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Numbers of Production Occupations in South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 23,750
2007 24,040
2008 19,360
2009 16,610
2010 16,540
2011 16,550
2012 18,220
2013 19,860
2014 18,530
2015 17,800
2016 17,280
2017 18,770
2018 17,070
2019 16,820

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 1,890
2007 1,490
2008 1,340
2009 1,100
2010 940
2011 930
2012 910
2013 980
2014 1,110
2015 940
2016 1,080
2017 1,180
2018 1,350
2019 1,380

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2014 40
2015 40

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 320
2007 340
2008 250
2010 160
2011 40
2015 70

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2008 0

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2006 200
2007 190
2008 150
2009 90
2010 90
2011 100
2012 60
2014 160
2015 140
2016 120
2017 150

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2013 0
2014 80
2015 110

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 9,010
2007 6,740
2008 5,210
2009 4,000
2010 3,440
2011 2,620
2012 4,400
2013 5,100
2014 7,080
2015 7,030
2016 6,010

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2007 720
2008 660
2009 600
2010 720
2011 570
2012 440
2013 160
2014 150
2015 0
2016 160
2019 5,990

Bakers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 40
2008 30
2011 50
2012 70
2013 90
2014 100
2015 90
2016 90
2017 110
2018 80

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 150
2007 190
2008 210
2009 260
2010 260
2011 190
2012 110
2013 80
2014 160
2015 220
2016 130
2017 0
2018 30
2019 40

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2011 870
2012 810
2013 850
2017 670
2019 380

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2009 110
2010 100
2017 0
2018 0

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2008 70
2010 100
2011 90
2012 100
2013 60
2015 80
2016 0
2017 340
2018 0
2019 0

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 250
2008 260
2009 250
2010 50
2011 60
2012 60

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 380
2013 370
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 100
2009 60
2010 1,140
2012 1,180
2013 0
2014 120
2015 190
2016 160
2017 0
2018 190
2019 0

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 100
2011 80
2012 90
2013 60
2014 50
2015 40
2017 30

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 60
2010 50
2011 50
2012 80
2013 120
2014 110
2015 70
2017 110
2019 70

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 760
2007 990
2008 920
2009 590
2010 210
2011 330
2012 400
2013 560
2014 500
2015 530
2016 380
2017 640
2018 950
2019 850

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 160
2007 140
2008 220
2009 160
2010 70
2011 60
2012 40

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 150
2007 190
2008 160
2009 160
2010 80
2011 90
2012 80
2013 70
2014 60
2015 180
2016 290
2018 0

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2014 70

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 90
2016 60
2017 70
2018 60

Machinists
Year Number
2006 790
2007 2,070
2010 810
2011 1,120
2012 1,370
2013 1,660
2014 930
2015 700
2016 590
2017 290
2018 590
2019 820

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 90
2007 70
2008 70

Pourers and Casters, Metal
Year Number
2007 60
2008 0
2009 200
2010 0
2011 0
2013 0

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 70
2014 80

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 350
2007 560
2008 650
2009 430
2010 200
2013 580
2014 380
2015 580
2016 520
2017 520
2018 450
2019 0

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 410
2007 240
2008 0
2011 370
2012 130
2013 160
2014 100
2015 110
2016 520
2017 610
2018 550
2019 670

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2006 210
2007 260
2008 340
2009 280
2010 310
2011 260
2012 310
2013 320
2014 290
2015 240
2016 320
2017 370
2018 460
2019 300

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 570
2007 700
2008 700
2009 690
2010 540
2011 480
2012 590
2013 650
2014 590
2015 390
2016 460
2017 440
2018 550
2019 540

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 80
2007 80
2008 60
2009 40
2010 0
2011 180
2012 200
2013 0
2014 100
2015 140
2016 240
2019 0

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2012 30
2013 40
2014 50
2015 60
2016 70

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2012 40

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2007 50
2009 40

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2016 50
2017 160
2018 220
2019 330

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 90
2007 110
2008 60
2009 70
2010 60
2011 70
2012 60
2013 60
2014 40
2015 40
2016 50
2017 110
2018 140
2019 130

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2006 2,040
2007 1,790
2008 0
2009 440
2010 340
2011 340
2012 350
2013 280
2014 310
2015 310
2016 350
2017 250
2018 210
2019 250

