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 2026

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	1,250	76	$25.49/hr	$19.61/hr	$22.70/hr	$23.91/hr	$29.59/hr	$30.51/hr

Leading Industries for Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Manufacturing	1,610	$23.82/hr
Professional and Business Services	90	$19.46/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Southwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	10	$21.76/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	40	$22.02/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	40	$21.70/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	50	$19.67/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	60	$22.85/hr	-9.9%
St Cloud MN MSA	70	$22.33/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	100	$22.25/hr	-11.4%
Northwest Minnesota	110	$18.13/hr	-12.0%
Northwest Balance of State	110	$18.13/hr	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	1,250	$23.91/hr	-7.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	1,290	$23.90/hr	N/A
Minnesota	1,710	$23.79/hr	-8.9%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,130	$28.65/hr	1.9%
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,960	$28.60/hr	-5.6%
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	220	$27.15/hr	N/A
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	900	$25.49/hr	1.3%
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	410	$25.87/hr	N/A
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$20.39/hr	-4.2%
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$23.12/hr	-11.1%
Printing Press Operators	4,960	$23.88/hr	-3.0%
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	6,130	$24.48/hr	-3.5%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,400	$25.47/hr	-4.0%

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.
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.