Connecticut Department of Labor's Office of Research

2016 - 2026 Connecticut Employment Projections for Production Occupations

Production Occupations - Employment Projections (2016-2026)

Occupational Group / Group Title / Job Description / Job Title		Employment Projections				2016 - 2026 Annual				1Q2018 Wages		Occupation Requirements Education/Work Experience Training Availability	Find Employers Search for Employment
		2016	2026	10 Year Change Net / Percent		Exits	Transfers	Change	Total	Hourly	Annual
	Production Occupations	100,461	101,647	1,186	1.2%	4,086	7,051	119	11,256	$19.39	$40,328
Supervisors of Production Workers		8,489	9,193	704	8.3%	282	566	70	918
	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	8,489	9,193	704	8.3%	282	566	70	918	$33.59	$69,878	HS 5 years

Assemblers and Fabricators		19,574	17,528	-2,046	-10.4%	816	1,302	-205	1,913
	Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	1,196	1,167	-29	-2.4%	49	72	-3	118	$39.37	$81,874	HS Mod. OJT

	Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	321	273	-48	-14.9%	15	19	-5	29	$17.09	$35,548	HS Mod. OJT

	Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers	3,322	2,872	-450	-13.6%	157	202	-45	314	$17.75	$36,909	HS Mod. OJT

	Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers	830	699	-131	-15.8%	39	50	-13	76	$17.75	$36,909	HS Mod. OJT

	Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	194	179	-15	-7.7%	5	14	-2	17	$23.30	$48,455	HS Mod. OJT

	Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	590	552	-38	-6.4%	20	42	-4	58	$22.50	$46,797	HS Mod. OJT

	Team Assemblers	9,846	8,851	-995	-10.1%	399	677	-100	976	$15.10	$31,413	HS Mod. OJT

	Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other	3,251	2,904	-347	-10.7%	131	223	-35	319	$15.10	$31,413	HS Mod. OJT
Food Processing Workers		4,324	4,620	296	6.8%	247	346	30	623
	Bakers	1,615	1,755	140	8.7%	108	127	14	249	$13.80	$28,711	No Formal Credential Long OJT

	Butchers and Meat Cutters	769	809	40	5.2%	35	60	4	99	$21.92	$45,599	No Formal Credential Long OJT

	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	174	185	11	6.3%	8	14	1	23	$16.67	$34,678	No Formal Credential Short OJT

	Slaughterers and Meat Packers	115	115	0	0.0%	5	9	0	14			No Formal Credential Short OJT

	Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	101	106	5	4.9%	4	7	0	11	$15.11	$31,413	No Formal Credential Mod. OJT

	Food Batchmakers	1,115	1,184	69	6.2%	63	96	7	166	$12.31	$25,609	HS Mod. OJT

	Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	254	270	16	6.3%	14	21	2	37	$12.79	$26,612	HS Mod. OJT

	Food Processing Workers, All Other	181	196	15	8.3%	8	13	2	23	$12.75	$26,530	No Formal Credential Mod. OJT
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers		30,003	31,814	1,811	6.0%	1,019	2,141	181	3,341
	Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic	2,295	2,596	301	13.1%	68	172	30	270	$22.85	$47,513	HS Mod. OJT

	Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic	756	1,009	253	33.5%	24	62	25	111	$31.57	$65,671	Postsecond. Mod. OJT

	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,398	1,294	-104	-7.4%	34	101	-10	125	$19.00	$39,509	HS Mod. OJT

	Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	125	107	-18	-14.4%	3	8	-2	9	$11.91	$24,780	HS Mod. OJT

	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	393	379	-14	-3.6%	11	28	-1	38	$18.29	$38,035	HS Mod. OJT

	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2,055	2,023	-32	-1.6%	74	154	-3	225	$16.70	$34,739	HS Mod. OJT

	Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	273	254	-19	-7.0%	10	18	-2	26	$18.69	$38,874	HS Mod. OJT

