Pay distribution $31,260 10th $36,990 25th $49,440 75th $59,220 90th
Half of Printing Press Operators in the Lafayette metro area earn more than $39,100 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,990 and $49,440.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $31,260 $36,990 $39,100 $49,440 $59,220 Hourly $15.03 $17.78 $18.80 $23.77 $28.47
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.
How this area compares Lafayette metro areathis metro area
$39,100 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $36,990 to $49,440
$45,230 median for Indiana; middle half earns $37,680 to $50,380
$45,780 median for United States; middle half earns $37,390 to $55,740
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −14% vs Indiana overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $26,100 $38,793 $51,487 $64,180 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $26,100 Saginaw, MI — $28,490 Columbus, GA-AL — $30,640 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $30,930 Lafayette, LA — $33,860 San Angelo, TX — $33,970 Johnson City, TN — $34,130 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $34,980 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $35,040 Dalton, GA — $35,200 College Station-Bryan, TX — $35,330 Tuscaloosa, AL — $35,350 Lubbock, TX — $35,530 Odessa, TX — $35,560 Hattiesburg, MS — $35,570 Lima, OH — $35,670 Idaho Falls, ID — $35,720 Muncie, IN — $35,750 Johnstown, PA — $35,810 Abilene, TX — $36,030 Wichita, KS — $36,030 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $36,060 Mayaguez, PR — $36,060 Erie, PA — $36,090 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,140 Billings, MT — $36,160 Albuquerque, NM — $36,400 Valdosta, GA — $36,400 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $36,540 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,580 Tyler, TX — $36,680 Corpus Christi, TX — $36,700 Mobile, AL — $36,730 Montgomery, AL — $36,850 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,930 Ogden, UT — $36,930 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $36,940 Huntsville, AL — $36,950 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,020 Charleston, WV — $37,220 Fargo, ND-MN — $37,260 Oklahoma City, OK — $37,290 Bloomington, IL — $37,330 Springfield, IL — $37,450 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $37,480 Savannah, GA — $37,490 Manhattan, KS — $37,500 Rapid City, SD — $37,550 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $37,580 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $37,600 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $37,610 Tallahassee, FL — $37,610 Birmingham, AL — $37,620 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $37,710 El Paso, TX — $37,710 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,750 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $38,020 Killeen-Temple, TX — $38,020 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,100 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $38,120 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,130 Gainesville, FL — $38,140 Ocala, FL — $38,140 Boise City, ID — $38,170 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $38,230 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,600 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,650 Tulsa, OK — $38,700 Wilmington, NC — $38,780 Waco, TX — $38,860 Hot Springs, AR — $38,870 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $38,930 Kingston, NY — $38,940 Binghamton, NY — $38,980 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $39,100 Jackson, TN — $39,360 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $39,420 Elmira, NY — $39,460 Decatur, AL — $39,580 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $39,680 Logan, UT-ID — $39,820 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,840 Lincoln, NE — $39,900 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $40,000 Toledo, OH — $40,050 Niles, MI — $40,070 Sandusky, OH — $40,130 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $40,180 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $40,540 Dubuque, IA — $40,560 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $40,610 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $40,620 Baton Rouge, LA — $41,160 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $41,290 Monroe, LA — $41,400 Amarillo, TX — $41,850 Lawrence, KS — $41,890 Omaha, NE-IA — $42,070 Longview, TX — $42,220 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $42,240 Fayetteville, NC — $42,250 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $42,380 Colorado Springs, CO — $42,470 Bloomington, IN — $42,510 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $42,540 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $42,570 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $42,740 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $42,890 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $42,900 Tucson, AZ — $42,900 Rockford, IL — $42,920 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $42,950 Cedar Rapids, IA — $42,970 Missoula, MT — $43,160 Mansfield, OH — $43,200 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $43,440 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $43,450 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $43,450 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $43,480 Grand Junction, CO — $43,490 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $43,500 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $43,580 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $43,590 Punta Gorda, FL — $43,590 Flint, MI — $43,650 Helena, MT — $43,770 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $43,780 Jackson, MS — $43,820 Morristown, TN — $43,990 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $43,990 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $44,030 Las Cruces, NM — $44,060 Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,080 Richmond, VA — $44,110 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $44,130 Urban Honolulu, HI — $44,140 Columbia, SC — $44,250 Midland, MI — $44,250 Jonesboro, AR — $44,300 Traverse City, MI — $44,380 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $44,400 Greeley, CO — $44,410 Springfield, MO — $44,410 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $44,510 Chico, CA — $44,550 Altoona, PA — $44,580 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $44,610 Rocky Mount, NC — $44,640 Akron, OH — $44,650 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $44,650 Jacksonville, FL — $44,670 Peoria, IL — $44,750 Cleveland, OH — $44,760 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $44,810 Battle Creek, MI — $44,830 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $44,860 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,880 Lynchburg, VA — $44,880 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,890 Utica-Rome, NY — $44,920 Topeka, KS — $44,970 Decatur, IL — $44,980 Mankato, MN — $44,980 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,010 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,030 Duluth, MN-WI — $45,040 Longview-Kelso, WA — $45,050 Fresno, CA — $45,060 Bowling Green, KY — $45,100 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,100 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,140 Terre Haute, IN — $45,150 Columbia, MO — $45,170 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,220 Vallejo, CA — $45,240 Charlottesville, VA — $45,340 Chambersburg, PA — $45,390 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,390 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $45,430 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $45,450 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,480 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $45,530 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $45,540 Eau Claire, WI — $45,550 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $45,600 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $45,600 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $45,670 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,760 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $45,790 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $45,820 Knoxville, TN — $45,920 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,960 Glens Falls, NY — $46,060 Appleton, WI — $46,090 Spartanburg, SC — $46,100 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $46,110 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,110 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,110 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,200 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,220 Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,270 Fort Wayne, IN — $46,360 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,380 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,430 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,440 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $46,480 Gettysburg, PA — $46,520 Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,560 Williamsport, PA — $46,570 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $46,580 Joplin, MO-KS — $46,660 Modesto, CA — $46,670 Ann Arbor, MI — $46,800 Ames, IA — $46,850 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $46,850 Rome, GA — $46,850 Anchorage, AK — $46,860 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $46,870 Bend, OR — $46,870 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $46,900 Columbus, OH — $46,950 Madison, WI — $47,020 Greenville, NC — $47,030 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,030 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $47,110 Pittsburgh, PA — $47,150 Sheboygan, WI — $47,220 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,230 Gainesville, GA — $47,240 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $47,240 Reading, PA — $47,240 Bozeman, MT — $47,300 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $47,320 Green Bay, WI — $47,330 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,340 York-Hanover, PA — $47,370 Lebanon, PA — $47,380 New Haven, CT — $47,390 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $47,400 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,400 Asheville, NC — $47,440 Yakima, WA — $47,540 Roanoke, VA — $47,630 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $47,700 St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,710 Rochester, NY — $47,720 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,730 Iowa City, IA — $47,780 Medford, OR — $47,780 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,810 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $47,910 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $47,950 Winchester, VA-WV — $48,020 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,110 Salem, OR — $48,190 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,260 Bellingham, WA — $48,420 Syracuse, NY — $48,510 Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,520 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $48,570 Napa, CA — $48,600 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $48,610 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,610 Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,620 Burlington, NC — $48,650 Lancaster, PA — $48,650 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $48,660 Reno, NV — $48,700 Evansville, IN — $48,770 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $48,860 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,890 Paducah, KY-IL — $48,890 Boulder, CO — $48,910 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $48,980 Bismarck, ND — $49,020 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,210 St. Cloud, MN — $49,220 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,490 Jefferson City, MO — $49,610 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $49,620 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $49,670 Visalia, CA — $49,680 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $49,750 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $49,840 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $50,170 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $50,280 Fond du Lac, WI — $50,310 Kenosha, WI — $50,540 Merced, CA — $50,640 Wausau, WI — $50,650 Wichita Falls, TX — $51,510 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $52,040 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $52,180 Worcester, MA — $53,210 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $54,230 Springfield, MA — $55,740 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $55,920 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $56,350 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $58,750 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $58,850 Rochester, MN — $59,200 Harrisonburg, VA — $64,180 Lafayette metro area 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 Lafayette metro area has the 228th-highest published median for this occupation among the 302 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 Indiana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for printing press operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lafayette metro areathis page
$39,100 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $36,990 to $49,440
$48,770 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $38,710 to $62,530
$46,360 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $37,440 to $50,110
$45,150 median for Terre Haute metro area; middle half earns $43,620 to $59,070
$45,140 median for Elkhart metro area; middle half earns $37,710 to $55,800
$44,810 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $38,480 to $50,380
$43,990 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $37,060 to $48,850
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 $63,140 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $74,770 Machinists $62,220 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $49,460 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers $49,020 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $52,710 Highest-paying metro areas for printing press operatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Lafayette 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 .