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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
51-5112 Printing Press Operators
Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 173,470 |
1.3 % |
$18.49 |
$38,470 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$10.91 |
$13.47 |
$17.41 |
$22.58 |
$28.23 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$22,690 |
$28,010 |
$36,220 |
$46,980 |
$58,710 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Printing and Related Support Activities |
104,550 |
24.04 |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
11,200 |
4.15 |
$19.78 |
$41,150 |
| Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
10,440 |
3.14 |
$19.29 |
$40,130 |
| Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services |
8,060 |
1.65 |
$18.15 |
$37,750 |
| Plastics Product Manufacturing |
5,620 |
0.96 |
$18.53 |
$38,540 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Printing and Related Support Activities |
104,550 |
24.04 |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
11,200 |
4.15 |
$19.78 |
$41,150 |
| Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media |
420 |
3.29 |
$19.57 |
$40,700 |
| Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
10,440 |
3.14 |
$19.29 |
$40,130 |
| Other Textile Product Mills |
1,550 |
2.43 |
$15.49 |
$32,230 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
540 |
0.03 |
$47.12 |
$98,010 |
| Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |
90 |
0.02 |
$25.12 |
$52,250 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
610 |
0.01 |
$24.54 |
$51,030 |
| Business Schools and Computer and Management Training |
30 |
0.05 |
$20.89 |
$43,460 |
| Computer Systems Design and Related Services |
300 |
0.01 |
$20.86 |
$43,390 |
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
14,460 |
0.85 |
0.71 |
$18.93 |
$39,380 |
| Texas |
10,810 |
0.89 |
0.74 |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Pennsylvania |
9,770 |
1.67 |
1.39 |
$18.82 |
$39,150 |
| Illinois |
9,590 |
1.60 |
1.34 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| New York |
9,380 |
1.00 |
0.83 |
$20.08 |
$41,770 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Wisconsin |
9,220 |
3.24 |
2.70 |
$18.48 |
$38,430 |
| Kansas |
3,330 |
2.42 |
2.02 |
$16.52 |
$34,350 |
| Minnesota |
6,220 |
2.17 |
1.81 |
$21.47 |
$44,670 |
| Nebraska |
2,040 |
2.08 |
1.74 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Kentucky |
3,610 |
1.91 |
1.60 |
$16.13 |
$33,540 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
530 |
0.74 |
0.62 |
$38.79 |
$80,680 |
| Alaska |
160 |
0.50 |
0.42 |
$23.14 |
$48,140 |
| New Jersey |
3,660 |
0.90 |
0.75 |
$21.91 |
$45,580 |
| Minnesota |
6,220 |
2.17 |
1.81 |
$21.47 |
$44,670 |
| Illinois |
9,590 |
1.60 |
1.34 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
7,690 |
0.81 |
0.68 |
$22.09 |
$45,940 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
7,640 |
1.65 |
1.37 |
$21.58 |
$44,890 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
6,790 |
1.11 |
0.93 |
$18.54 |
$38,560 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
4,810 |
1.35 |
1.13 |
$20.48 |
$42,610 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
4,470 |
2.29 |
1.91 |
$22.23 |
$46,230 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
4,360 |
1.63 |
1.36 |
$17.48 |
$36,350 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
3,680 |
1.29 |
1.08 |
$20.52 |
$42,680 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
2,840 |
3.34 |
2.79 |
$18.44 |
$38,350 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL |
2,570 |
1.89 |
1.58 |
$21.75 |
$45,240 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
2,500 |
0.91 |
0.76 |
$21.58 |
$44,880 |
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