	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,373	1,370	-3	-0.2%	48	96	0	144	$18.69	$38,874	HS Mod. OJT

	Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,421	1,482	61	4.3%	43	99	6	148	$21.72	$45,179	HS Mod. OJT

	Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	257	242	-15	-5.8%	9	17	-2	24	$25.26	$52,539	HS Mod. OJT

	Machinists	7,847	8,871	1,024	13.1%	290	544	102	936	$24.15	$50,215	HS Long OJT

	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	56	60	4	7.1%	2	4	0	6	$18.66	$38,813	HS Mod. OJT

	Model Makers, Metal and Plastic	96	92	-4	-4.2%	4	6	0	10	$28.56	$59,396	HS Mod. OJT

	Foundry Mold and Coremakers	116	101	-15	-12.9%	4	8	-2	10	$17.09	$35,558	HS Mod. OJT

	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,326	1,244	-82	-6.2%	47	97	-8	136	$15.51	$32,262	HS Mod. OJT

	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3,509	3,681	172	4.9%	133	249	17	399	$17.85	$37,134	HS Mod. OJT

	Tool and Die Makers	2,097	2,146	49	2.3%	83	115	5	203	$29.47	$61,290	Postsecond. Long OJT

	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2,449	2,760	311	12.7%	69	203	31	303	$23.78	$49,468	HS Mod. OJT

	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	503	484	-19	-3.8%	13	38	-2	49	$16.61	$34,545	HS Mod. OJT

	Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	299	282	-17	-5.7%	11	20	-2	29	$18.30	$38,056	HS Mod. OJT

	Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	67	69	2	3.0%	2	5	0	7			HS Mod. OJT

	Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	794	745	-49	-6.2%	19	56	-5	70	$16.48	$34,279	HS Mod. OJT

	Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	146	176	30	20.5%	5	15	3	23	$20.19	$42,017	HS Mod. OJT

	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	330	329	-1	-0.3%	12	23	0	35	$17.86	$37,155	HS Mod. OJT
Printing Workers		3,087	2,942	-145	-4.7%	144	193	-14	323
	Prepress Technicians and Workers	394	337	-57	-14.5%	15	28	-6	37	$20.74	$43,122	Postsecond.

	Printing Press Operators	1,990	1,923	-67	-3.4%	76	127	-7	196	$18.40	$38,281	HS Mod. OJT

	Print Binding and Finishing Workers	703	682	-21	-3.0%	52	38	-2	88	$16.33	$33,951	HS Mod. OJT
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers		5,542	5,556	14	0.3%	359	325	1	685
	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	2,337	2,348	11	0.5%	157	158	1	316	$12.18	$25,343	No Formal Credential Short OJT

	Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	674	675	1	0.2%	41	44	0	85	$11.99	$24,934	No Formal Credential Short OJT

	Sewing Machine Operators	1,112	1,167	55	4.9%	65	55	6	126	$15.69	$32,631	No Formal Credential Short OJT

	Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	681	620	-61	-9.0%	58	24	-6	76	$20.81	$43,276	No Formal Credential Mod. OJT

	Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	51	55	4	7.8%	4	4	0	8	$15.57	$32,385	HS Mod. OJT

	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53	58	5	9.4%	3	3	0	6	$13.85	$28,792	HS Mod. OJT

	Upholsterers	292	292	0	0.0%	13	17	0	30	$19.37	$40,266	HS Mod. OJT

	Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	79	75	-4	-5.1%	4	5	0	9	$14.49	$30,154	HS Short OJT
Woodworkers		2,148	2,254	106	4.9%	105	122	11	238
	Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	1,151	1,198	47	4.1%	55	65	5	125	$21.25	$44,207	HS Mod. OJT

	Furniture Finishers	231	257	26	11.3%	14	9	3	26	$21.94	$45,650	HS Short OJT

	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	148	152	4	2.7%	6	11	0	17	$19.54	$40,645	HS Mod. OJT

