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Numbers of Production Occupations in Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Production Occupations
Year Number
2005 11,710
2006 11,110
2007 10,160
2008 10,510
2009 11,020
2010 9,990
2011 10,180
2012 10,250
2013 9,410
2014 9,320
2015 9,700
2016 10,290
2017 9,960

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Year Number
2005 1,290
2006 1,300
2007 1,020
2008 1,040
2009 1,010
2010 1,000
2011 1,170
2012 1,210
2013 1,180
2014 1,160
2015 1,120
2016 1,070
2017 1,060

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 70
2007 140
2008 0
2009 370
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 520
2014 340
2015 310
2016 270

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Year Number
2012 40
2013 30

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Year Number
2005 120
2006 160
2007 120
2008 150
2009 150
2010 100
2011 120
2012 120
2013 110
2014 110
2015 110
2016 70
2017 90

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Year Number
2007 90
2008 80

Team Assemblers
Year Number
2005 2,700
2006 2,600
2007 1,220
2008 840
2009 620
2010 570
2011 550
2012 550
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 310

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
Year Number
2009 1,400
2010 0
2011 370
2012 410
2013 330
2014 470
2015 580
2016 580

Bakers
Year Number
2005 470
2006 360
2007 290
2008 220
2009 190
2010 160
2011 220
2012 240
2013 360
2014 350
2015 310
2016 240
2017 210

Butchers and Meat Cutters
Year Number
2005 140
2006 180
2007 150
2008 220
2009 180
2010 220
2011 230
2012 270
2013 260
2014 220
2015 280
2016 260
2017 290

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Year Number
2005 0
2007 70
2008 80
2009 0
2010 200
2011 210
2012 50
2014 50
2015 110
2016 230
2017 390

Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Year Number
2012 40
2013 70
2014 50
2015 0
2017 0

Food Batchmakers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 100
2011 0
2012 40
2013 40

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2007 60
2008 0

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 150
2006 0
2007 470
2008 0
2009 190
2010 0
2011 520
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 470
2017 210

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 70
2006 70
2008 0
2009 0
2010 70

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 0
2006 120
2007 160
2008 210
2009 210
2010 160
2011 140
2012 150
2013 190
2014 200
2015 210
2016 190
2017 120

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2007 0
2008 40
2011 40

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 120
2006 50
2007 40
2013 0
2014 100
2015 0
2016 0
2017 40

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 30

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2014 0

Machinists
Year Number
2005 540
2006 540
2007 560
2008 510
2009 320
2010 350
2011 420
2012 550
2013 450
2014 400
2015 370
2016 370
2017 280

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2006 70
2007 50
2010 0
2011 90
2012 50
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 90
2017 90

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2010 180
2013 290
2014 110

Tool and Die Makers
Year Number
2007 50
2008 40
2009 40
2011 50
2012 40
2013 0
2014 0
2015 60

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Year Number
2005 580
2006 550
2007 500
2008 480
2009 420
2010 380
2011 380
2012 420
2013 400
2014 380
2015 460
2016 360
2017 440

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 100
2006 60
2007 90
2008 30
2017 40

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2011 0
2015 30
2016 40

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
Year Number
2007 0
2008 130
2009 180

Prepress Technicians and Workers
Year Number
2006 130
2007 90
2008 0
2009 0
2010 40
2011 50
2012 50
2013 40
2014 30
2015 30
2016 30
2017 30

Printing Press Operators
Year Number
2005 280
2006 270
2007 290
2008 240
2009 190
2010 200
2011 270
2012 270
2013 290
2014 320
2015 300
2016 230
2017 170

Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Year Number
2005 160
2006 280
2007 50
2008 50
2009 70
2010 70
2011 70
2012 100
2013 70
2014 60
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Year Number
2005 470
2006 520
2007 540
2008 530
2009 530
2010 590
2011 560
2012 420
2013 410
2014 500
2015 660
2016 520
2017 440

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Year Number
2005 110
2006 90
2011 60
2012 0
2013 130
2014 140

