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Numbers of Production Occupations in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 15,560
2006 15,590
2007 15,470
2008 14,840
2009 12,910
2010 11,730
2011 12,310
2012 13,160
2013 13,970
2014 15,020
2015 14,770
2016 15,570
2017 15,050

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,290
2006 1,220
2007 1,020
2008 1,040
2009 1,110
2010 1,070
2011 1,110
2012 1,230
2013 1,430
2014 1,510
2015 1,410
2016 1,480
2017 1,440

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Year Number
2008 0
2016 0

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 970
2006 640
2007 660
2008 500
2009 460
2010 460
2011 390
2012 440
2013 400
2014 390
2015 390
2016 340

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 0
2007 120
2008 100
2009 70
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 60
2015 30

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 330
2006 270
2007 420
2008 260
2009 210
2010 150
2011 190
2012 200
2013 140
2014 90
2015 100
2016 110
2017 130

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 80
2007 260
2008 210
2009 150
2010 60
2011 0
2012 70
2013 110
2014 40
2015 0
2016 30
2017 80

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 2,060
2006 1,190
2007 940
2008 1,060
2009 1,230
2010 1,130
2011 1,360
2012 1,430
2013 1,670
2014 1,520
2015 1,940
2016 2,270

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2005 560
2006 1,350
2007 1,020
2008 740
2009 200
2010 240
2011 250
2012 300
2013 340
2014 0
2015 240
2016 260

Bakers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 450
2007 440
2008 670
2009 640
2010 780
2011 910
2012 1,230
2013 1,380
2014 1,590
2015 1,630
2016 1,450
2017 1,020

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 520
2006 480
2007 710
2008 900
2009 860
2010 590
2011 540
2012 570
2013 780
2014 790
2015 840
2016 880
2017 840

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 230
2006 150
2007 80
2008 90
2009 0
2010 210
2011 310
2012 340
2013 300
2014 320
2015 290
2016 310
2017 180

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 60
2006 0
2007 0
2008 90
2009 110
2010 150
2011 230
2012 130
2013 0
2014 190
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Food Processing Workers, All Other
Year Number
2013 140
2014 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 60
2010 40
2011 70
2012 60
2013 40
2015 30
2016 40

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 160
2006 270
2007 290
2008 290
2009 70
2010 0
2011 60
2012 60
2013 60
2014 50
2015 30
2016 90
2017 90

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 30
2008 0
2009 90
2010 90
2011 0
2013 40
2014 40
2015 50
2017 80

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40

Machinists
Year Number
2005 530
2006 560
2007 540
2008 750
2009 510
2010 450
2011 380
2012 390
2013 400
2014 400
2015 440
2016 500
2017 490

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2012 140
2013 180
2014 120
2015 0
2016 120
2017 180

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2013 0

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 60
2008 40
2009 40
2010 50
2011 40
2012 50
2013 0
2014 0
2016 40

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 470
2006 450
2007 430
2008 410
2009 600
2010 580
2011 480
2012 480
2013 550
2014 650
2015 600
2016 600
2017 790

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 70
2010 0
2011 70
2012 0
2013 30
2017 0

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 30
2007 50

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2005 130
2006 160
2007 130
2008 130
2009 130
2010 100
2011 80
2012 90
2013 160
2014 190
2015 200
2016 30
2017 220

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 320
2006 280
2007 230
2008 250
2009 280
2010 400
2011 370
2012 440
2013 370
2014 350
2015 380
2016 420
2017 330

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 270
2007 190
2008 300
2009 210
2010 40
2011 0
2012 0
2013 70
2014 0
2016 40
2017 50

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 1,070
2006 1,090
2007 880
2008 860
2009 890
2010 930
2011 1,000
2012 980
2013 860
2014 990
2015 1,100
2016 1,190
2017 1,220

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 140
2006 230
2007 270
2008 310
2009 0
2010 0
2011 270
2012 270
2013 350
2014 380
2015 470
2016 540
2017 350

