As of 2021 there were 16,330 people employed as Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders within the United States.
This represents around 0.012% of the employed workforce across the country.
Put another way, around 1 in 8 thousand people are employed as Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.