Sewing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 110
2006 90
2007 90
2008 30
2010 40
2015 80
2016 90
2017 90

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Year Number
2005 0

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Year Number
2007 100
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
Year Number
2008 830
2009 720
2014 0
2015 40
2017 0

Upholsterers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2007 90
2008 90
2009 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 120

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Year Number
2005 80
2006 90
2007 60
2008 120
2009 100
2010 140
2011 150
2012 180
2013 70
2014 90
2015 120
2016 150
2017 110

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Year Number
2011 40
2012 40

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2008 30
2013 40
2014 0
2015 30
2016 40

Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Year Number
2006 60
2007 60
2008 70
2009 90
2015 120
2016 70
2017 190

Power Plant Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 230
2010 130
2011 0
2012 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 80
2007 70
2008 70
2009 70
2010 90
2011 50
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60
2015 60
2016 50
2017 60

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2005 220
2006 160
2007 140
2008 170
2009 190
2010 210
2011 210
2012 160
2013 170
2014 230
2015 310
2016 400
2017 390

Chemical Plant and System Operators
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 150
2010 130
2011 130
2012 110
2013 140
2014 160
2015 180
2016 120
2017 80

Gas Plant Operators
Year Number
2005 40
2007 0
2008 30
2009 40
2015 70
2016 0

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Year Number
2007 30
2008 60

Plant and System Operators, All Other
Year Number
2013 240
2014 100

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 220
2006 280
2007 0
2008 590
2009 540
2010 900
2011 790
2012 890
2013 930
2014 1,020
2015 1,060
2016 850
2017 720

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 70
2006 90
2008 0
2010 100
2011 190
2012 140
2013 110
2014 90
2015 60
2016 70
2017 30

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 60
2006 80
2007 70
2008 100
2009 80
2010 110
2011 80
2012 70
2013 60
2014 70
2015 80
2016 60
2017 70

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 270
2009 270
2010 160
2011 80
2012 60
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 220
2017 230

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Year Number
2007 50
2008 0
2011 0

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 70
2006 50
2008 0
2009 100
2010 110
2011 180
2012 130
2013 90
2014 90
2015 0
2016 200
2017 80

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 290
2007 160
2008 60
2009 80
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 70
2014 50
2015 80
2016 70
2017 100

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2006 150
2011 40
2012 60
2013 70

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Year Number
2005 690
2006 640
2007 720
2008 900
2009 920
2010 1,120
2011 0
2012 1,530
2013 1,260
2014 770
2015 800
2016 790
2017 660

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 30
2007 40

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 110
2008 120
2009 110
2010 160
2011 100
2012 110
2013 70
2014 40
2015 50

Medical Appliance Technicians
Year Number
2005 80
2006 50
2007 0
2010 110
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Year Number
2007 0
2009 0
2010 40

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2005 620
2006 540
2007 500
2008 530
2009 0
2010 1,150
2011 1,200
2013 0
2014 180
2015 390
2016 330
2017 290

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Year Number
2007 0

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Year Number
2005 220
2006 150
2007 150
2008 140
2009 170
2010 170
2011 200
2012 160
2013 160
2014 190
2015 210
2016 230
2017 190

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2007 220
2008 200
2009 350
2010 0
2011 0
2012 60
2013 0
2014 40
2015 0
2016 50
2017 40

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Year Number
2005 100
2006 90
2007 170
2008 150
2009 120
2010 60
2011 220
2012 510
2013 660
2014 580
2015 170
2016 410
2017 460

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Year Number
2013 40
2015 30

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Year Number
2011 30
2012 40

Etchers and Engravers
Year Number
2015 40

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Year Number
2005 100
2006 0
2007 40
2012 60
2013 0
2014 80
2015 50
2016 50
2017 80

Helpers--Production Workers
Year Number
2005 980
2006 700
2007 780
2008 650
2009 620
2010 660
2011 900
2012 810
2013 0
2014 410
2015 490
2016 510
2017 600

Production Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 340
2006 180
2007 340
2008 410
2012 50
2013 0
2014 80
2015 150
2016 110
2017 190