Numbers of Production Occupations in South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations

Year Number
2006 9,290
2007 10,200
2008 9,520
2009 7,000
2010 5,040
2011 5,270
2012 5,830
2013 6,290
2014 6,750
2015 11,470
2016 12,250
2017 10,370
2018 11,040
2019 11,350

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Year Number
2006 560
2007 590
2008 570
2009 640
2010 570
2011 660
2012 600
2013 590
2014 580
2015 1,080
2016 1,140
2017 1,040
2018 1,100
2019 1,170

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Year Number
2006 220
2007 290
2008 170

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

Year Number
2008 0
2009 60
2010 210
2011 190
2012 180

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Year Number
2007 30
2008 60
2009 50
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 40
2015 140
2016 130
2017 80

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators

Year Number
2006 120
2007 250
2008 230
2009 170
2010 40
2011 70
2012 40
2013 300
2014 310

Team Assemblers

Year Number
2006 1,610
2007 1,190
2008 1,150
2009 720
2010 560
2011 840
2012 920
2013 950
2014 790
2015 1,370
2016 1,290

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

Year Number
2006 110
2007 280
2008 250
2009 220
2010 180
2011 110
2012 190
2013 300
2014 330
2015 140
2016 160
2019 1,940

Bakers

Year Number
2011 50
2012 50
2013 60
2014 50
2015 80
2016 70
2017 40
2018 0
2019 0

Butchers and Meat Cutters

Year Number
2007 230
2008 230
2009 0
2010 70
2011 50
2012 70
2013 50
2014 70
2015 370
2016 410
2017 290
2018 120
2019 110

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Year Number
2006 1,740
2007 1,350
2008 1,330
2015 760
2016 740
2017 840
2018 860
2019 770

Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Year Number
2006 80

Food Batchmakers

Year Number
2015 110
2016 130
2017 0
2018 430
2019 0

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2009 70

Food Processing Workers, All Other

Year Number
2015 420
2016 210
2017 0
2018 370
2019 340

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2007 30
2012 100
2013 90
2015 100
2016 90

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

Year Number
2006 210
2007 310
2008 210
2009 170
2010 80
2011 90
2012 80
2013 150
2014 170
2015 0
2016 340
2017 100
2018 130
2019 200

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2007 90
2009 80

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2006 100
2007 80
2008 40
2009 40
2014 190
2015 160
2016 0
2018 0
2019 0

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

Year Number
2006 120
2007 0
2008 140
2009 140
2013 30
2014 60

Machinists

Year Number
2006 190
2007 140
2008 180
2009 170
2010 500
2011 610
2012 620
2013 320
2014 290
2015 270
2016 240
2017 210
2018 260
2019 240

Foundry Mold and Coremakers

Year Number
2010 30

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

Year Number
2006 0
2007 410
2008 0
2009 300
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 150
2015 210
2016 220
2017 60
2018 40
2019 0

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 60
2015 0
2016 420
2017 170
2018 140

Tool and Die Makers

Year Number
2006 130
2007 0
2008 80
2009 60
2010 80
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 40
2016 40

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Year Number
2006 190
2007 240
2008 280
2009 270
2010 280
2011 290
2012 350
2013 250
2014 290
2015 650
2016 710
2017 770
2018 800
2019 800

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2015 80
2016 80
2017 50

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2015 70

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

Year Number
2015 40
2016 60
2017 40
2018 40
2019 50

Prepress Technicians and Workers

Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2016 0

Printing Press Operators

Year Number
2006 90
2007 160
2008 220
2009 130
2010 70
2011 60
2012 90
2013 60
2014 70
2015 100
2016 130
2017 110
2018 140
2019 160

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Year Number
2006 180
2007 150
2008 160
2009 150
2010 150
2011 130
2012 110
2013 110
2014 120
2015 80
2016 120
2017 160
2018 140
2019 150

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2013 30
2014 40
2015 50

Sewing Machine Operators

Year Number
2006 280
2007 290
2008 200
2009 240
2010 230
2011 200
2012 270
2013 290
2014 430
2015 70
2016 110
2017 0
2018 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

Year Number
2010 0
2014 0

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2008 40
2009 40
2010 50

Upholsterers

Year Number
2007 50
2008 90
2009 50
2010 50
2012 50
2013 50
2014 80

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

Year Number
2006 160
2007 140
2008 160
2009 50
2010 0
2011 30
2012 0
2013 70
2014 50

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Year Number
2006 240
2007 190
2008 0
2009 80
2010 0
2011 80
2012 70
2013 50
2014 90
2015 360
2016 400
2017 450
2018 430
2019 380

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Year Number
2006 240
2007 160
2008 140
2009 60
2010 40
2011 70
2012 0
2013 120
2014 130
2015 250
2016 220
2017 170
2018 0
2019 460

Woodworkers, All Other

Year Number
2010 30

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

Year Number
2015 0
2017 60
2018 140
2019 150

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2006 0
2007 180
2008 200
2009 250
2010 250
2011 190
2012 190
2013 200
2014 190
2015 220
2016 280
2017 320
2018 290
2019 280

Chemical Plant and System Operators

Year Number
2016 170
2017 60
2018 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 310
2019 200

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2015 570
2016 680
2017 0
2018 390
2019 470

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

Year Number
2015 70
2018 70

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2006 0
2007 40
2010 60
2011 80
2012 50
2015 90
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 120

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

Year Number
2007 50
2008 40
2009 50
2013 0
2014 0

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2006 110
2007 90
2008 110
2009 60
2010 70
2011 0
2012 40
2013 0
2014 50
2015 170
2016 100
2017 0
2018 310
2019 360

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2007 0
2008 100
2009 100
2015 60
2016 50
2017 0
2018 0
2019 90

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

Year Number
2008 0
2013 0
2015 100
2016 110
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2007 70
2008 50
2009 70
2015 100
2016 70
2017 100
2018 70
2019 70

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Year Number
2006 500
2007 500
2008 600
2009 550
2010 510
2011 470
2012 390
2013 420
2014 470
2015 800
2016 770
2017 850
2018 1,070
2019 980

Dental Laboratory Technicians

Year Number
2008 0
2009 30

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2006 500
2007 410
2008 390
2009 210
2010 170
2011 240
2012 250
2013 150
2014 210
2015 380
2016 400
2017 460
2018 430
2019 430

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

Year Number
2006 110
2007 110
2008 110
2009 60
2010 100
2011 100
2012 120
2013 170
2014 270
2015 280
2016 300
2017 170
2018 200
2019 240

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

Year Number
2011 50

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Year Number
2007 280
2008 270
2009 240
2011 80
2012 100
2013 130
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 30
2018 40

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2007 80
2009 40
2015 130
2016 140
2019 80

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2015 90
2016 0

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Year Number
2006 0
2007 330
2008 320
2015 50
2018 40

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Year Number
2006 0
2017 30

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Year Number
2016 560
2017 340
2018 450
2019 370

Helpers--Production Workers

Year Number
2006 1,500
2007 1,350
2008 1,340
2009 960
2010 660
2011 530
2012 900
2013 1,160
2014 1,070
2015 940
2016 760
2017 580
2018 490
2019 740

Production Workers, All Other

Year Number
2009 360
2013 150
2014 200
2015 420
2016 400
2017 220
2018 0
2019 0