Occupational Employment and Wages, 2002

51-5023 Printing Machine Operators

Set up or operate various types of printing machines, such as offset, letterset, intaglio, or gravure presses or screen printers to produce print on paper or other materials.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area 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)
189,590	1.2 %	$14.80	$30,780	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$8.32	$10.52	$13.95	$18.27	$22.46
Annual Wage (2)	$17,300	$21,890	$29,010	$38,010	$46,720

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Printing and related support activities	92,740	$15.71	$32,670	1	19
Newspaper, book, and directory publishers	19,200	$16.26	$33,830	2	13
Converted paper product manufacturing	17,560	$15.23	$31,690	3	23
Plastics product manufacturing	7,460	$13.71	$28,520	4	35
Business support services	5,290	$11.12	$23,130	5	74

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Federal government (OES designation)	910	$27.97	$58,170	20	1
Scientific research and development services	100	$18.71	$38,910	61	2
Local government (OES designation)	710	$17.48	$36,360	23	3
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	1,210	$17.48	$36,360	15	4
Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg.	420	$17.43	$36,260	29	5

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Kansas	4,390	$14.03	$29,190	0.338%	349
Wisconsin	8,320	$15.62	$32,480	0.309%	366
Minnesota	7,580	$17.18	$35,730	0.291%	350
Pennsylvania	11,660	$14.92	$31,040	0.211%	406
Kentucky	3,550	$14.42	$30,000	0.207%	300

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
District of Columbia	1,060	$21.91	$45,580	0.178%	201
Alaska	170	$18.19	$37,840	0.059%	249
Minnesota	7,580	$17.18	$35,730	0.291%	350
Washington	2,750	$17.11	$35,590	0.107%	384
New Jersey	7,580	$16.77	$34,880	0.197%	406

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA	1,360	$16.27	$33,850	0.688%
Terre Haute, IN MSA	340	$13.29	$27,650	0.528%
Lawrence, KS MSA	250	$15.11	$31,440	0.527%
Green Bay, WI MSA	720	$16.40	$34,110	0.510%
Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton, PA MSA	1,340	$14.26	$29,660	0.495%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Lowell, MA-NH PMSA	160	$19.97	$41,530	0.128%
Anchorage, AK MSA	90	$19.30	$40,140	0.066%
San Jose, CA PMSA	920	$18.88	$39,260	0.103%
San Francisco, CA PMSA	1,060	$18.84	$39,190	0.106%
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA	200	$18.72	$38,930	0.100%

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Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

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Last Modified Date: November 26, 2003