Prepress Technicians and Workers · SOC 51-5111

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Prepress Technicians and Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for prepress technicians and workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 102 metro areas

Prepress Technicians and Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$70,670	490	0.2
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$66,670	80	0.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$59,970	200	0.1
4	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$59,540	60	0.2
5	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$58,430	180	2.0
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$58,360	290	0.1
7	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$58,200	40	0.1
8	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$57,850	30	0.1
9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$56,930	190	0.1
10	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$56,850	30	0.2
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$56,850	200	0.2
12	Reno, NV	$56,740	30	0.1
13	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$55,680	100	0.1
14	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$55,680	410	0.1
15	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$55,560	130	0.1
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$55,370	240	0.1
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$54,590	1,290	0.1
18	Ames, IA	$54,460	40	0.7
19	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$54,000	40	0.1
20	Fort Wayne, IN	$53,660	40	0.2
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$53,560	100	0.1
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$53,410	160	0.1
23	Appleton, WI	$53,150	90	0.7
24	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$52,000	210	0.1
25	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$51,410	110	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Prepress Technicians and Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.