Occupational employment / Printing machine operators

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Printing machine operators" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,450 $21.99 $45,740
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 12,300 $18.89 $39,290
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 10,810 $16.11 $33,500
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 8,260 $16.15 $33,590
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 8,130 $15.95 $33,170
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 7,470 $15.89 $33,050
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 6,820 $18.55 $38,580
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4,970 $21.16 $44,010
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,660 $19.42 $40,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 4,410 $17.24 $35,850
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,400 $17.46 $36,310
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,350 $17.42 $36,220
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,910 $20.46 $42,560
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,910 $16.63 $34,590
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,830 $23.17 $48,200
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,680 $16.59 $34,500
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2,560 $17.33 $36,050
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 2,560 $16.88 $35,110
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,460 $16.27 $33,830
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,450 $16.60 $34,530
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,260 $14.29 $29,720
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,230 $12.92 $26,870
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,210 $18.16 $37,770
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2,140 $15.86 $33,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,940 $14.58 $30,320
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,940 $17.83 $37,080
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,920 $15.80 $32,870
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,870 $18.22 $37,890
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,750 $17.86 $37,140
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,690 $14.65 $30,470
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,670 $18.56 $38,610
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,660 $14.92 $31,040
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,660 $19.10 $39,730
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,640 $19.47 $40,490
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,550 $17.45 $36,300
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,540 $14.54 $30,230
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,530 $17.47 $36,340
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,520 $17.86 $37,140
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,510 $18.41 $38,290
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,480 $18.12 $37,680
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,460 $17.23 $35,840
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,430 $15.98 $33,240
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,410 $19.27 $40,080
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,400 $22.61 $47,030
Lancaster, PA 1,220 $17.78 $36,980
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,200 $15.37 $31,960
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,180 $15.92 $33,120
Salt Lake City, UT 1,170 $13.21 $27,480
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,160 $17.14 $35,640
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,150 $12.85 $26,730
Pittsburgh, PA 1,100 $16.22 $33,730
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,090 $17.88 $37,200
San Antonio, TX 1,080 $15.19 $31,600
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,060 $17.78 $36,980
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,030 $17.27 $35,930
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 990 $16.50 $34,320
Greensboro-High Point, NC 970 $16.37 $34,050
Akron, OH 960 $17.29 $35,970
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 950 $18.14 $37,720
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 950 $16.61 $34,550
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 920 $17.72 $36,860
Columbus, OH 910 $17.43 $36,260
