Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-5113 Print Binding and Finishing Workers

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

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2020

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southeast Minnesota	190	87	$18.12/hr	$12.24/hr	$13.59/hr	$16.55/hr	$22.02/hr	$28.17/hr

Leading Industries for Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Manufacturing	2,210	$18.35/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	N/A	N/A
Information	40	$17.62/hr
Professional and Business Services	220	$15.29/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2016-2026
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	-36.4%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	N/A	$14.79/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	N/A	$15.85/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	40	$14.96/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	110	$16.80/hr	4.2%
Northwest Balance of State	110	$16.80/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	120	$18.11/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	160	$15.21/hr	-5.7%
Southeast Minnesota	190	$16.55/hr	7.8%
Southeast Balance of State	210	$17.14/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	330	$16.98/hr	-11.2%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	1,570	$19.48/hr	-8.2%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	1,720	$18.75/hr	N/A
Minnesota	2,490	$18.09/hr	-5.9%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2016-2026
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,730	$20.65/hr	-0.4%
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2,010	$18.68/hr	-9.1%
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	140	$19.81/hr	-12.7%
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,830	$20.40/hr	-6.1%
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	320	$16.67/hr	-15.2%
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5,400	$20.74/hr	-4.0%
Printing Press Operators	6,180	$20.68/hr	-5.8%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2,720	$18.44/hr	-4.3%
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	160	$14.98/hr	-14.9%

Task for Print Binding and Finishing Workers

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.
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.
Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed.
Prepare finished books for shipping by wrapping or packing books and stacking boxes on pallets.
Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
Set up or operate bindery machines, such as coil binders, thermal or tape binders, plastic comb binders, or specialty binders.
Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.