Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, aged to 2026 using compounded market movement. State selections show BLS state-level figures where published. Actual pay varies with experience, industry, and organization size.
Print Binding and Finishing Workers salary by state
Print Binding and Finishing Workers is a professional role in the Production job family, focused on Print Binding and Finishing Workers work. Pay for this title reflects both its level and its scope; see our Title Level and Organization Responsibility guides for how WePayFairly defines them.
What Print Binding and Finishing Workerss do
Typical education: High School Diploma
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.
Top skills:Operations MonitoringCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionMonitoringJudgment and Decision MakingSpeaking
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Print Binding and Finishing Workers pay by experience level
Entry level$33,500
Typical starting pay (about the 10th percentile)
Early career$38,000
A few years in (about the 25th percentile)
Experienced$44,000
Mid-career median pay
Senior$51,000
Seasoned professionals (about the 75th percentile)
Top earners$61,000
Highest earners (about the 90th percentile)
Experience tiers are derived from the BLS wage percentile distribution for this occupation, aged to 2026. Actual pay varies by employer, location, and specialization.
Job outlook
-16.1%
projected change in jobs, 2024–2034
2,800
projected openings per year
Declining
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program (2024–2034). Openings include growth and replacement needs.
Print Binding and Finishing Workers salary by industry
Printing and Related Support Activities
28,960 workers
$46,000
Printing and Related Support Activities
28,960 workers
$46,000
Administrative and Support Services
1,090 workers
$37,000
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
1,080 workers
$43,000
Employment Services
1,050 workers
$37,000
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
830 workers
$41,000
Publishing Industries
650 workers
$44,500
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
650 workers
$44,500
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Schools and Hospitals and USPS
410 workers
$95,500
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)
310 workers
$107,000
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Print Binding and Finishing Workers pays 18% below the average across 112 roles in the Production job family (family average $56,000).
