Highest-paying Cities for Printing Press Operators

The top 100 highest paying cities for printing press operators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of printing press operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $57,630, Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota is the highest paying city for printing press operators. It is followed by Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada (average annual salary $53,190). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of printing press operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Printing Press Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$57,630	$37,250	330
2	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$53,190	$39,840	70
3	Nashua, New Hampshire	$52,460	$35,710	200
4	Napa, California	$52,280	$36,810	70
5	Peabody, Massachusetts	$50,770	$38,580	40
6	Modesto, California	$50,740	$34,060	120
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,910	$31,300	1,730
8	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$49,570	$33,360	130
9	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$48,880	$35,650	90
10	Albany, Georgia	$48,480	$27,370	60
11	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$48,450	$30,890	120
12	Visalia-Porterville, California	$48,430	$33,030	140
13	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$48,380	$34,280	2,590
14	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$48,350	$34,360	640
15	Evansville, Kentucky	$48,130	$33,640	360
16	Merced, California	$48,020	$34,250	90
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,980	$36,120	1,730
18	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$47,940	$34,130	170
19	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$47,860	$36,730	430
20	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$47,730	$35,000	550
21	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$47,510	$36,560	180
22	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$47,430	$36,170	1,240
23	Battle Creek, Michigan	$47,400	$34,890	130
24	St Cloud, Minnesota	$47,320	$33,780	180
25	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$47,220	$38,040	880
26	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$47,210	$29,900	190
27	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$47,110	$24,070	2,270
28	Decatur, Illinois	$47,030	$30,310	30
29	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$46,960	$35,030	80
30	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$46,950	$29,920	2,810
31	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$46,870	$29,880	560
32	Manchester, New Hampshire	$46,840	$33,690	70
33	Syracuse, New York	$46,820	$30,280	390
34	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$46,800	$32,260	6,400
35	Springfield, Massachusetts	$46,650	$34,850	370
36	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,630	$31,440	3,840
37	Bend, Oregon	$46,590	$30,250	60
38	Clarksville, Tennessee	$46,590	$27,570	170
39	Wausau, Wisconsin	$46,570	$31,850	110
40	Glens Falls, New York	$46,560	$35,950	50
41	Rochester, Minnesota	$46,560	$30,600	70
42	Wilmington, New Jersey	$46,510	$30,530	170
43	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$46,500	$33,530	720
44	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$46,480	$28,360	430
45	Janesville, Wisconsin	$46,480	$34,750	110
46	Olympia, Washington	$46,450	$35,630	60
47	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$46,430	$36,300	990
48	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$46,360	$37,010	130
49	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$46,310	$33,020	130
50	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$46,230	$32,560	300
51	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$46,210	$32,170	510
52	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$46,150	$25,820	1,300
53	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,030	$36,440	1,320
54	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$45,870	$34,250	540
55	Danbury, Connecticut	$45,810	$30,270	90
56	Fresno, California	$45,750	$31,320	190
57	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$45,750	$30,380	620
58	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$45,730	$34,700	100
59	New Haven, Connecticut	$45,680	$29,030	400
60	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$45,640	$28,070	1,570
61	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$45,580	$31,650	170
62	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$45,510	$31,090	680
63	Madison, Wisconsin	$45,470	$30,890	740
64	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$45,440	$27,890	380
65	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$45,430	$28,110	300
66	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$45,380	$29,360	540
67	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri	$45,290	$29,210	140
68	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$45,280	$30,660	440
69	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$45,190	$31,850	70
70	Walla Walla, Washington	$45,160	$33,830	70
71	Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$45,150	$24,290	80
72	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$45,110	$23,950	660
73	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$45,040	$27,680	50
74	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$44,980	$35,530	650
75	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$44,850	$23,270	270
76	Terre Haute, Indiana	$44,810	$33,100	280
77	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$44,800	$29,860	60
78	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$44,720	$28,490	130
79	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$44,500	$28,190	190
80	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$44,460	$30,890	360
81	St Louis, Missouri	$44,420	$29,700	1,780
82	Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$44,310	$28,000	90
83	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$44,290	$32,030	40
84	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$44,250	$32,450	190
85	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$44,210	$27,850	1,050
86	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$44,200	$31,810	40
87	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$44,190	$31,140	50
88	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$44,190	$34,320	1,220
89	Stockton, California	$44,180	$29,730	110
90	Appleton, Wisconsin	$44,180	$31,870	470
91	Anchorage, Alaska	$44,100	$26,860	80
92	Worcester, Massachusetts	$43,980	$32,460	130
93	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$43,900	$31,490	300
94	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$43,870	$30,940	210
95	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$43,700	$28,490	110
96	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$43,680	$29,700	130
97	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$43,680	$30,580	50
98	Salinas, California	$43,640	$29,670	50
99	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$43,040	$26,710	800
100	Salem, Oregon	$43,010	$31,960	100

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for printing press operators.