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Numbers of Production Occupations in Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2006 14,150
2007 16,650
2008 16,530
2009 14,530
2010 13,690
2011 14,440
2012 13,340
2013 14,650
2014 15,010
2015 15,430
2016 14,330
2017 13,620
2018 13,170
2019 13,870

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2006 1,160
2007 1,300
2008 1,280
2009 1,170
2010 1,090
2011 1,130
2012 1,120
2013 1,130
2014 1,200
2015 1,180
2016 1,200
2017 1,150
2018 1,170
2019 1,200

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2006 480
2007 510
2008 330
2009 420
2010 450
2011 500
2012 320
2013 360
2014 300
2015 420
2016 390

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2012 0
2013 0

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Year Number
2009 0
2011 40
2013 90
2014 60
2015 70
2019 0

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2006 280
2007 300
2008 260
2009 160
2010 210
2011 240
2012 220
2013 130
2014 0
2015 70
2016 0
2017 150
2018 0
2019 0

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2006 1,690
2007 1,600
2008 1,620
2009 1,500
2010 1,640
2011 1,550
2012 1,220
2013 1,260
2014 1,180
2015 1,350
2016 1,380

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2007 250
2008 280
2009 0
2013 30
2014 40
2015 60
2016 60
2019 1,740

Bakers
Year Number
2006 180
2007 160
2008 260
2009 240
2010 290
2011 170
2012 180
2013 200
2014 170
2015 220
2016 200
2017 220
2018 180
2019 190

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2006 160
2007 160
2008 160
2009 190
2010 200
2011 190
2012 0
2013 100
2014 110
2015 170
2016 180
2017 140
2018 0
2019 120

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 0
2014 40

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 150
2008 80
2009 100
2010 100
2011 90
2012 90
2013 140
2014 180
2015 190
2016 230
2017 140
2018 130
2019 60

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 40
2009 30

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 150
2007 110
2008 0
2009 0
2010 90
2011 90
2012 110
2013 150
2014 200
2015 290
2016 300
2017 0
2018 110
2019 120

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 210
2011 290
2012 200
2013 260
2014 180
2015 120

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 130
2007 160
2008 100
2009 60
2010 90
2011 110
2012 200
2013 120
2014 140
2015 70
2016 0
2017 100
2018 0

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 640
2007 830
2008 800
2009 580
2010 490
2011 510
2012 530
2013 390
2014 490
2015 510
2016 480
2017 400
2018 340
2019 200

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 120
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 70
2013 80
2014 80
2015 50
2016 40
2018 30

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 0
2007 380
2008 440
2009 340
2010 370
2011 350
2012 360
2013 420
2014 450
2015 470
2016 330
2017 280
2018 260
2019 230

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 210
2007 210
2008 220
2009 240
2010 280
2011 410
2012 360
2013 310
2014 190
2015 230
2016 120
2017 210
2018 120
2019 120

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 110
2007 150
2008 150
2009 160
2010 160
2011 180
2012 150
2013 0
2014 280
2015 260
2016 110
2017 100
2018 60
2019 40

Machinists
Year Number
2006 1,340
2007 1,240
2008 1,340
2009 1,220
2010 1,120
2011 1,150
2012 1,250
2013 1,220
2014 1,230
2015 1,170
2016 1,060
2017 1,150
2018 1,090
2019 1,380

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 70
2007 0
2008 60
2009 70
2010 60
2011 60
2012 60
2013 60
2014 100
2015 120
2016 120
2017 120
2018 120
2019 110

Pourers and Casters, Metal
Year Number
2006 0
2009 50
2010 40
2011 60
2012 40
2013 100
2014 60
2015 60
2017 40
2018 50
2019 40

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2013 50

Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Year Number
2008 50
2009 50
2010 50
2011 50
2012 0
2015 90
2016 0
2017 70
2018 70
2019 80

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 430
2007 420
2008 580
2009 350
2010 200
2011 90
2012 160
2013 220
2014 260
2015 230
2016 290
2017 310
2018 490
2019 480

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 130
2007 290
2008 390
2009 350
2010 340
2011 250
2012 280
2013 190
2014 320
2015 420
2016 450
2017 380
2018 330
2019 220

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2006 360
2007 580
2008 650
2009 500
2010 320
2011 250
2012 450
2013 350
2014 400
2015 430
2016 540
2017 520
2018 540
2019 420

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2006 980
2007 840
2008 860
2009 760
2010 830
2011 870
2012 960
2013 780
2014 950
2015 700
2016 530
2017 460
2018 550
2019 770

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 60
2008 40
2009 50
2011 30
2012 90
2013 120
2014 140
2015 70
2016 140
2018 110

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 190
2007 210
2008 110
2009 140
2010 120
2011 80
2012 90
2013 70
2014 80
2015 230
2016 200
2017 250
2018 0
2019 70

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2010 0

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 110
2007 140
2008 120
2009 0
2010 0
2011 60
2012 150
2013 200
2014 130
2015 110
2016 110
2017 130
2018 110
2019 60

