The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $104,850, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for printing press operators. It is followed by Massachusetts (average annual salary $46,760). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $104,850 |
$45,670 | 360 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | $46,760 |
$35,210 | 2,550 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | $46,480 |
$32,090 | 7,500 |
| 4 | New Jersey | $46,420 |
$29,930 | 3,730 |
| 5 | New Hampshire | $45,990 |
$35,080 | 800 |
| 6 | Minnesota | $45,510 |
$31,440 | 5,380 |
| 7 | New York | $45,330 |
$31,780 | 7,380 |
| 8 | Oregon | $45,180 |
$33,630 | 1,360 |
| 9 | Washington | $45,160 |
$34,650 | 2,150 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | $44,980 |
$35,530 | 550 |
| 11 | Maryland | $44,880 |
$29,970 | 1,450 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | $44,870 |
$28,390 | 8,180 |
| 13 | Indiana | $44,210 |
$29,120 | 4,860 |
| 14 | Connecticut | $43,000 |
$29,400 | 1,760 |
| 15 | California | $42,140 |
$31,220 | 12,370 |
| 16 | Delaware | $41,850 |
$31,910 | 270 |
| 17 | Alaska | $41,600 |
$26,860 | 120 |
| 18 | Colorado | $41,030 |
$31,290 | 2,100 |
| 19 | Missouri | $40,200 |
$29,070 | 3,830 |
| 20 | Nebraska | $39,110 |
$29,990 | 1,530 |
| 21 | Georgia | $39,030 |
$27,660 | 4,740 |
| 22 | North Dakota | $38,840 |
$22,740 | 300 |
| 23 | Vermont | $38,830 |
$29,620 | 280 |
| 24 | Ohio | $38,730 |
$29,440 | 8,350 |
| 25 | Tennessee | $38,440 |
$27,500 | 3,590 |
| 26 | Virginia | $38,440 |
$27,700 | 3,440 |
| 27 | North Carolina | $38,100 |
$27,540 | 4,570 |
| 28 | Kansas | $37,970 |
$25,250 | 2,790 |
| 29 | Michigan | $37,890 |
$29,620 | 4,780 |
| 30 | Maine | $37,870 |
$29,970 | 450 |
| 31 | Illinois | $37,620 |
$25,860 | 9,760 |
| 32 | Montana | $37,450 |
$27,960 | 280 |
| 33 | South Carolina | $37,040 |
$25,000 | 2,040 |
| 34 | Idaho | $37,020 |
$23,310 | 690 |
| 35 | Nevada | $36,970 |
$25,260 | 1,370 |
| 36 | Iowa | $36,680 |
$28,250 | 2,190 |
| 37 | Kentucky | $36,470 |
$27,710 | 2,740 |
| 38 | Texas | $36,400 |
$23,280 | 9,410 |
| 39 | West Virginia | $36,380 |
$24,290 | 400 |
| 40 | Utah | $36,290 |
$26,750 | 1,760 |
| 41 | Arizona | $36,280 |
$30,990 | 2,520 |
| 42 | Florida | $36,140 |
$26,440 | 7,340 |
| 43 | Wyoming | $36,010 |
$22,710 | 120 |
| 44 | South Dakota | $35,990 |
$24,700 | 460 |
| 45 | Arkansas | $35,670 |
$25,430 | 1,560 |
| 46 | Mississippi | $33,850 |
$23,270 | 590 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | $32,440 |
$22,010 | 1,380 |
| 48 | Alabama | $31,960 |
$21,150 | 2,280 |
| 49 | Hawaii | $31,890 |
$28,690 | 310 |
| 50 | Louisiana | $31,730 |
$19,520 | 950 |
| 51 | New Mexico | $30,930 |
$26,640 | 340 |
| 52 | Guam | $27,040 |
$19,790 | 30 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $20,480 |
$17,860 | 640 |