2011 40
2014 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 300
2006 350
2007 170
2008 310
2009 340
2010 310
2011 180
2012 180
2013 150
2014 190
2015 110
2016 200
2017 100
2018 200
2019 150

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 140
2006 90
2007 70
2008 0
2009 0
2010 250
2011 0
2012 60
2013 30
2016 0
2017 0

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 560
2006 470
2007 390
2008 420
2009 460
2010 510
2011 500
2012 390
2013 250
2014 290
2015 390
2016 420
2017 480
2018 380
2019 410

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2015 30
2016 30

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2009 30
2010 0
2011 0
2012 40
2015 90
2016 140
2017 110
2018 40

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2009 70
2010 60
2011 70

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2017 40

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2012 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 40
2008 0
2009 80
2010 120
2011 100
2012 130
2013 130
2014 130
2015 0
2016 60
2017 0
2018 90
2019 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 1,010
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2015 1,410
2016 1,460
2017 1,500
2018 1,750
2019 1,680

Tire Builders
Year Number
2014 120
2015 130

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 1,830
2006 1,850
2007 1,560
2008 1,860
2009 1,960
2010 1,700
2011 1,560
2012 1,850
2013 1,560
2014 1,610
2015 1,810
2016 2,060
2017 1,560
2018 1,120
2019 810

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 180
2006 270
2007 330
2008 350
2009 420
2012 0
2013 290
2014 280
2015 320
2016 270
2017 0
2018 130
2019 130