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Year Number
2006 30
2007 0
2008 80
2009 0
2010 0
2011 130
2012 40
2013 50
2014 50
2015 50
2016 50
2017 40
2018 50

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2015 0

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 60
2007 80
2008 90
2009 50
2010 30
2012 40
2015 30
2016 30
2017 30

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2006 180
2007 170
2008 150
2009 130
2010 200
2011 190
2012 150
2013 150
2014 150
2015 190
2016 260
2017 270
2018 280
2019 210

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 70
2008 90
2009 150
2010 0
2011 0
2013 0
2014 110
2015 90
2017 30

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2006 220
2007 200
2008 160
2009 180
2010 190
2011 220
2012 210
2013 190
2014 150
2015 160
2016 170
2017 190
2018 170
2019 180

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2007 0
2015 30

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2007 170
2008 250
2009 150
2010 0
2011 80
2012 90
2013 110
2014 50
2015 50
2016 40
2017 40
2018 60
2019 60

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2006 60
2007 50
2008 110
2009 150
2010 150
2011 140
2012 90
2013 60
2014 70
2015 50
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2006 160
2007 130
2008 150
2009 100
2010 170
2011 150
2012 0
2013 240
2014 400
2015 600
2016 610
2017 510
2018 390
2019 320

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2006 290
2007 350
2008 310
2009 150
2010 0
2011 160
2012 150
2013 280
2014 270
2015 220
2016 130
2017 190
2018 220
2019 180

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2009 0
2010 60
2011 50
2012 50
2015 30
2016 50
2017 40
2018 60
2019 0

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 210
2007 310
2008 300
2009 280
2010 250
2011 250
2012 250
2013 450
2014 460
2015 400
2016 340
2017 260
2018 260
2019 290

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2007 40
2008 50
2009 80
2010 70
2011 70
2012 40
2013 70
2014 80
2015 70
2016 70
2017 60
2018 50
2019 60

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2006 240
2007 290
2008 280
2009 290
2010 260
2011 260
2012 220
2013 230
2014 310
2015 310
2016 260
2017 200
2018 190
2019 210

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2010 40
2012 40

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2006 40
2007 100
2008 130
2009 170
2013 170
2014 180
2015 170
2016 120
2017 80
2018 50
2019 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2007 120
2009 0
2011 0
2012 70
2013 90
2014 70
2015 90
2016 110
2017 80
2019 0

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2006 0

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 150
2012 50
2013 50
2014 150
2015 140
2016 130
2017 80
2018 90
2019 80

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 80
2007 60
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 90

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 250
2008 320
2009 180
2010 0
2011 60
2012 70
2013 100
2014 0
2015 90
2016 50
2018 60
2019 90

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Year Number
2006 60
2007 50
2008 60
2009 60
2010 70
2011 60
2012 110
2013 120
2014 40
2019 30

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 300
2007 150
2008 110
2009 120
2010 120
2011 140
2012 180
2013 270
2014 270
2015 270
2016 250
2017 300
2018 260
2019 260

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2011 60
2012 80
2013 60

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2007 40
2008 30
2011 50
2012 50
2013 70
2014 70
2015 80
2016 70
2017 40
2018 40
2019 0

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 240
2008 320
2009 310
2010 280
2011 200
2012 180
2013 250
2014 200
2015 210
2016 150
2017 240
2018 220
2019 390

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 70
2007 80
2008 90
2009 50
2010 50
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70
2014 50
2017 30
2018 50
2019 60

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2006 1,120
2007 680
2008 650
2009 620
2010 640
2011 770
2012 890
2013 1,030
2014 970
2015 790
2016 710
2017 760
2018 880
2019 780

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 60
2008 40

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2017 40
2018 40

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 460
2007 610
2008 580
2009 570
2010 570
2011 440
2012 450
2013 420
2014 320
2015 320
2016 350
2017 370
2018 270
2019 380

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2008 60
2009 70
2010 60
2011 80
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2006 110
2007 90
2008 130
2009 0
2010 150
2011 200
2012 200
2013 160
2014 130
2015 110
2016 80
2017 60
2018 80
2019 180

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2011 70
2012 60
2013 40
2016 30

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2006 300
2007 360
2008 390
2009 350
2010 340
2011 410
2012 0
2013 690
2014 670
2015 800
2016 980
2017 880
2018 1,000
2019 1,220

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2006 90
2007 50
2008 50
2009 30
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 40
2014 50
2015 70
2016 80
2017 60
2018 30

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2019 40

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 0
2014 30
2016 30

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2009 30

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2008 50
2009 170
2010 170
2011 250
2012 150
2013 120
2014 120
2015 80
2016 70
2017 50
2018 60
2019 80

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2007 50
2010 0
2017 30
2019 40

Tire Builders
Year Number
2007 170
2008 180
2009 90
2014 0

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2006 960
2007 1,130
2008 1,020
2009 1,130
2010 910
2011 870
2012 550
2013 440
2014 580
2015 520
2016 600
2017 440
2018 560
2019 540

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 210
2007 260
2008 0
2009 60
2012 110
2013 100
2014 50
2015 50
2016 50
2017 30
2018 0
2019 0