National Salary Info » Printing Workers

Highest Paying Industries for Printing Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for printing workers (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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $85,840, federal executive branch (oes designation) is the highest paying industry for printing workers. It is followed by federal government, including usps industry (average annual salary $84,960). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of printing workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Printing Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$85,840	$51,300	1,030
2	Federal government, including USPS	$84,960	$49,380	1,060
3	Utilities	$54,780	$32,690	30
4	Scientific Research and Development Services	$53,730	$29,880	60
5	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$53,620	$29,370	50
6	Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing	$51,190	$25,540	n/a
7	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$49,360	$30,540	2,860
8	Federal, State, and Local Government	$49,360	$30,540	2,860
9	Offices of Physicians	$47,040	$19,060	80
10	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$45,980	$19,360	90
11	Social Advocacy Organizations	$45,190	$35,010	30
12	Engineering Services	$45,170	$31,470	40
13	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$44,100	$23,160	110
14	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$43,950	$28,290	820
15	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$43,670	$27,260	60
16	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$43,570	$27,680	5,130
17	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$43,140	$26,090	70
18	Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	$42,330	$29,340	n/a
19	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$42,000	$28,980	50
20	Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing	$41,080	$29,360	n/a
21	Industrial Machinery Manufacturing	$41,080	$27,650	50
22	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$41,050	$27,830	40
23	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$40,750	$26,540	2,070
24	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$39,920	$22,200	270
25	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$39,790	$26,150	40
26	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$39,680	$28,490	1,000
27	Machinery Manufacturing	$39,650	$25,680	220
28	Other Information Services	$39,140	$23,200	120
29	Insurance Carriers	$39,130	$26,100	520
30	Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing	$39,050	$23,880	40
31	Hospitals - Privately owned	$38,960	$27,580	300
32	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$38,960	$27,370	350
33	Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	$38,960	$27,370	510
34	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$38,920	$27,510	300
35	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$38,900	$23,700	40
36	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$38,890	$27,290	50
37	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$38,790	$26,460	910
38	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$38,760	$27,190	340
39	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$38,680	$26,430	890
40	Educational Services - Local government owned	$38,550	$25,750	1,220
41	State government, including schools and hospitals	$38,340	$26,700	1,990
42	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$38,330	$23,380	280
43	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$38,140	$19,060	240
44	Paper Manufacturing	$38,130	$24,440	17,070
45	Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	$38,100	$24,310	16,570
46	Depository Credit Intermediation	$37,960	$26,960	40
47	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$37,960	$26,350	110
48	Finance and Insurance	$37,720	$24,490	1,050
49	Scheduled Air Transportation	$37,580	$30,800	40
50	Air Transportation	$37,580	$30,800	40
51	Educational Services	$37,540	$25,070	2,950
52	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$37,500	$26,330	120
53	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$37,450	$24,350	290
54	Sound Recording Industries	$37,360	$20,420	120
55	Photographic Services	$37,330	$20,320	80
56	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$37,330	$24,110	940
57	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$37,230	$20,420	120
58	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$37,020	$24,720	390
59	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$37,010	$21,650	750
60	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$36,950	$23,360	1,900
61	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$36,920	$24,760	1,560
62	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$36,910	$23,500	690
63	Educational Services - Privately owned	$36,880	$23,320	760
64	Transportation and Warehousing	$36,840	$24,550	340
65	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$36,770	$25,360	850
66	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$36,740	$26,380	30
67	Hospitals - Local government owned	$36,740	$26,380	30
68	Educational Services - State government owned	$36,580	$25,470	970
69	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$36,500	$18,760	290
70	Personal and Laundry Services	$36,410	$20,710	40
71	Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media	$36,410	$25,910	370
72	Warehousing and Storage	$36,270	$23,400	250
73	Other Support Services	$35,730	$20,660	380
74	Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing	$35,600	$26,760	40
75	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$35,480	$17,970	310
76	Health Care and Social Assistance	$35,400	$17,110	660
77	Plastics Product Manufacturing	$34,900	$20,450	4,910
78	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$34,850	$20,740	110
79	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$34,820	$25,880	130
80	Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing	$34,820	$20,380	4,950
81	Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers	$34,640	$20,890	930
82	Junior colleges - State government owned	$34,540	$25,800	110
83	Manufacturing	$34,410	$20,550	191,960
84	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$34,340	$22,530	110
85	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$34,280	$19,680	23,240
86	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$34,260	$19,710	23,550
87	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$34,230	$19,180	270
88	Office Administrative Services	$34,150	$22,880	40
89	Printing and Related Support Activities	$34,130	$20,430	162,130
90	Information	$34,120	$19,690	24,450
91	Newspaper Publishers	$33,970	$19,140	14,360
92	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$33,410	$21,480	2,660
93	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$33,230	$19,530	1,900
94	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$33,220	$19,980	8,750
95	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$33,110	$19,960	13,240
96	Business Support Services	$33,100	$21,240	3,280
97	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$32,820	$21,410	2,390
98	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$32,780	$20,970	180
99	Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	$32,690	$21,280	40
100	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$32,570	$23,730	730