Table 2. Employment of wage and salary workers in motor vehicle and parts manufacturing by occupation, 2002 and projected change, 2002-12
(Employment in thousands)
Occupation Employment,
2002
Percent
change,
2002-2012
Number Percent

 

     

All occupations

1,152 100.0 2.6

 

     

Management, business, and financial occupations

76 6.6 14.7

Top executives

10 0.8 13.4

Industrial production managers

10 0.8 13.5

 

     

Professional and related occupations

91 7.9 14.0

Electrical and electronics engineers

2 0.2 10.5

Industrial engineers

17 1.5 23.2

Mechanical engineers

19 0.9 5.2

Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians

21 1.9 13.0

Commercial and industrial designers

2 0.2 11.0

 

     

Office and administrative support occupations

61 5.3 -0.7

 

     

Construction and extraction occupations

31 2.7 18.6

Electricians

17 1.5 22.6

 

     

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

70 6.1 10.0

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

7 0.6 10.3

Industrial machinery mechanics

9 0.8 13.6

Millwrights

9 0.8 -3.8

 

     

Production occupations

735 63.9 -1.4

First-line supervisors/managers of production
and operating workers

35 3.0 14.6

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers

12 1.0 -10.6

Engine and other machine assemblers

14 1.2 -6.0

Team assemblers

181 15.7 -8.8

All other assemblers and fabricators

86 7.5 -15.8

Computer-controlled machine tool operators,
metal and plastic

13 1.1 6.9

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

15 1.3 -3.4

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

64 5.6 4.1

Machinists

18 1.6 4.4

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic

13 1.1 3.8

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

23 2.0 4.5

Tool and die makers

22 1.9 -5.4

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

54 4.7 13.4

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers

26 2.3 1.5

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

36 3.1 -0.7

Painting workers

15 1.3 12.0

Miscellaneous production workers

61 5.3 -0.1

 

     

Transportation and material moving occupations

67 5.8 1.2

Industrial truck and tractor operators

21 1.9 0.4

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

23 2.0 -6.3

 

     

Footnotes:
(1)

Note: May not add to totals due to omission of occupations with small employment.