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Prepress Technicians and Workers · SOC 51-5111

Prepress Technicians and Workers Salary in the Buffalo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area

Figures describe the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Buffalo city limits.

Median annual wage$46,830
Median hourly wage$22.52

Prepress Technicians and Workers in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area earned a median of $46,830 per year ($22.52 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,940 at the 10th percentile to $61,670 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Prepress Technicians and Workers in the Buffalo metro area earn more than $46,830 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,990 and $56,160.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$35,940$38,990$46,830$56,160$61,670
Hourly$17.28$18.74$22.52$27.00$29.65

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Buffalo metro areathis metro area
    $46,830
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $52,420
  • United Statesnational
    $48,690

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −11% vs New York overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$30,270$43,737$57,203$70,670College Station-Bryan, TX — $30,270San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $33,880Wichita, KS — $35,670Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $35,810Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,310Ogden, UT — $38,630Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $38,830San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $39,940La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $40,550Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $40,800Omaha, NE-IA — $40,930Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $42,630Columbia, SC — $43,400Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $43,700Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $43,950Jacksonville, FL — $43,960Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $44,140Knoxville, TN — $44,370Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $44,730Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $44,980Toledo, OH — $45,100St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,260Mankato, MN — $45,430Ann Arbor, MI — $45,480Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,660Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $45,770Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $45,900Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $45,980Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,080Oklahoma City, OK — $46,460Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $46,830Clarksville, TN-KY — $46,900Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,270Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,270Lexington-Fayette, KY — $47,280Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $47,430Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,790Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,810Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,870Worcester, MA — $47,890New Haven, CT — $48,040Green Bay, WI — $48,070Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,230Kansas City, MO-KS — $48,240Cleveland, OH — $48,270Akron, OH — $48,280Lancaster, PA — $48,370Madison, WI — $48,410Lawrence, KS — $48,490Springfield, MA — $48,510Manchester-Nashua, NH — $48,580Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $48,680Pittsburgh, PA — $48,700Syracuse, NY — $48,730Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $48,790York-Hanover, PA — $48,820Greensboro-High Point, NC — $48,900Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,020Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,070Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,130Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $49,590Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $49,600Columbus, OH — $49,650Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,680Winston-Salem, NC — $49,760Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $49,770Richmond, VA — $49,850Asheville, NC — $49,920Rochester, NY — $50,320Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $50,340Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $50,370Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $50,660Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $50,750Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $50,860Fresno, CA — $50,890Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $51,180Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $51,380Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $51,410Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $52,000Appleton, WI — $53,150San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $53,410Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $53,560Fort Wayne, IN — $53,660Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $54,000Ames, IA — $54,460New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $54,590Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $55,370Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $55,560Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $55,680Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $55,680Reno, NV — $56,740Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $56,850Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $56,850Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $56,930Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $57,850Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $58,200Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $58,360Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $58,430Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $59,540San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $59,970San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $66,670Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $70,670

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Buffalo metro area has the 72nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 102 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for prepress technicians and workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Buffalo metro areathis page
    $46,830
  • New York metro area
    $54,590
  • Rochester metro area
    $50,320
  • Albany metro area
    $49,590
  • Syracuse metro area
    $48,730

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,390Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,620First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,060Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,400Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$41,900Machinists$60,650

Highest-paying metro areas for prepress technicians and workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Buffalo Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.