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Numbers of Production Occupations in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 11,950
2007 15,090
2008 15,330
2009 11,910
2010 11,650
2011 10,890
2012 12,180
2013 12,080
2014 11,770
2015 12,100
2016 12,650
2017 12,930
2018 11,960
2019 11,520

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 1,610
2007 1,700
2008 1,570
2009 1,640
2010 1,450
2011 1,470
2012 1,240
2013 1,210
2014 1,260
2015 1,250
2016 1,360
2017 1,370
2018 1,270
2019 1,340

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Year Number
2009 30
2013 50
2014 60
2015 30
2016 70

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 440
2007 370
2008 320
2009 300
2010 130
2011 70
2012 90
2013 70
2014 120
2015 80
2016 100

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2007 50

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2008 640
2009 560
2010 540
2015 580
2016 630
2017 580
2019 30

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2007 310
2008 260
2009 0
2010 40
2011 100
2012 80
2013 100
2014 0
2015 180
2016 0
2017 90
2018 60
2019 80

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 1,320
2007 1,320
2008 1,460
2009 1,220
2010 1,380
2011 1,260
2012 1,260
2013 1,240
2014 1,180
2015 1,110
2016 1,260

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2006 450
2007 500
2008 420
2009 300
2010 160
2011 90
2012 90
2013 210
2014 150
2015 140
2016 120
2019 1,910

Bakers
Year Number
2006 290
2007 360
2008 310
2009 260
2010 110
2011 260
2012 300
2013 310
2014 300
2015 380
2016 470
2017 390
2018 350
2019 360

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 170
2007 150
2008 150
2009 200
2010 200
2011 250
2012 230
2013 280
2014 270
2015 250
2016 220
2017 220
2018 250
2019 310

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2006 120
2007 0
2008 270
2009 250
2010 190
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 150
2015 190
2016 280
2017 260
2018 170
2019 160

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2011 0
2012 70
2013 170
2016 0
2018 80
2019 130

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2007 30
2008 60
2009 80
2010 60
2011 80
2012 40
2013 80
2014 70
2015 0
2016 0
2019 0

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 30
2010 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 40
2013 50
2015 40
2016 40
2017 100
2018 90
2019 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 30
2007 50
2008 40
2009 50
2014 30
2015 30
2016 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 150
2007 190
2008 170
2009 140
2010 100
2011 110
2012 110
2013 80
2014 120
2015 90
2016 120
2017 90
2018 80
2019 50

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 70
2007 40
2011 310
2012 200
2013 190
2014 200

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 80
2007 210
2008 200
2012 150
2013 100
2014 130
2015 140
2016 190
2017 160
2018 140
2019 110

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 30
2007 40

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

Machinists
Year Number
2006 790
2007 850
2008 880
2009 530
2010 700
2011 640
2012 690
2013 570
2014 510
2015 640
2016 570
2017 600
2018 540
2019 670

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 40
2009 150
2010 80
2011 50
2014 50
2015 0
2016 0
2017 40
2018 0
2019 60

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 40
2016 40
2017 40

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 50
2008 50
2010 40
2011 40
2012 60
2013 50
2014 40
2017 30
2018 30

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 890
2008 990
2009 0
2010 910
2011 950
2012 1,110
2013 1,050
2014 960
2015 850
2016 910
2017 860
2018 840
2019 1,040

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 70
2008 70
2009 0
2015 40

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2016 50
2017 70

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2006 60
2007 50
2008 40
2012 40
2014 40
2015 30
2016 40

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 130
2007 170
2008 100
2009 70
2016 30
2017 40
2018 40
2019 30

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2007 210
2008 230
2009 230
2010 140
2011 130
2012 150
2013 150
2014 110
2015 80
2016 80
2017 120
2018 130
2019 110

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2006 80
2007 270
2008 200
2009 140
2010 90
2011 0
2013 30
2014 30
2015 60
2016 70
2017 90
2018 90
2019 90

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 260
2007 200
2008 230
2009 250
2010 290
2011 280
2012 250
2013 250
2014 250
2015 240
2016 250
2017 310
2018 270
2019 240

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2012 70
2013 50

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 520
2007 530
2008 420
2009 630
2010 480
2011 490
2012 720
2013 530
2014 430
2015 300
2016 190
2017 210
2018 150
2019 150

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Year Number
2014 40
2015 0
2016 160

Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2017 350
2018 370

Sewers, Hand
Year Number
2010 70

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 40
2007 30
2015 50
2016 50

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 40
2007 60
2008 0
2009 70

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2011 40
2012 50
2013 100
2014 80
2015 80
2017 60
2018 60
2019 50

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 110
2007 110
2008 0
2009 150
2012 90
2013 120
2014 110
2015 110
2017 80
2018 80
2019 70

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2015 0
2016 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2007 30
2008 40
2012 0
2013 40

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 230
2007 290
2008 280
2009 280
2010 400
2011 330
2012 300
2013 240
2014 210
2015 120
2016 140
2017 180
2018 190
2019 250

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2008 40
2009 60
2010 40
2011 90
2012 110
2013 90
2014 90
2016 30

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 370
2007 370
2008 310
2009 240
2010 190
2011 0
2012 200
2013 270
2014 220
2015 270
2016 320
2017 350
2018 360
2019 290

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 430
2007 460
2008 440
2009 250
2010 200
2011 170
2012 250
2013 370
2014 450
2015 430
2016 390
2017 310
2018 310
2019 270

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2007 0

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2010 110
2011 0
2014 190
2015 130
2016 110
2017 150
2018 120
2019 190

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2006 200
2007 230
2008 260
2009 250
2010 0
2011 210
2012 220
2013 240
2014 230
2015 220
2016 200
2017 180
2018 180
2019 130

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 210
2007 160
2008 160
2009 180
2010 210
2011 240
2012 150
2013 140
2014 0
2015 300
2016 300
2017 180
2018 170
2019 210

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2008 140
2009 140
2010 120
2011 120

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2015 40
2016 30
2019 30

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 160
2008 120
2009 60
2015 40
2016 40

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 120
2008 140
2009 60
2010 100
2011 80
2012 80
2013 60
2014 0
2015 90
2016 120
2017 150
2018 90
2019 240

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 50
2008 90
2009 100
2010 110
2011 100
2012 80
2013 50
2014 60
2015 80
2016 60
2017 50
2018 120
2019 120

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2006 50
2007 230
2008 200
2012 50
2013 100
2014 70
2015 60
2016 50
2017 60
2018 70

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 230
2007 200
2008 210
2009 150
2010 170
2011 170
2012 150
2013 130
2014 150
2015 140
2016 190
2017 190
2018 140
2019 100

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 270
2007 400
2008 410
2009 410
2010 330
2011 340
2012 370
2013 370
2014 280
2015 0
2016 0
2017 230
2018 240
2019 0

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 50
2007 0
2011 70
2016 70
2018 120
2019 100

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 110
2007 110
2008 70
2009 50
2010 40
2011 30
2013 40
2014 0
2015 80
2016 0
2017 50
2018 40
2019 40

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 570
2007 660
2008 750
2009 690
2010 560
2011 550
2012 630
2013 680
2014 620
2015 570
2016 580
2017 470
2018 510
2019 500

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2008 60
2009 0
2013 40
2014 50
2015 60
2016 40
2017 30

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2006 0
2009 0
2010 50

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 390
2007 300
2008 260
2009 300
2010 280
2011 470
2012 450
2013 400
2014 490
2015 430
2016 450
2017 280
2018 350
2019 220

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2006 80
2007 120
2008 100
2009 80
2010 40
2013 0
2014 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 440
2007 690
2008 650
2009 560
2010 480
2011 530
2012 520
2013 520
2014 470
2015 520
2016 490
2017 570
2018 260
2019 390

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2007 90
2009 60
2010 60
2011 70

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 180
2007 470
2008 460
2010 260
2011 270
2012 510
2013 540
2014 590
2015 420
2016 470
2017 440
2018 730
2019 260

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2006 30
2012 40
2013 40
2014 50
2015 40
2016 40
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2008 40
2009 40
2012 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 100
2007 130
2008 100
2009 80
2010 80
2011 100
2012 110
2013 40
2014 0
2015 0
2016 50
2017 90
2018 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 460
2007 300
2008 220

Tire Builders
Year Number
2015 60
2016 50

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 560
2007 470
2008 540
2009 500
2010 490
2011 0
2012 510
2013 350
2014 450
2015 590
2016 660
2017 600
2018 520
2019 460

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 150
2007 110
2008 50
2009 120
2012 290
2013 290
2014 410
2015 440
2016 470
2017 520
2018 610
2019 630