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 870 $16.73 $34,800
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 870 $20.25 $42,110
Richmond, VA 860 $16.85 $35,040
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 860 $16.21 $33,710
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 850 $17.27 $35,910
Austin-Round Rock, TX 840 $14.41 $29,970
Rochester, NY 790 $16.28 $33,870
Springfield, MA-CT 770 $17.81 $37,040
Dayton, OH 770 $15.50 $32,250
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 720 $16.52 $34,370
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 710 $13.52 $28,130
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 710 $22.43 $46,650
Green Bay, WI 700 $18.04 $37,530
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 680 $15.32 $31,870
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 680 $19.57 $40,710
York-Hanover, PA 660 $16.15 $33,600
Syracuse, NY 650 $16.46 $34,240
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 650 $13.33 $27,730
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 650 $18.64 $38,770
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 620 $16.62 $34,560
Madison, WI 610 $16.12 $33,530
Toledo, OH 610 $14.59 $30,350
Jacksonville, FL 600 $16.42 $34,150
Oklahoma City, OK 590 $13.23 $27,520
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 560 $9.86 $20,510
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 520 $14.30 $29,750
Raleigh-Cary, NC 520 $17.29 $35,960
Chattanooga, TN-GA 510 $13.89 $28,900
New Haven, CT 500 $16.01 $33,300
Ann Arbor, MI 500 $17.44 $36,280
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 470 $20.34 $42,310
Cedar Rapids, IA 460 $16.66 $34,650
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 450 $15.46 $32,150
Evansville, IN-KY 440 $17.18 $35,730
Honolulu, HI 420 $16.86 $35,070
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 420 $19.36 $40,270
Boulder, CO 410 $15.43 $32,090
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 410 $14.99 $31,180
Baton Rouge, LA 400 $12.61 $26,220
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 390 $17.74 $36,900
Knoxville, TN 380 $16.18 $33,660
Reading, PA 380 $15.59 $32,440
Provo-Orem, UT 380 $12.08 $25,130
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 380 $18.31 $38,080
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 370 $15.46 $32,150
Joplin, MO 370 $16.21 $33,720
Columbia, SC 370 $15.65 $32,560
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 360 $18.53 $38,550
El Paso, TX 360 $11.63 $24,180
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 360 $11.93 $24,810
Wichita, KS 350 $18.99 $39,500
Tulsa, OK 340 $14.78 $30,750
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 330 $16.09 $33,460
Greenville, SC 330 $16.55 $34,420
Colorado Springs, CO 330 $15.88 $33,020
Lynchburg, VA 330 $16.26 $33,820
Winston-Salem, NC 330 $16.02 $33,310
Appleton, WI 320 $16.28 $33,870
Springfield, MO 310 $13.77 $28,630
Sioux Falls, SD 310 $16.33 $33,960
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 310 $21.93 $45,600
Reno-Sparks, NV 310 $17.08 $35,530
Terre Haute, IN 310 $15.39 $32,010
Dalton, GA 300 $15.25 $31,730
St. Cloud, MN 300 $21.52 $44,760
Fresno, CA 300 $17.16 $35,690
Worcester, MA-CT 300 $16.66 $34,660
Tucson, AZ 300 $14.74 $30,660
Spartanburg, SC 290 $16.16 $33,600
Roanoke, VA 290 $16.34 $33,980
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 290 $11.54 $24,010
Utica-Rome, NY 280 $16.46 $34,240
Clarksville, TN-KY 280 $16.06 $33,400
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 280 $17.22 $35,820
Fort Wayne, IN 280 $16.74 $34,820
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 280 $14.92 $31,030
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 270 $12.75 $26,510
La Crosse, WI-MN 270 $15.64 $32,530
Eugene-Springfield, OR 260 $15.28 $31,770
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 260 $20.23 $42,080
Spokane, WA 250 $17.45 $36,300
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 250 $13.86 $28,830
Boise City-Nampa, ID 250 $12.84 $26,710
Erie, PA 250 $13.90 $28,900
Lakeland, FL 250 $14.96 $31,120
Stockton, CA 250 $18.95 $39,430
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 250 $14.24 $29,630
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 240 $17.25 $35,890
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 240 $16.45 $34,210
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 240 $16.64 $34,620
Jackson, MS 240 $13.47 $28,010
Fort Smith, AR-OK 240 $17.65 $36,710
