Vocational Programs for Printing Press Operators Career

The role of Printing Press Operators is to set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $44,450 and $21 per hour. 3 vocational programs could be taken for the Printing Press Operators career. Based on BLS data, a total of 151,450 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Printing Press Operators Career

The following 3 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Printing Press Operators.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Printing Press Operators
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	30	$13,299	-	-	-
Printing Press Operator	1	$18,372	-	-	-
Graphic Communications (other)	7	$20,388	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Printing Press Operators Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Printing Press Operators.

Related Occupations toPrinting Press Operators
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	27,960	$39,600	$19
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	63,370	$45,440	$22
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	24,750	$49,290	$24
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	179K	$44,260	$21
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	19,560	$48,850	$23
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	159K	$42,060	$20
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	128K	$43,990	$21
Prepress Technicians and Workers	23,590	$46,540	$22
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	38,880	$40,860	$20
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	9,760	$37,040	$18
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	57,080	$44,610	$21
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	5,770	$41,900	$20
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	12,510	$44,400	$21
Etchers and Engravers	8,140	$42,780	$21
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	96,460	$48,910	$24
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20

Schools offering vocational programs for Printing Press Operators

The following 31 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Printing Press Operators. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.