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Occupational Employment Statistics


DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-5113 Print Binding and Finishing Workers



Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.

Geography Click link for Career Profile EmploymentEmp SE*Percentiles
Mean10th25thMedian75th90th
Northwest Minnesota 9021$20.83/hr$17.27/hr$17.39/hr$22.57/hr$22.57/hr$27.15/hr


IndustryOES Employment (Statewide)OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Manufacturing1,450$23.43/hr
Professional and Business Services80$14.84/hr
 
Geography Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2020-2030
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Rochester MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Northeast Balance of State N/AN/AN/A
Southwest Balance of State N/AN/AN/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 20$17.72/hrN/A
Northeast Minnesota 30$15.86/hr-6.3%
La Crosse WI-MN MSA 70$16.24/hrN/A
Southeast Balance of State 70$18.22/hrN/A
Southeast Minnesota 80$22.80/hrN/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 90$17.33/hrN/A
St Cloud MN MSA 90$22.83/hrN/A
Northwest Balance of State 90$22.57/hrN/A
Northwest Minnesota 90$22.57/hr-19.3%
Central Minnesota 100$20.55/hr-15.3%
Southwest Minnesota 200$23.43/hr-17.3%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,020$24.11/hr-17.4%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 1,040$24.09/hrN/A
Minnesota 1,530$23.33/hr-17.1%




  • Maintain records, such as daily production records, using specified forms.
  • Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
  • Set up or operate glue machines by filling glue reservoirs, turning switches to activate heating elements, or adjusting glue flow or conveyor speed.
  • Set up or operate machines that perform binding operations, such as pressing, folding, or trimming.
  • Insert book bodies in devices that form back edges of books into convex shapes and produce grooves that facilitate cover attachment.
  • Examine stitched, collated, bound, or unbound product samples for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
  • Bind new books, using hand tools such as bone folders, knives, hammers, or brass binding tools.
  • Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed.
  • Cut cover material to specified dimensions, fitting and gluing material to binder boards by hand or machine.
  • Form book bodies by folding and sewing printed sheets to form signatures and assembling signatures in numerical order.