Hello,
Thank you for such an interesting question.
According to the America’s Career Infonet Website, the average wage
for a Printing Machine Operator in Tennessee is $13.16 an hour and
$27,400 a year. http://www.acinet.org/acinet/occ_rep.htm?keyword=PRINTING+PRESS+OPERATOR&soccode=515023&stfips=47&x=39&y=16
From their main page I searched for “printing press operator” in
keyword search, followed by the State (Tennessee) from the drop down
menu, which gave me the occupational report for Printing Machine
Operators in the state of Tennessee. It is very detailed report which
includes detailed wages, metro wages, detailed trends, annual job
openings and Industry trends. In addition there is a Press Machine
Operators career video. To view you must have Real Player Software
installed on your computer. They provide a link for downloading Real
Player.
America's Career InfoNet: Wages and Trends
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.htm?tab=wagesandtrends
Additional information that may interest you:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes an online Occupational
Outlook Handbook, where you can download or read online detailed
information for Printing Machine Operators. It is extremely complete,
with information on the Nature of the Work, Working Conditions,
Employment, Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement, Job
Outlook, Earnings and Related Occupations.
“Median hourly earnings of printing machine operators were $13.57 in
2000. The middle 50 percent earned between $10.38 and $17.80 an hour.
The lowest 10 percent earned less than $8.09, and the highest 10
percent earned more than $21.92 an hour.”
Occupational Outlook Handbook Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos231.htm
There is a chart of the 2002 Wages for Selected Occupations. It shows
position, estimated employment, entry level salary, average salary and
the salary for a person with experience.
Research Triangle Website
http://www.researchtriangle.org/data/wages.html
A Salary Survey showing who makes what in the printing industry.
Graphics Arts Monthly
http://www.gammag.com/Business/salsurv/salsurv(2001).html
Salaries: Links and Surveys
CareerCity Website
http://www.careercity.com/content/salaries/links.asp
The printing Industry Association of the South offers a wide variety
of publications such as wage and benefit information and the Bluebook
of Hourly Rates and Standards.
The Printing Industry Association of the South Website
http://www.pias.org/publications.htm
Search criteria:
salaries by profession offset printing press operator
occupational outlook handbook
printing industry salaries
I hope this is what you were looking for.
Best regards,
Bobbie7-ga |
