Highest-paying Cities for Prepress Technicians and Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for prepress technicians and workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of prepress technicians and workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $64,040, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia is the highest paying city for prepress technicians and workers. It is followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia (average annual salary $59,460). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of prepress technicians and workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Prepress Technicians and Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$64,040	$30,880	470
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$59,460	$30,010	540
3	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$58,300	$31,260	30
4	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,240	$41,030	1,220
5	Camden, New Jersey	$55,390	$25,440	230
6	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$53,830	$32,060	30
7	Wilmington, New Jersey	$53,520	$41,320	30
8	Terre Haute, Indiana	$52,740	$20,470	50
9	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$51,550	$36,580	480
10	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$51,450	$32,440	40
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,790	$39,280	260
12	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$50,650	$37,460	70
13	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$50,640	$41,230	50
14	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$50,060	$38,800	50
15	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$50,050	$35,400	80
16	Jackson, Mississippi	$49,600	$39,000	30
17	Modesto, California	$49,410	$38,030	30
18	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$49,340	$33,850	50
19	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,330	$34,040	180
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,130	$35,960	170
21	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$48,990	$33,600	30
22	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$48,820	$36,590	40
23	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$48,760	$39,860	70
24	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$48,690	$27,890	400
25	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$48,670	$32,960	60
26	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$48,600	$37,040	90
27	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$48,310	$29,580	380
28	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$48,300	$35,210	380
29	Richmond, Virginia	$48,050	$33,610	90
30	New Haven, Connecticut	$47,910	$36,340	50
31	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$47,800	$32,510	60
32	Monroe, Louisiana	$47,720	$34,560	30
33	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$47,450	$30,040	50
34	Peoria, Illinois	$47,420	$35,460	50
35	Ames, Iowa	$47,370	$38,950	60
36	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$47,320	$27,680	410
37	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$47,260	$31,110	110
38	Worcester, Massachusetts	$47,210	$30,400	30
39	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$47,170	$22,890	40
40	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$47,030	$36,770	80
41	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$46,920	$35,360	140
42	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$46,870	$34,250	900
43	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$46,780	$26,780	670
44	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$46,730	$35,240	60
45	Asheville, North Carolina	$46,650	$36,600	40
46	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$46,620	$34,770	150
47	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$46,620	$30,310	60
48	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$46,580	$36,430	240
49	Boulder, Colorado	$46,560	$37,400	40
50	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$46,540	$33,070	50
51	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$46,490	$34,510	140
52	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$46,470	$34,840	90
53	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$46,420	$30,040	170
54	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$46,410	$31,830	130
55	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$46,390	$24,030	1,220
56	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$46,390	$36,360	40
57	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$46,300	$37,800	40
58	Columbus, Ohio	$46,130	$32,260	220
59	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$46,120	$35,910	50
60	Springfield, Massachusetts	$46,070	$30,870	60
61	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$45,830	$29,330	100
62	Lynchburg, Virginia	$45,780	$30,760	30
63	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$45,680	$34,690	60
64	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$45,500	$31,080	210
65	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$45,250	$32,340	130
66	Gainesville, Georgia	$45,200	$33,080	30
67	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$45,190	$37,870	230
68	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$45,140	$30,610	40
69	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$45,130	$33,630	90
70	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$45,130	$34,650	50
71	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$45,080	$31,410	1,510
72	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$45,020	$29,960	40
73	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$44,840	$29,020	30
74	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$44,740	$31,670	360
75	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$44,700	$29,990	50
76	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$44,470	$35,460	60
77	Akron, Ohio	$44,470	$31,450	90
78	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$44,330	$33,620	530
79	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$44,270	$37,580	n/a
80	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$44,010	$32,720	230
81	Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$43,970	$33,940	30
82	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$43,930	$35,900	350
83	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$43,920	$29,350	1,070
84	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$43,890	$36,270	210
85	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$43,890	$24,450	1,080
86	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$43,890	$36,920	60
87	Jacksonville, Florida	$43,870	$31,730	150
88	Binghamton, New York	$43,780	$21,240	n/a
89	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$43,680	$27,770	70
90	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$43,580	$27,680	40
91	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$43,340	$31,310	40
92	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$43,300	$31,630	150
93	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$43,110	$29,100	280
94	Manchester, New Hampshire	$42,960	$28,720	40
95	Waco, Texas	$42,940	$32,590	40
96	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$42,750	$36,680	90
97	Jefferson City, Missouri	$42,600	$25,270	30
98	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$42,540	$22,320	870
99	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$42,500	$30,600	40
100	Iowa City, Iowa	$42,470	$27,910	50

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