Printing Press Operators · SOC 51-5112
Printing Press Operators Salary in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Printing Press Operators in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $45,430 per year ($21.84 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,450 at the 10th percentile to $60,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 340 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Printing Press Operators in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area earn more than $45,430 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,090 and $56,680.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,450 | $38,090 | $45,430 | $56,680 | $60,600 |
| Hourly | $16.08 | $18.31 | $21.84 | $27.25 | $29.14 |
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
- Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,430 median for Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,090 to $56,680
- Wisconsinstate$47,330 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $40,080 to $59,770
- United Statesnational$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 −4% vs Wisconsin overall and −1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Wisconsin
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for printing press operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan areathis page$45,430 median for Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,090 to $56,680
- $58,750 median for Oshkosh metro area; middle half earns $46,370 to $63,350
- $50,650 median for Wausau metro area; middle half earns $45,130 to $60,130
- $50,540 median for Kenosha metro area; middle half earns $48,240 to $59,780
- $50,310 median for Fond du Lac metro area; middle half earns $46,020 to $60,560
- $47,400 median for Milwaukee metro area; middle half earns $39,420 to $60,230
- $47,330 median for Green Bay metro area; middle half earns $47,330 to $59,770
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for printing press operatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
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.