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 420
2006 410
2007 300
2008 230
2009 230
2010 220
2011 290
2012 250
2013 340
2014 320
2015 400
2016 380
2017 340

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Year Number
2010 70
2011 0
2012 0
2013 70
2014 70

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2005 200
2006 280
2007 390
2008 0
2009 300
2010 210
2011 270
2012 120
2013 0
2014 0
2015 60
2016 120
2017 80

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 170
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 100
2010 120
2011 70
2012 70
2013 80
2014 80
2016 40

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 260
2006 290
2007 220
2008 280
2009 220
2010 250
2011 190
2012 260
2013 310
2014 290
2015 300
2016 290
2017 190

Furniture Finishers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 100
2007 0
2008 0
2009 120
2010 120
2011 80
2012 100
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 170
2017 0

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2005 90
2006 50
2007 40
2013 0
2014 30
2015 0

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 80
2006 40
2007 0
2008 60
2009 100
2010 80
2011 80
2012 120
2013 130
2014 270
2015 290
2016 250
2017 130

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 560
2008 530

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2012 70
2014 100
2015 70

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2014 40

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 320
2006 330
2007 360
2008 380
2009 400
2010 390
2011 390
2012 390
2013 400
2014 400
2015 350
2016 320
2017 330

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2012 30
2013 40

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 40
2016 120
2017 130

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 50
2007 50
2008 40
2011 80
2012 100
2013 130
2014 110
2015 70
2016 30

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 130
2008 110
2009 0
2010 0
2011 70
2013 40
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 30

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 200
2006 340
2007 360
2008 250
2009 140
2011 30
2012 50
2013 70
2014 90
2015 140
2016 140
2017 170

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2005 120
2006 70
2007 0
2008 110
2009 0
2010 40

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 350
2006 250
2007 380
2008 340
2009 340
2010 150
2011 130
2012 170
2013 110
2014 110
2015 160
2016 200
2017 320

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2005 120
2006 190
2007 0

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 100
2006 80
2007 80
2008 50
2009 50
2010 80
2011 50
2012 90
2013 60
2014 50
2015 40
2016 40
2017 80

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 40
2006 90
2007 140
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2013 110
2014 150
2015 200
2016 0
2017 0

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 740
2006 610
2007 580
2008 480
2009 460
2010 400
2011 590
2012 650
2013 700
2014 690
2015 680
2016 760
2017 770

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 0
2008 110
2010 80
2011 0
2012 90
2013 0
2014 50
2017 0

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 640
2006 550
2007 520
2008 210
2009 250
2010 260
2011 190
2012 180
2013 150
2014 220
2015 270
2016 380
2017 280

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2008 40
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2013 30
2014 0

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 130
2007 170
2008 180
2009 220
2010 0
2011 0
2013 0
2014 80
2015 0
2016 150
2017 130

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 850
2006 800
2007 680
2008 650
2009 620
2010 630
2011 460
2012 520
2013 480
2014 540
2015 410
2016 370
2017 630

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2007 100
2008 120
2009 120
2010 100
2011 100
2012 100
2013 80
2014 80
2015 50

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 340
2006 310
2007 300
2008 290
2009 280
2010 260
2011 220
2012 190
2013 180
2014 280
2015 320
2016 350
2017 360

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 310
2006 350
2007 200
2008 440
2009 300
2010 230
2011 250
2012 0
2013 0
2014 60
2015 70
2016 70
2017 70

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 50
2006 60
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 40
2013 50
2014 60
2015 50
2016 40
2017 50

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2013 40
2014 50
2015 40

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2011 0
2012 0

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 50
2014 0
2017 50

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2008 0

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 150
2006 200
2007 220
2008 130
2009 160
2010 160
2011 150
2012 0
2013 230
2014 170
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 780
2006 450
2007 530
2008 500
2009 340
2010 210
2011 220
2012 300
2013 0
2014 660
2015 460
2016 470
2017 460

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 120
2006 220
2007 390
2008 310
2009 230
2012 290
2013 260
2014 260
2015 170
2016 140
2017 100