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 100
2008 90
2009 50
2010 50
2011 40
2012 30
2013 40
2014 60
2015 70
2016 70
2017 60
2018 40
2019 30

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 190
2007 150
2008 280
2009 290
2010 300
2011 210
2012 180
2013 210
2014 240
2015 200
2016 190
2017 150
2018 140
2019 140

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2009 0

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 570
2007 620
2008 650
2009 980
2010 1,010
2011 870
2012 560
2013 520
2014 400
2015 320
2016 220
2017 160
2018 150
2019 190

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2008 30

Upholsterers
Year Number
2012 100

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2018 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 110
2009 70
2010 70
2013 50
2014 80
2015 80
2016 120
2017 150
2018 180
2019 130

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 190
2007 170
2008 190
2009 300
2010 220
2011 170
2012 0
2013 50
2014 90
2015 160
2016 240
2017 150
2018 160
2019 110

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 210
2007 220
2008 220
2009 150
2010 0
2011 0
2012 120
2013 60
2014 240
2015 120
2016 210
2017 120
2018 0
2019 360

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2019 0

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 60
2007 120

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2006 40
2010 30
2011 30
2012 40
2013 30
2014 40
2015 30

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 380
2008 300
2009 310
2010 250
2011 270
2012 190
2013 240
2014 240
2015 250
2016 280
2017 330
2018 280
2019 260

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2017 0
2018 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2019 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2008 60

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2010 0
2011 50
2012 60
2013 0
2014 90
2015 120
2016 130
2017 100
2018 70
2019 80

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2008 30
2014 0
2015 0
2016 50
2017 50
2018 40
2019 40

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2007 70
2008 120
2009 100
2010 110
2011 90
2012 100
2013 120
2014 150
2015 160

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 160
2009 170
2010 140
2011 540
2012 700
2013 490
2014 140
2015 90
2016 0
2017 130
2018 130
2019 70

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2009 30
2013 50

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 110
2007 90
2008 80
2009 60
2010 70
2011 250
2012 240
2013 190
2014 290
2015 320
2016 310
2017 190
2018 0

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 90
2007 90
2008 170
2009 140
2010 130
2011 160
2013 200
2014 110
2015 100
2017 880
2018 790
2019 0

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 120
2008 200
2009 50
2010 0
2015 50
2016 50
2018 0
2019 0

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 1,050
2007 920
2008 940
2009 730
2010 730
2011 760
2012 830
2013 800
2014 790
2015 900
2016 1,140
2017 1,110
2018 1,080
2019 880

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2013 0
2014 40

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2007 40
2010 40
2011 60
2012 50

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2007 60
2008 0

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 710
2007 540
2008 710
2009 480
2010 490
2011 950
2012 1,260
2013 890
2014 1,090
2015 940
2016 940
2017 530
2018 420
2019 540

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 70
2008 100
2009 100
2010 30
2018 90
2019 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 230
2007 230
2008 220
2009 140
2010 130
2011 180
2012 230
2013 230
2014 200
2015 180
2016 120
2017 80
2018 180
2019 240

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2008 230
2009 330
2011 140
2012 140
2013 40

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 210
2007 140
2008 120
2009 130
2010 150
2011 160
2012 130
2013 180
2014 210
2015 280
2016 180
2017 190
2018 200
2019 230

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2008 30
2009 30
2010 40
2011 0
2012 60
2013 60
2014 90
2015 50
2016 0
2017 0
2018 30

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 210
2007 160
2008 90
2009 40
2017 0

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2019 0

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2013 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2012 0
2013 240
2014 240
2015 120
2016 140
2017 90

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 180
2007 190
2008 200
2009 160
2010 160
2011 170
2012 220
2013 270
2014 370
2015 260
2016 320
2017 150
2018 130
2019 110

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 1,560
2007 1,370
2008 1,340
2009 1,050
2010 1,110
2011 600
2012 690
2013 650
2014 670
2015 350
2016 420
2017 640
2018 930
2019 670

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 680
2007 860
2008 1,070
2009 1,090
2012 0
2013 1,900
2015 350
2016 500
2017 530
2018 540
2019 880