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Printing Press Operators
Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.
What a printing press operator does
Become a printing press operator
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good printing press operator
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $23 per hour with an average salary of $47,200 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $19 and $25 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $38,600 and $51,600 per year.
Printing Press Operator job outlook
- There are 2,145 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 233 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.