51 Series · SOC 51-5111

Prepress Technicians and Workers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$47,300

per year

Median Hourly

$22.74/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$49,130

average

Employment

23,070

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$34,270$39,000$47,300$57,530$65,530
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.48$18.75$22.74$27.66$31.50
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$34,270

25th Percentile

$39,000

Median

$47,300

75th Percentile

$57,530

90th Percentile

$65,530

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $98,780 +109% above national
2 New Jersey $59,210 +25% above national
3 Delaware $58,470 +24% above national
4 Massachusetts $57,930 +22% above national
5 Oregon $57,140 +21% above national
6 Nevada $56,410 +19% above national
7 Illinois $55,490 +17% above national
8 Colorado $51,090 +8% above national
9 Washington $50,810 +7% above national
10 Maryland $50,690 +7% above national
11 California $49,850 +5% above national
12 Vermont $49,430 +5% above national
13 North Carolina $49,210 +4% above national
14 Georgia $48,630 +3% above national
15 New York $48,480 +2% above national
16 Michigan $48,250 +2% above national
17 Montana $48,210 +2% above national
18 Missouri $48,070 +2% above national
19 Arizona $47,840 +1% above national
20 Virginia $47,730 +1% above national
21 Indiana $47,450 same as national
22 Pennsylvania $46,990 1% below national
23 Ohio $46,880 1% below national
24 New Hampshire $46,770 1% below national
25 Wisconsin $46,600 1% below national
26 Tennessee $46,560 2% below national
27 Maine $46,350 2% below national
28 Idaho $46,230 2% below national
29 Florida $46,050 3% below national
30 Kansas $45,900 3% below national
31 Iowa $45,850 3% below national
32 Minnesota $45,520 4% below national
33 Kentucky $44,850 5% below national
34 South Carolina $44,800 5% below national
35 Connecticut $44,740 5% below national
36 Rhode Island $44,130 7% below national
37 Arkansas $43,520 8% below national
38 Texas $40,800 14% below national
39 Nebraska $39,620 16% below national
40 Louisiana $38,030 20% below national
41 Utah $37,590 21% below national
42 South Dakota $37,560 21% below national
43 Alabama $34,980 26% below national
44 West Virginia $34,320 27% below national
45 Mississippi $33,550 29% below national
46 Puerto Rico $28,880 39% below national
47 Oklahoma $22,170 53% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $64,320 +36% above national
2 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $61,210 +29% above national
3 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $60,260 +27% above national
4 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $58,340 +23% above national
5 Springfield, MA $58,050 +23% above national
6 Reno, NV $57,650 +22% above national
7 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $57,560 +22% above national
8 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $56,410 +19% above national
9 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $56,410 +19% above national
10 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $56,160 +19% above national
11 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $54,680 +16% above national
12 Modesto, CA $54,650 +16% above national
13 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $53,760 +14% above national
14 Ames, IA $52,750 +12% above national
15 Asheville, NC $52,410 +11% above national
16 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $52,290 +11% above national
17 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $52,060 +10% above national
18 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $51,810 +10% above national
19 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $51,430 +9% above national
20 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $51,180 +8% above national
21 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $51,130 +8% above national
22 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $51,090 +8% above national
23 Columbus, OH $51,030 +8% above national
24 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $50,860 +8% above national
25 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $50,820 +7% above national
26 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $50,730 +7% above national
27 Worcester, MA $50,480 +7% above national
28 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $50,330 +6% above national
29 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,940 +6% above national
30 Lynchburg, VA $49,800 +5% above national
31 Lexington-Fayette, KY $49,660 +5% above national
32 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $49,610 +5% above national
33 St. Louis, MO-IL $49,610 +5% above national
34 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $49,310 +4% above national
35 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $49,240 +4% above national
36 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $49,080 +4% above national
37 Richmond, VA $49,060 +4% above national
38 York-Hanover, PA $48,970 +4% above national
39 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $48,900 +3% above national
40 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $48,770 +3% above national
41 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $48,710 +3% above national
42 Lawrence, KS $48,660 +3% above national
43 Greensboro-High Point, NC $48,640 +3% above national
44 Ann Arbor, MI $48,550 +3% above national
45 Fresno, CA $48,470 +2% above national
46 Cleveland, OH $48,460 +2% above national
47 Syracuse, NY $48,440 +2% above national
48 Kansas City, MO-KS $48,380 +2% above national
49 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $48,310 +2% above national
50 Winston-Salem, NC $48,230 +2% above national
51 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $48,070 +2% above national
52 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $47,950 +1% above national
53 Lancaster, PA $47,840 +1% above national
54 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $47,720 +1% above national
55 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $47,640 +1% above national
56 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $47,620 +1% above national
57 Madison, WI $47,470 same as national
58 Pittsburgh, PA $47,410 same as national
59 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $47,280 same as national
60 Fort Wayne, IN $47,210 same as national
61 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $47,170 same as national
62 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $47,150 same as national
63 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $47,150 same as national
64 Rochester, NY $47,100 same as national
65 Dalton, GA $46,760 1% below national
66 Manchester-Nashua, NH $46,690 1% below national
67 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $46,650 1% below national
68 Appleton, WI $46,600 1% below national
69 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $46,590 2% below national
70 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $46,580 2% below national
71 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $46,550 2% below national
72 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $46,470 2% below national
73 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $46,440 2% below national
74 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $46,430 2% below national
75 Akron, OH $46,350 2% below national
76 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $46,350 2% below national
77 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $46,330 2% below national
78 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $46,300 2% below national
79 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $46,160 2% below national
80 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $46,110 3% below national
81 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $46,050 3% below national
82 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $45,920 3% below national
83 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $45,770 3% below national
84 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $45,580 4% below national
85 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $45,510 4% below national
86 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $45,450 4% below national
87 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $45,410 4% below national
88 Green Bay, WI $45,190 4% below national
89 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $44,850 5% below national
90 Mankato, MN $44,790 5% below national
91 Chattanooga, TN-GA $44,450 6% below national
92 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $44,300 6% below national
93 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $44,090 7% below national
94 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $44,090 7% below national
95 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $44,030 7% below national
96 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $43,460 8% below national
97 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $43,270 9% below national
98 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $42,810 9% below national
99 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $41,710 12% below national
100 Toledo, OH $41,600 12% below national
101 Clarksville, TN-KY $41,250 13% below national
102 Sheboygan, WI $40,170 15% below national
103 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $39,870 16% below national
104 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $39,780 16% below national
105 Omaha, NE-IA $39,620 16% below national
106 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $39,280 17% below national
107 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $39,150 17% below national
108 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $39,110 17% below national
109 Wichita, KS $38,980 18% below national
110 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $38,750 18% below national
111 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $38,480 19% below national
112 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $38,460 19% below national
113 Jacksonville, FL $38,250 19% below national
114 New Haven, CT $38,220 19% below national
115 Columbia, SC $38,010 20% below national
116 Ogden, UT $37,410 21% below national
117 Knoxville, TN $37,400 21% below national
118 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,110 22% below national
119 Lubbock, TX $36,420 23% below national
120 Birmingham, AL $36,220 23% below national
121 Eau Claire, WI $36,160 24% below national
122 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,940 24% below national
123 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $35,680 25% below national
124 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,320 25% below national
125 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $34,910 26% below national
126 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $34,790 26% below national
127 Tulsa, OK $29,720 37% below national
128 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $29,460 38% below national
129 Mayaguez, PR $28,270 40% below national
130 Oklahoma City, OK $21,670 54% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.