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Numbers of Production Occupations in Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 12,450
2006 12,970
2007 12,550
2008 13,230
2009 11,190
2010 10,330
2011 11,030
2012 10,610
2013 10,810
2014 10,390
2015 11,220
2016 12,380
2017 11,920

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,060
2006 1,090
2007 1,030
2008 1,080
2009 970
2010 960
2011 930
2012 940
2013 820
2014 920
2015 900
2016 1,000
2017 1,020

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Year Number
2016 50

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 90
2006 100
2007 130
2008 50
2009 50
2010 110
2011 110
2012 100
2013 110
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2008 0

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 150
2006 140
2007 250
2008 330
2009 260
2010 170
2011 160
2012 130
2013 130
2014 160
2015 160
2016 100
2017 120

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2006 100
2007 140
2008 80
2009 90
2010 120
2011 130
2012 110
2013 0

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 1,130
2006 1,050
2007 730
2008 850
2009 780
2010 560
2011 400
2012 540
2013 660
2014 650
2015 1,030
2016 1,100

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 210
2006 280
2007 350
2008 500
2009 510
2010 590
2011 760
2012 660
2013 580
2014 350
2015 300
2016 0

Bakers
Year Number
2005 200
2006 280
2007 230
2008 260
2009 220
2010 220
2011 350
2012 450
2013 410
2014 340
2015 320
2016 540
2017 540

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 310
2006 240
2007 210
2008 170
2009 200
2010 180
2011 290
2012 310
2013 510
2014 360
2015 420
2016 450
2017 470

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2006 40
2007 30
2009 100
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2014 60
2015 0
2016 260
2017 240

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0
2012 50
2014 60
2015 50
2016 50

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 90
2006 100
2007 100
2008 120
2009 100
2010 120
2011 90
2012 70
2013 100
2014 160
2015 160
2016 180
2017 0

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2008 40
2009 50
2010 40
2011 30
2012 30

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2012 70
2014 30
2015 30

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 380
2009 230
2010 120
2011 0
2012 60
2013 100
2014 110
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 70

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 60
2014 80
2015 70

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 100
2006 100
2007 220
2008 270
2009 250
2010 160
2011 150
2012 110
2013 160
2014 280
2015 350
2016 380
2017 220

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 170
2006 180
2007 190
2008 160
2010 30
2011 40
2012 90
2013 70
2014 70
2015 50
2016 90
2017 90

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2007 0
2014 40
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50

Machinists
Year Number
2005 730
2006 580
2007 460
2008 480
2009 500
2010 430
2011 440
2012 340
2013 600
2014 610
2015 700
2016 520
2017 520

Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0

Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Year Number
2015 0

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 120
2006 140
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 140
2014 220
2015 310
2016 340
2017 390

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2007 0
2008 30
2012 40
2016 0

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2005 110
2006 130
2007 150
2008 80
2009 80
2010 70
2011 90
2012 90
2013 90
2014 80
2015 100
2016 90
2017 80

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 770
2006 810
2007 690
2008 820
2009 680
2010 700
2011 580
2012 500
2013 400
2014 320
2015 400
2016 620
2017 730

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2013 50
2014 60
2015 50

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2011 50
2013 50

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2015 60
2016 60
2017 60

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 80
2008 60
2009 50
2010 40
2013 40
2014 30
2015 30
2016 60
2017 40

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 150
2006 160
2007 120
2008 120
2009 90
2011 40
2012 50
2013 80
2014 0
2015 0
2016 80

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 60
2007 100
2008 110
2009 0
2010 60
2011 50
2012 40
2014 40
2015 30
2016 0

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 240
2006 300
2007 280
2008 230
2009 200
2010 270
2011 260
2012 230
2013 200
2014 220
2015 240
2016 320
2017 310

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 70
2007 110
2008 160
2009 60
2016 50
2017 50

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 370
2006 480
2007 590
2008 520
2009 410
2010 310
2011 390
2012 380
2013 430
2014 500
2015 420
2016 400
2017 300

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 100
2012 110
2013 130
2015 90
2016 140
2017 190

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 340
2006 270
2007 250
2008 230
2009 290
2010 310
2011 320
2012 350
2013 340
2014 400
2015 360
2016 300
2017 350

