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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2017
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:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 171,130 |
1.2 % |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$10.49 |
$13.10 |
$17.19 |
$22.42 |
$27.93 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$21,820 |
$27,240 |
$35,760 |
$46,630 |
$58,090 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
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 |
102,530 |
23.08 |
$18.08 |
$37,600 |
| Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
12,410 |
4.61 |
$19.30 |
$40,150 |
| Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
11,160 |
3.15 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services |
7,240 |
1.46 |
$17.36 |
$36,120 |
| Plastics Product Manufacturing |
5,310 |
0.92 |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
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 |
102,530 |
23.08 |
$18.08 |
$37,600 |
| Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
12,410 |
4.61 |
$19.30 |
$40,150 |
| Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media |
450 |
3.56 |
$15.84 |
$32,940 |
| Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
11,160 |
3.15 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Other Textile Product Mills |
1,560 |
2.45 |
$14.94 |
$31,080 |
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) |
560 |
0.03 |
$45.90 |
$95,470 |
| Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |
110 |
0.03 |
$24.09 |
$50,100 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
660 |
0.01 |
$23.37 |
$48,620 |
| Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
80 |
0.03 |
$21.34 |
$44,390 |
| Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing |
50 |
0.01 |
$21.16 |
$44,010 |
Geographic profile for this occupation:
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 |
14,500 |
0.87 |
0.72 |
$18.15 |
$37,760 |
| Texas |
10,540 |
0.89 |
0.74 |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| Pennsylvania |
10,190 |
1.76 |
1.47 |
$18.76 |
$39,020 |
| Illinois |
9,480 |
1.60 |
1.33 |
$20.40 |
$42,430 |
| Ohio |
9,120 |
1.70 |
1.41 |
$17.04 |
$35,430 |
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 |
8,790 |
3.11 |
2.59 |
$18.12 |
$37,700 |
| Kansas |
3,050 |
2.22 |
1.85 |
$16.12 |
$33,530 |
| Minnesota |
6,250 |
2.20 |
1.83 |
$20.94 |
$43,550 |
| Missouri |
5,450 |
1.96 |
1.63 |
$19.47 |
$40,500 |
| Nebraska |
1,870 |
1.93 |
1.61 |
$16.75 |
$34,830 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
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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) |
| Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division |
5,800 |
1.58 |
1.32 |
$20.68 |
$43,020 |
| New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division |
5,230 |
0.78 |
0.65 |
$21.54 |
$44,810 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division |
4,870 |
1.10 |
0.92 |
$17.86 |
$37,140 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
4,300 |
2.22 |
1.85 |
$21.92 |
$45,590 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
3,760 |
1.43 |
1.19 |
$18.21 |
$37,880 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division |
3,010 |
1.21 |
1.01 |
$19.17 |
$39,860 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
2,670 |
3.17 |
2.64 |
$18.75 |
$39,000 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL |
2,500 |
1.84 |
1.54 |
$20.64 |
$42,920 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
2,400 |
1.88 |
1.56 |
$15.80 |
$32,860 |
| Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metropolitan Division |
2,400 |
2.32 |
1.94 |
$20.61 |
$42,870 |
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Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Lawrence, KS |
520 |
10.51 |
8.76 |
$15.60 |
$32,440 |
| Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
450 |
8.51 |
7.09 |
$19.28 |
$40,100 |
| Dalton, GA |
560 |
8.42 |
7.02 |
$12.15 |
$25,280 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
630 |
6.64 |
5.53 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Appleton, WI |
730 |
5.89 |
4.90 |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Pittsfield, MA |
210 |
5.16 |
4.30 |
$20.27 |
$42,170 |
| Green Bay, WI |
860 |
4.97 |
4.14 |
$19.36 |
$40,280 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
360 |
4.84 |
4.03 |
$18.05 |
$37,540 |
| Terre Haute, IN |
310 |
4.60 |
3.83 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
| Gettysburg, PA |
140 |
4.11 |
3.43 |
$19.90 |
$41,380 |
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United States Department of Labor