	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	321	332	11	3.4%	13	23	1	37	$18.49	$38,455	HS Mod. OJT
Plant and System Operators		2,397	2,341	-56	-2.3%	63	146	-6	203
	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	197	201	4	2.0%	5	12	0	17	$43.23	$89,919	HS Long OJT

	Power Plant Operators	247	249	2	0.8%	6	15	0	21	$35.97	$74,821	HS Long OJT

	Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	231	245	14	6.1%	8	17	1	26	$31.19	$64,872	HS Long OJT

	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	1,054	1,001	-53	-5.0%	29	55	-5	79	$31.78	$66,111	HS Long OJT

	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	418	419	1	0.2%	10	31	0	41	$27.21	$56,592	HS Mod. OJT
Other Production Occupations		24,897	25,399	502	2.0%	1,051	1,909	50	3,010
	Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	583	581	-2	-0.3%	16	46	0	62	$22.27	$46,326	HS Mod. OJT

	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	466	460	-6	-1.3%	17	35	-1	51	$18.92	$39,355	HS Mod. OJT

	Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	422	375	-47	-11.1%	14	30	-5	39	$16.65	$34,637	No Formal Credential Mod. OJT

	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	943	965	22	2.3%	34	72	2	108	$19.36	$40,256	HS Mod. OJT

	Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	62	56	-6	-9.7%	2	4	-1	5	$18.33	$38,137	No Formal Credential Short OJT

	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	816	846	30	3.7%	30	63	3	96	$19.03	$39,581	HS Mod. OJT

	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	364	374	10	2.8%	14	30	1	45	$15.71	$32,672	HS Mod. OJT

	Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	118	131	13	11.0%	5	7	1	13	$16.53	$34,391	HS Mod. OJT

	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	8,229	7,695	-534	-6.5%	331	610	-53	888	$23.07	$47,974	HS Mod. OJT

	Dental Laboratory Technicians	575	682	107	18.6%	27	42	11	80	$21.38	$44,463	HS Mod. OJT

	Medical Appliance Technicians	278	330	52	18.7%	13	20	5	38	$19.67	$40,921	HS Mod. OJT

	Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	340	357	17	5.0%	15	23	2	40	$20.79	$43,245	HS Mod. OJT

	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2,851	2,988	137	4.8%	138	194	14	346	$15.90	$33,071	HS Mod. OJT

	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	885	939	54	6.1%	26	68	5	99	$17.59	$36,592	HS Mod. OJT

	Painters, Transportation Equipment	592	715	123	20.8%	19	49	12	80	$28.53	$59,325	HS Mod. OJT

	Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	171	183	12	7.0%	5	13	1	19	$15.59	$32,436	No Formal Credential Mod. OJT

	Semiconductor Processors	196	204	8	4.1%	8	15	1	24	$18.21	$37,871	HS Mod. OJT

	Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	263	199	-64	-24.3%	12	24	-6	30	$14.75	$30,665	HS Short OJT

	Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	76	77	1	1.3%	4	5	0	9	$20.96	$43,593	HS Mod. OJT

	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	193	208	15	7.8%	9	16	2	27	$14.06	$29,243	HS Mod. OJT

	Etchers and Engravers	159	165	6	3.8%	10	9	1	20	$16.94	$35,241	HS Mod. OJT

	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	257	250	-7	-2.7%	10	16	-1	25	$17.59	$36,582	HS Long OJT

	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	738	708	-30	-4.1%	26	47	-3	70	$19.17	$39,877	HS Mod. OJT

	Helpers--Production Workers	2,896	3,290	394	13.6%	166	294	39	499	$15.62	$32,498	HS Short OJT

	Production Workers, All Other	1,726	1,862	136	7.9%	70	131	14	215	$16.11	$33,521	HS Mod. OJT


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