Print Binding and Finishing Workers salary

SOC 51-5113 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$42,290

per year, nationally

Middle half

$36,910–$49,130

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

33,180

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-16.1%

2,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$32,220$59,150

10th: $32,220
25th: $36,910
Median: $42,290
75th: $49,130
90th: $59,150

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where print binding and finishing workers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$108,080	109.9	200	1.33×
2	Mississippi	$91,850	87.0	110	0.46×
3	Alaska	$57,200	102.4	30	0.44×
4	Vermont	$48,930	98.0	80	1.17×
5	New Hampshire	$48,850	104.2	140	0.93×
6	North Dakota	$48,760	89.0	80	0.90×
7	Minnesota	$48,390	98.6	1,710	2.71×
8	Maine	$48,230	97.0	180	1.32×
9	Illinois	$47,880	100.0	1,540	1.18×
10	Connecticut	$47,750	103.6	490	1.36×
11	Massachusetts	$46,630	105.8	750	0.97×
12	New Jersey	$46,600	108.8	1,640	1.80×
13	Oregon	$46,240	103.4	240	0.56×
14	Colorado	$45,780	103.1	370	0.60×
15	California	$45,390	110.7	1,590	0.41×
16	Washington	$45,300	107.0	460	0.60×
17	Maryland	$45,170	105.0	560	0.95×
18	Rhode Island	$45,050	102.3	40	0.41×
19	New York	$44,210	107.9	1,150	0.55×
20	Ohio	$43,680	92.8	1,700	1.44×
21	Wisconsin	$43,400	94.1	3,560	5.67×
22	Pennsylvania	$43,010	97.6	1,640	1.27×
23	Virginia	$42,780	101.1	980	1.12×
24	South Dakota	$41,350	88.6	110	1.15×
25	West Virginia	$41,340	89.5	280	1.84×
26	Hawaii	$41,050	110.0	80	0.58×
27	Arkansas	$41,040	86.9	200	0.72×
28	South Carolina	$40,820	93.7	340	0.70×
29	Michigan	$40,460	96.2	1,320	1.40×
30	Idaho	$40,200	95.5	30	0.17×
31	Nevada	$40,200	100.0	350	1.05×
32	Delaware	$40,080	99.8	40	0.41×
33	Arizona	$39,740	100.7	240	0.35×
34	Kentucky	$39,620	90.2	410	0.96×
35	North Carolina	$39,580	94.3	1,070	1.02×
36	Utah	$39,570	98.9	690	1.86×
37	Georgia	$39,310	96.3	790	0.76×
38	Alabama	$39,270	88.8	440	0.98×
39	Iowa	$38,790	87.8	330	0.99×
40	Indiana	$38,730	93.3	970	1.43×
41	Florida	$38,730	103.4	1,320	0.62×
42	Missouri	$38,570	90.8	1,010	1.61×
43	Oklahoma	$37,770	87.8	140	0.37×
44	Kansas	$37,470	90.1	660	2.15×
45	Texas	$37,310	97.1	1,820	0.61×
46	Tennessee	$36,960	91.9	730	1.04×
47	Nebraska	$36,800	90.1	210	0.97×
48	Louisiana	$36,230	88.2	180	0.43×
49	Montana	$36,220	94.6	90	0.82×
50	New Mexico	$29,380	92.2	80	0.44×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where print binding and finishing workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for print binding and finishing workers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$56,380	103.2	40	0.72×
2	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$49,920	106.9	60	0.74×
3	Portland-South Portland, ME	$49,470	101.9	50	0.77×
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$49,420	108.9	680	1.01×
5	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,250	103.6	1,160	1.20×
6	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$49,110	97.6	130	1.78×
7	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$49,010	100.9	60	2.46×
8	Worcester, MA	$48,820	102.5	60	0.74×
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$48,740	110.4	80	0.33×
10	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$48,610	104.8	1,290	3.09×
11	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,470	108.3	460	0.81×
12	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$48,450	102.7	200	1.55×
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$48,180	115.6	170	0.33×
14	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$48,150	103.3	160	0.32×
15	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,930	111.9	80	0.24×
16	New Haven, CT	$47,700	104.6	150	2.48×
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$47,680	111.1	310	0.69×
18	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,610	105.8	200	0.57×
19	Lancaster, PA	$47,600	98.3	150	2.82×
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$47,590	101.8	90	0.57×
21	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$47,480	104.5	210	0.74×
22	Kansas City, MO-KS	$47,160	92.5	320	1.39×
23	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$46,970	100.3	520	1.28×
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$46,820	105.4	210	0.82×
25	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$46,600	112.6	1,940	0.96×
26	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$46,120	93.1	250	1.69×
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$46,110	113.6	760	0.57×
28	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$45,970	105.7	40	0.93×
29	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$45,670	98.7	120	1.63×
30	St. Cloud, MN	$45,410	87.6	70	3.08×
31	Ann Arbor, MI	$45,250	100.9	110	2.41×
32	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$45,020	94.2	250	11.01×
33	Fargo, ND-MN	$44,770	90.9	40	1.39×
34	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$44,420	98.1	170	0.62×
35	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$44,360	96.9	1,490	8.51×
36	Columbus, OH	$43,840	95.5	260	1.12×
37	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$43,680	106.7	160	0.71×
38	Madison, WI	$43,400	97.3	370	4.23×
39	Green Bay, WI	$43,040	93.1	340	8.99×
40	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$42,870	102.6	710	1.15×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where print binding and finishing workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Printing Press Operators$45,780
Prepress Technicians and Workers$48,690

Print Binding and Finishing Workers salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where print binding and finishing workers earn the most

Best paying metro areas for print binding and finishing workers

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