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 230 $20.67 $43,000
Lexington-Fayette, KY 230 $16.36 $34,020
Topeka, KS 230 $16.70 $34,730
Ames, IA 220 $17.06 $35,490
Canton-Massillon, OH 220 $16.65 $34,630
Peoria, IL 220 $14.65 $30,470
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 220 $16.68 $34,690
Monroe, LA 210 $14.49 $30,140
Huntsville, AL 210 $13.42 $27,910
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 200 $18.40 $38,270
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 200 $16.32 $33,950
Modesto, CA 200 $19.73 $41,030
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 200 $17.20 $35,770
Manchester, NH 200 $17.35 $36,090
Salem, OR 200 $14.67 $30,520
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 190 $16.21 $33,720
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 190 $15.10 $31,410
Albuquerque, NM 190 $14.29 $29,720
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 190 $16.89 $35,140
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 190 $15.43 $32,080
Iowa City, IA 180 $14.83 $30,850
Waco, TX 180 $12.07 $25,100
Lincoln, NE 180 $15.29 $31,810
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 180 $20.99 $43,660
Dubuque, IA 180 $16.69 $34,710
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 170 $11.84 $24,620
Asheville, NC 170 $14.34 $29,820
Williamsport, PA 170 $15.23 $31,680
Sheboygan, WI 170 $17.43 $36,250
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 170 $14.77 $30,730
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 160 $14.03 $29,180
Racine, WI 160 $18.11 $37,680
Lawrence, KS 160 $17.98 $37,400
Visalia-Porterville, CA 160 $19.48 $40,520
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 160 $17.42 $36,230
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 160 $16.34 $33,990
Springfield, IL 160 $17.30 $35,990
Wilmington, NC 160 $16.01 $33,310
Tallahassee, FL 160 $17.89 $37,210
Durham, NC 160 $15.88 $33,020
Lubbock, TX 150 $11.51 $23,940
Tuscaloosa, AL 150 $11.11 $23,120
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 150 $12.84 $26,710
Champaign-Urbana, IL 150 $13.97 $29,060
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 140 $16.87 $35,100
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 140 $19.56 $40,680
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 140 $13.22 $27,500
Medford, OR 140 $13.99 $29,100
Charleston, WV 140 $12.75 $26,520
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 140 $14.74 $30,650
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 140 $13.88 $28,870
Bowling Green, KY 140 $14.49 $30,140
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 130 $14.84 $30,860
Salisbury, MD 130 $18.22 $37,900
Duluth, MN-WI 130 $15.11 $31,420
Savannah, GA 130 $13.25 $27,550
Danville, VA 130 $15.28 $31,790
Logan, UT-ID 130 $13.89 $28,880
Rockford, IL 130 $15.24 $31,690
Longview, TX 130 $13.89 $28,900
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 130 $13.29 $27,650
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 130 $15.51 $32,270
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 120 $19.93 $41,450
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 120 $13.29 $27,650
Macon, GA 120 $15.50 $32,230
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 120 $18.51 $38,500
Muncie, IN 120 $15.89 $33,060
Jackson, TN 120 $12.57 $26,140
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 120 $15.29 $31,800
Kingston, NY 110 $19.29 $40,120
Burlington, NC 110 $12.34 $25,670
Bend, OR 110 $14.51 $30,170
Springfield, OH 110 $12.27 $25,520
Altoona, PA 110 $13.71 $28,510
Lafayette, LA 110 $12.27 $25,530
Janesville, WI 110 $16.43 $34,180
Bloomington-Normal, IL 100 $15.80 $32,860
Fargo, ND-MN 100 $14.19 $29,520
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 100 $14.55 $30,260
Columbia, MO 100 $14.42 $30,000
Gainesville, GA 100 $17.25 $35,880
St. Joseph, MO-KS 100 $14.80 $30,780
Amarillo, TX 100 $9.81 $20,410
State College, PA 100 $15.04 $31,280
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 100 $15.89 $33,050
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 100 $11.43 $23,770
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 100 $15.15 $31,510
Bangor, ME 100 $14.95 $31,090
Victoria, TX 100 $12.03 $25,020
Binghamton, NY 100 $15.54 $32,320
Barnstable Town, MA 100 $19.56 $40,690
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 90 $15.00 $31,200
Columbus, GA-AL 90 $11.97 $24,900
