Printing and Related Support Activities: NAICS 323

About the Printing and Related Support Activities subsector

The printing and related support activities subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

The printing and related support activities subsector consists of a single industry group, Printing and Related Support Activities: NAICS 3231.

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in printing and related support activities. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, mass layoffs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Layoffs

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		463.5	460.7	(P) 459.8	(P) 461.5
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)		319.5	317.0	(P) 315.7	(P) 318.4
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		11	8	11
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		1,055	624	786
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Extended Mass Layoffs

Data series	Back data	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011	3rd quarter 2011
Extended mass layoff events		11	10	(P) 9	(P) 10
Separations		2,090	1,520	(P) 637	(P) 868
Initial claimants		1,991	1,593	(P) 913	(P) 1,070
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
Bindery workers
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	20,340
Job printers
Prepress technicians and workers
Printing machine operators

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for printing and related support activities.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in printing and related support activities.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Average hourly earnings		$21.40	$21.35	(P) $21.39	(P) $21.52
Average weekly hours		37.2	37.3	(P) 37.4	(P) 37.4
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Average hourly earnings		$17.28	$17.35	(P) $17.36	(P) $17.22
Average weekly hours		37.8	37.9	(P) 38.3	(P) 38.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Bindery workers
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	$26.39	$27.05	$54,880	$56,270
Job printers
Prepress technicians and workers
Printing machine operators

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in printing and related support activities. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series	2007	2008	2009	2010
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	14	5	12	(P) 7
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	3.8	3.2	2.7	3.2
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.2	1.8	1.6	1.8
Cases involving days away from work	1.0	0.9	0.7	1.0
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.8
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Prices

This section provides industry-specific pricing information. The producer price index measures the percentage change in prices that domestic producers receive for goods and services. The prices included in the producer price index are from the first commercial transaction.

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Producer price index		(P) 112.5	(P) 112.6	(P) 112.5	(P) 112.4
Percent change from previous month		(P) 0.5%	(P) 0.1%	(P) -0.1%	(P) -0.1%
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in printing and related support activities. Also included in this section is information on productivity, presented as the rate of change in output per hour of workers in the industry.

Establishments

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2010	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011
Number of establishments
Private industry		32,035	31,828	(P) 31,318	(P) 31,193
Local government		6	6	(P) 4	(P) 4
State government		4	4	(P) 4	(P) 4
Federal government		13	13	(P) 13	(P) 13
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series	Back data	2006	2007	2008	2009
Labor productivity index, output per hour		111.685	116.969	118.521	113.654
Percent change from previous year		2.3	4.7	1.3	-4.1
Labor index, total labor hours		90.000	88.121	81.719	72.494
Percent change from previous year		-1.7	-2.1	-7.3	-11.3
Output index		100.516	103.074	96.854	82.392
Percent change from previous year		0.6	2.5	-6.0	-14.9
Unit labor costs index		100.810	105.948	105.461	105.643
Percent change from previous year		3.2	5.1	-0.5	0.2

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

See printing in the Career Guide to Industries.

 

Data extracted on: February 07, 2012