Employment by Major Industry GroupEmployment by Occupational GroupAnnual Average Openings by Occupational GroupFastest Growing Occupations by Job GrowthFastest Declining Occupations by Job GrowthFastest Growing Occupations by Percentage ChangeOccupational Employment and Annual Average Job Needs
  
North Carolina Occupational Trends

 

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Production Occupations
Employment by Occupational Group
in 2006 and Projected to 2016

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Major Occupational Group
2006
Emp.
2016
Emp.
Annualized
Change
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other  5,020  5,570  1.06 
Bakers  2,990  3,360  1.19 
Bindery Workers  1,300  1,090  -1.76 
Bookbinders  120  110  -0.87 
Butchers and Meat Cutters  3,930  4,000  0.18 
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters  6,380  4,510  -3.41 
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders 1,290  1,170  -0.93 
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders  2,750  2,720  -0.10 
Chemical Plant and System Operators  1,930  1,560  -2.09 
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Op 370  330  -0.97 
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, O 5,700  4,930  -1.45 
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers  960  690  -3.24 
Computer-controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal  4,480  5,120  1.34 
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, 1,080  950  -1.24 
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand  2,290  1,580  -3.63 
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, An 4,750  3,960  -1.78 
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Oper 7,830  8,210  0.47 
Dental Laboratory Technicians  1,370  1,510  1.01 
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operator 820  690  -1.69 
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers  6,220  4,880  -2.40 
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers  2,650  2,760  0.43 
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers  1,000  1,030  0.33 
Etchers and Engravers  710  600  -1.61 
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators,  3,900  3,800  -0.25 
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators,  1,140  840  -2.98 
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machi 4,690  4,060  -1.44 
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers  770  420  -5.91 
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators  1,400  1,650  1.70 
First-line Supervisors/Managers Of Production and  27,900  25,910  -0.74 
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Mach 550  550  0.07 
Food Batchmakers  1,550  1,890  1.98 
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders  640  660  0.34 
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, M 1,150  930  -2.12 
Foundry Mold and Coremakers  120  120  0.25 
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, & Kettle Oper. & Tende 1,470  1,280  -1.39 
Furniture Finishers  3,560  2,240  -4.55 
Gas Plant Operators  60  60  -1.35 
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand  1,570  1,470  -0.66 
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine  2,290  2,130  -0.71 
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Te 650  680  0.44 
Helpers--production Workers  21,800  21,580  -0.10 
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers & Weighers  20,980  18,580  -1.21 
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers  670  660  -0.13 
Job Printers  1,390  1,270  -0.93 
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, 2,390  2,030  -1.63 
Laundry and Dry-cleaning Workers  5,860  6,390  0.87 
Machinists  12,240  13,970  1.33 
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers  8,400  8,940  0.62 
Medical Appliance Technicians  380  440  1.57 
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other  240  220  -1.04 
Metal-refining Furnace Operators and Tenders  280  310  0.72 
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, An 1,080  950  -1.28 
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, An 5,410  5,040  -0.72 
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic  240  240  0.04 
Model Makers, Wood  250  120  -7.27 
Molders, Shapers, & Casters, Exc. Metal & Plastic  1,350  1,270  -0.63 
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters,  6,000  5,540  -0.78 
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tend 3,240  4,100  2.36 
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators  210  200  -0.44 
Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers  290  280  -0.28 
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians  240  270  0.99 
Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders  18,520  18,710  0.10 
Painters, Transportation Equipment  1,450  1,620  1.09 
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers  1,310  1,380  0.53 
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders  3,600  3,710  0.28 
Patternmakers, Wood  260  110  -7.98 
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operator 100  110  1.14 
Photographic Process Workers  1,000  630  -4.61 
Photographic Processing Machine Operators  1,620  840  -6.36 
Plant and System Operators, All Other  700  570  -2.02 
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, An 1,620  1,520  -0.66 
Pourers and Casters, Metal  360  430  1.73 
Power Distributors and Dispatchers  100  80  -1.22 
Power Plant Operators  680  620  -0.98 
Prepress Technicians and Workers  1,400  1,170  -1.77 
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials  3,190  3,260  0.21 
Printing Machine Operators  5,700  5,420  -0.51 
Production Workers, All Other  2,850  3,110  0.85 
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, M 900  950  0.60 
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators & Tenders, Wood  3,030  2,950  -0.28 
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating,  1,920  2,210  1.43 
Sewers, Hand  970  810  -1.77 
Sewing Machine Operators  14,220  8,520  -5.00 
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers  590  430  -3.05 
Slaughterers and Meat Packers  7,750  8,210  0.58 
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators  730  720  -0.16 
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters  2,890  3,160  0.88 
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers  1,360  1,410  0.38 
Team Assemblers  60,050  64,950  0.79 
Textile Bleaching & Dyeing Machine Op. & Tenders  4,770  2,890  -4.88 
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, Tender 2,240  1,370  -4.81 
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Oper 9,540  5,200  -5.89 
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine 10,030  5,770  -5.38 
Textile, Apparel, & Furnishings Workers, All Other 1,350  780  -5.30 
Tire Builders  1,580  1,370  -1.46 
Tool and Die Makers  2,080  2,100  0.10 
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners  710  620  -1.45 
Upholsterers  8,290  4,470  -5.98 
Water & Liquid Waste Treatment Plant & System Oper 3,110  3,740  1.88 
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers  9,100  10,780  1.71 
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, O 1,400  1,610  1.40 
Woodworkers, All Other  340  350  0.35 
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender 6,530  5,870  -1.05 

* Indicates suppressed employment lower than 10