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Print Binding and Finishing Workers Salary in PA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Print Binding and Finishing Workers in PA have a median annual salary of $43,010, with 1,640 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $35,750 at the 10th percentile to $55,730 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$43,010

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$20.68

Employment

1,640

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$35,750
10th
$37,320
25th
$43,010
Median
$48,940
75th
$55,730
90th

Local compared with national

PA

$43,010

Median annual · 2025

United States

$42,290

Median annual · 2025

The PA median is 1.7% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $720).

Top skills

  1. 1.Operations MonitoringImportance 3.4
  2. 2.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.3
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.1
  4. 4.MonitoringImportance 3.1
  5. 5.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.1
  6. 6.SpeakingImportance 3.0
  7. 7.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.0
  8. 8.Quality Control AnalysisImportance 3.0
  9. 9.Active ListeningImportance 2.9
  10. 10.CoordinationImportance 2.9
  11. 11.InstructingImportance 2.9
  12. 12.Operation and ControlImportance 2.9

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Email software
  • Houchen Bindery Library Automated Retrieval System LARS
  • Label printing software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Word
  • Trade Bindery Software Bindery Estimating System
  • Trade Bindery Software Bindery Management System
  • Web browser software

Common tasks

  • Examine stitched, collated, bound, or unbound product samples for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
  • Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
  • Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.
  • Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
  • Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures, using sewing machines, glue machines, or glue and brushes.
  • Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed.
  • Maintain records, such as daily production records, using specified forms.
  • Lubricate, clean, or make minor repairs to machine parts to keep machines in working condition.
  • Set up or operate bindery machines, such as coil binders, thermal or tape binders, plastic comb binders, or specialty binders.
  • Set up or operate machines that perform binding operations, such as pressing, folding, or trimming.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Print Binding and Finishing Workers salary in other locations

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