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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.

Industries in the Printing and Related Support Activities subsector print products, such as newspapers, books, labels, business cards, stationery, business forms, and other materials, and perform support activities, such as data imaging, platemaking services, and bookbinding. The support activities included here are an integral part of the printing industry, and a product (a printing plate, a bound book, or a computer disk or file) that is an integral part of the printing industry is almost always provided by these operations.

North American Industry Classification System

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, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Employment (in thousands)

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

361.1 360.4 (p)360.6 (p)361.3

Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)

247.8 247.3 (p)247.7 (p)247.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2023

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

16,470

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage 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

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$28.42 $28.90 (p)$28.95 (p)$29.16

Average weekly hours

38.0 37.8 (p)37.7 (p)37.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$22.92 $23.01 (p)$23.23 (p)$23.51

Average weekly hours

39.7 39.8 (p)39.9 (p)39.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2023
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

$30.09 $31.56 $62,580 $65,640

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage 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 2019 2020 2021 2022

Fatalities

Number of fatalities

4 5 5 8

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series 2022

Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers

Total recordable cases

2.0

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

1.3

Cases involving days away from work

0.8

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

0.5

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(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.

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May
2024
Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024

Producer price index

(p)165.309 (p)165.340 (p)165.902 (p)166.702

Percent change from previous month

  (p)0.0% (p)0.0% (p)0.3% (p)0.5%

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

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2nd quarter
2023
3rd quarter
2023
4th quarter
2023
1st quarter
2024

Number of establishments

Private industry

28,061 28,153 28,175 (p)28,344

Local government

5 5 7 (p)7

State government

2 2 2 (p)2

Federal government

35 39 41 (p)45

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

This section presents productivity and related data for the industry, presented as the percent change from the previous year. Measures of labor productivity, or output per hour, compare the growth in output to the growth in hours worked. Growth in unit labor costs represent the annual change in the labor cost of producing one unit of output.

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2020 2021 2022 2023

Labor productivity, output per hour

7.9 -3.1 -0.1 -3.6

Hours worked

-15.7 3.6 1.0 -3.0

Output

-9.1 0.4 1.0 -6.5

Unit labor costs

1.9 2.4 6.3 8.4

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: October 10, 2024