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 90 $14.87 $30,920
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 90 $15.36 $31,950
Greeley, CO 90 $17.69 $36,800
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 90 $14.93 $31,050
Flint, MI 90 $16.29 $33,880
Bloomington, IN 90 $17.18 $35,740
San Angelo, TX 90 $14.13 $29,380
Anchorage, AK 90 $19.73 $41,040
Bakersfield, CA 90 $16.66 $34,640
Cumberland, MD-WV 80 Not available Not available
Winchester, VA-WV 80 $17.01 $35,380
Eau Claire, WI 80 $16.20 $33,690
Yakima, WA 80 $18.05 $37,540
Elizabethtown, KY 80 $17.04 $35,440
Waterbury, CT 80 $16.75 $34,830
Anderson, SC 80 $13.05 $27,140
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 80 $15.26 $31,730
Hattiesburg, MS 80 $12.48 $25,950
Rapid City, SD 80 $14.22 $29,570
College Station-Bryan, TX 80 $11.75 $24,430
Tyler, TX 70 $13.64 $28,370
Naples-Marco Island, FL 70 $17.61 $36,620
Corpus Christi, TX 70 $14.96 $31,120
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 70 $9.99 $20,770
Gainesville, FL 70 $15.46 $32,150
Ithaca, NY 70 $16.31 $33,920
Mobile, AL 70 $12.97 $26,980
Pittsfield, MA 70 $15.29 $31,800
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 70 $18.14 $37,720
Lebanon, PA 70 $15.85 $32,980
Chico, CA 70 $13.05 $27,150
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 70 $15.27 $31,760
Charlottesville, VA 70 $17.90 $37,230
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 70 $16.55 $34,430
Wichita Falls, TX 70 $12.94 $26,910
Ocala, FL 60 $16.72 $34,780
Rome, GA 60 $14.49 $30,130
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 60 $17.69 $36,790
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 60 $14.79 $30,770
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 60 $14.06 $29,250
Olympia, WA 60 $20.77 $43,200
Coeur d'Alene, ID 60 $13.78 $28,650
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 60 $13.68 $28,460
Dothan, AL 60 $12.48 $25,960
Rochester, MN 60 $14.45 $30,060
Glens Falls, NY 60 $18.66 $38,820
Owensboro, KY 60 $12.48 $25,960
Danbury, CT 60 $16.79 $34,920
Atlantic City, NJ 60 $14.22 $29,570
Anniston-Oxford, AL 50 $14.13 $29,390
New Bedford, MA 50 $16.36 $34,020
Athens-Clarke County, GA 50 $14.36 $29,870
Prescott, AZ 50 $14.59 $30,340
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 50 $13.07 $27,190
Billings, MT 50 $14.98 $31,170
Dover, DE 50 $14.91 $31,010
Lake Charles, LA 50 $10.82 $22,500
Bismarck, ND 50 $15.02 $31,250
Napa, CA 50 $25.21 $52,430
Florence, SC 50 $14.75 $30,670
Mansfield, OH 50 $14.06 $29,250
Salinas, CA 50 $15.51 $32,260
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 50 $17.71 $36,840
Sherman-Denison, TX 50 $13.02 $27,070
Fayetteville, NC 50 $11.58 $24,080
Odessa, TX 50 $10.06 $20,910
Lafayette, IN 50 $15.37 $31,970
Kokomo, IN 50 $15.01 $31,230
Valdosta, GA 50 $11.70 $24,330
Grand Junction, CO 50 $14.13 $29,400
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 50 $16.47 $34,250
Auburn-Opelika, AL 50 $12.86 $26,740
Sandusky, OH 50 $14.10 $29,320
Wausau, WI 50 $16.66 $34,650
Pueblo, CO 40 $13.83 $28,770
Albany, GA 40 $10.83 $22,530
Lima, OH 40 $10.37 $21,560
Greenville, NC 40 $11.46 $23,830
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 40 $15.50 $32,240
Grand Forks, ND-MN 40 $15.69 $32,630
Casper, WY 30 $14.17 $29,480
Midland, TX 30 $13.49 $28,050
Rocky Mount, NC 30 $13.35 $27,770
Montgomery, AL Not available $13.34 $27,750
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Not available $13.40 $27,870
Idaho Falls, ID Not available $9.99 $20,780
Ogden-Clearfield, UT Not available $10.01 $20,810
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Not available $17.21 $35,790
Danville, IL Not available $14.22 $29,570
Decatur, IL Not available $11.97 $24,900
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Not available $18.40 $38,260
Battle Creek, MI Not available $10.49 $21,820
Fond du Lac, WI Not available $18.60 $38,700
Carson City, NV Not available $22.18 $46,130
Las Cruces, NM Not available $10.79 $22,450
Bay City, MI Not available $19.16 $39,850
Merced, CA Not available $17.50 $36,410
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Not available $14.18 $29,490
Jackson, MI Not available $16.32 $33,940
Johnson City, TN Not available $10.63 $22,120
Jonesboro, AR Not available $13.43 $27,940
Morristown, TN Not available $13.56 $28,210
Jefferson City, MO Not available $15.66 $32,570
Bellingham, WA Not available $16.06 $33,400
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