Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
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Printing Press Operators

High Risk
74%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
78%
(High Risk)
POLLING
71%
(High Risk)
Average: 74%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-9.5%
by year 2033
WAGES
$41,860
or $20.12 per hour
Volume
151,450
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
1.9/10

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Calculated automation risk

78% (High Risk)

High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

71% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 78% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Printing Press Operators will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Printing Press Operators' job openings is expected to decline 9.5% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Printing Press Operators' was $41,860, or $20 per hour

'Printing Press Operators' were paid 12.9% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 151,450 people employed as 'Printing Press Operators' within the United States.

This represents around 0.10% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Printing Press Operators'.

Job description

Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.

SOC Code: 51-5112.00

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Comments

Tejas Virani (Highly likely) 1 year ago
Expensive wages
In-consistent performance
Limited work hours
High performance machine
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Hoop Jones 4 years ago
Already digital printing is being implemented on traditional printing presses. The press operators have to make a few clicks and maintain the digital printing head. Certainly within the next decade this will be the new standard.
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Siligrapher 2 years ago
Digital printing is a gimmick for sales. Low-quality prints that don't last. Quality prints are done with plastisol or waterbased. This isn't changing.
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John A. (Moderate) 5 years ago
As a printer I see various operations and systems being narrowed down to be run by a small team of maybe 1-4 people for one press that for the most part automatically does everything.
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