DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-5112 Printing Press Operators

Occupational Description:
Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Central Minnesota 60047$20.31/hr$0.84/hr$13.21/hr$15.19/hr$19.04/hr$25.14/hr$29.68/hr
Minnesota 6,180358$21.73/hr$0.43/hr$13.85/hr$16.81/hr$20.68/hr$26.13/hr$31.57/hr
U S 173,4302,428$19.08/hr$0.10/hr$11.63/hr$14.06/hr$18.00/hr$23.13/hr$28.66/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Printing Press Operators
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing380$19.02/hr
Information130$18.83/hr
Professional and Business Services10$17.61/hr
Other Regional Data For Printing Press Operators
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 3,990 $22.25/hr -10.0%
Southwest Minnesota 690 $17.96/hr -10.7%
Central Minnesota 600 $19.04/hr -8.4%
Northwest Minnesota 560 $17.81/hr -5.0%
Southeast Minnesota 250 $22.08/hr -7.9%
Northeast Minnesota 140 $17.46/hr -11.7%