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Year Number
2010 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 30
2007 60
2008 0
2009 0
2010 30
2011 30
2014 0
2015 0
2016 240
2017 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2010 0
2011 0
2014 0
2015 30

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2012 50
2013 40
2014 40

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 600
2006 620
2007 810
2008 610
2009 320
2010 320
2011 380
2012 370
2013 370
2014 350
2015 450
2016 530
2017 470

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 50
2008 50
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2017 50

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 210
2006 210
2007 260
2008 160
2009 160
2010 100
2011 200
2012 180
2013 250
2014 330
2015 320
2016 250
2017 0

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 630
2006 410
2007 260
2008 300
2009 210
2010 160
2011 160
2012 160
2013 200
2014 170
2015 190
2016 200
2017 340

Woodworkers, All Other
Year Number
2006 100
2007 0
2008 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2007 40
2009 0

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2016 50

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 130
2006 110
2007 110
2008 120
2009 140
2010 120
2013 80
2014 90
2015 100
2016 70
2017 60

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 140
2006 110
2007 130
2008 160
2009 190
2010 180
2011 170
2012 160
2013 150
2014 200
2015 280
2016 410
2017 420

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 60
2006 90
2007 90
2008 160
2009 120

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2007 70
2008 80
2009 0
2010 150
2011 150
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 70

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2007 0
2008 50
2011 120
2012 110
2013 70
2014 0
2015 60
2016 50

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2008 40
2009 40

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2007 40
2009 40
2011 30
2012 40
2013 0

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 60
2006 50
2007 130
2008 90
2009 90
2010 80
2011 110
2012 90
2013 0
2014 160
2015 190
2016 60
2017 50

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 160
2006 170
2007 210
2008 160
2009 140
2010 90
2011 130
2012 80
2013 90
2014 60
2015 120
2016 130
2017 260

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 30
2011 30

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 70
2006 100
2007 120
2008 140
2009 100
2010 60
2011 70
2012 90
2013 140
2014 130
2015 170
2016 350
2017 330

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 110
2006 130
2007 120
2008 160
2009 0
2010 0
2011 110
2012 70
2013 50
2014 60
2015 40
2016 60
2017 40

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 100
2008 70
2009 60
2010 30
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 30

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 710
2006 730
2007 610
2008 760
2009 680
2010 760
2011 720
2012 680
2013 590
2014 750
2015 770
2016 930
2017 790

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2011 0
2012 60
2013 80
2014 70
2017 50

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 130
2006 70
2007 0
2008 70
2009 120
2010 150
2011 160
2012 130
2013 110
2014 60
2015 90
2016 70
2017 90

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2005 0

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2006 90
2007 110
2008 0
2009 0
2017 120

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 410
2006 470
2007 290
2008 330
2009 540
2010 470
2011 440
2012 330
2013 400
2014 480
2015 490
2016 440
2017 350

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 60
2007 100
2008 210
2009 130
2010 110
2011 80
2012 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 290
2006 400
2007 320
2008 360
2009 210
2010 190
2011 220
2012 220
2013 230
2014 210
2015 270
2016 280
2017 310

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 50
2009 70
2010 130
2011 90
2012 60
2013 30

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 450
2006 410
2007 260
2008 300
2009 280
2010 360
2011 420
2012 510
2013 340
2014 320

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2006 90
2007 120
2008 100
2009 80
2010 40
2011 40
2012 50
2015 40
2016 60
2017 50

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 50
2006 50
2007 40
2008 210
2009 190
2010 140
2011 80

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2008 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30
2006 80
2007 140
2008 230
2009 170
2010 180
2011 200
2012 230
2013 240
2014 0
2015 0
2016 100
2017 50

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 160
2006 100
2007 130
2008 0
2009 0
2010 150
2011 290
2012 250
2013 220
2014 200
2015 260
2016 340
2017 320

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 710
2006 770
2007 1,030
2008 920
2009 790
2010 560
2011 500
2012 370
2013 430
2014 530
2015 570
2016 330
2017 180

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 500
2006 530
2007 360
2008 210
2009 110
2012 430
2013 400
2015 100
2016 130
2017 140