Printing Press Operators · SOC 51-5112

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Printing Press Operatorss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for printing press operators. 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 302 metro areas

Printing Press Operators: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Harrisonburg, VA	$64,180	130	2.0
2	Rochester, MN	$59,200	90	0.7
3	Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	$58,850	70	1.4
4	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$58,750	610	6.5
5	Fort Smith, AR-OK	$56,350	180	1.9
6	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$55,920	180	0.8
7	Springfield, MA	$55,740	270	1.3
8	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$54,230	240	1.2
9	Worcester, MA	$53,210	210	0.6
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$52,180	1,360	0.5
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$52,040	1,410	0.7
12	Wichita Falls, TX	$51,510	40	0.8
13	Wausau, WI	$50,650	120	1.7
14	Merced, CA	$50,640	90	1.1
15	Kenosha, WI	$50,540	50	0.6
16	Fond du Lac, WI	$50,310	70	1.7
17	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$50,280	1,050	0.4
18	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$50,170	3,390	1.7
19	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$49,840	480	1.7
20	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$49,750	50	0.4
21	Visalia, CA	$49,680	140	0.8
22	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$49,670	1,030	0.8
23	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$49,620	6,700	0.7
24	Jefferson City, MO	$49,610	130	1.6
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$49,490	1,700	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Printing Press Operators 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.