Print Binding and Finishing Workers · SOC 51-5113

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Print Binding and Finishing Workerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for print binding and finishing workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 118 metro areas

Print Binding and Finishing Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$56,380	40	0.2
2	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$49,920	60	0.2
3	Portland-South Portland, ME	$49,470	50	0.2
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$49,420	680	0.2
5	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,250	1,160	0.3
6	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$49,110	130	0.4
7	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$49,010	60	0.5
8	Worcester, MA	$48,820	60	0.2
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$48,740	80	0.1
10	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$48,610	1,290	0.7
11	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,470	460	0.2
12	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$48,450	200	0.3
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$48,180	170	0.1
14	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$48,150	160	0.1
15	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,930	80	0.1
16	New Haven, CT	$47,700	150	0.5
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$47,680	310	0.1
18	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,610	200	0.1
19	Lancaster, PA	$47,600	150	0.6
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$47,590	90	0.1
21	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$47,480	210	0.2
22	Kansas City, MO-KS	$47,160	320	0.3
23	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$46,970	520	0.3
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$46,820	210	0.2
25	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$46,600	1,940	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Print Binding and Finishing 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.