Employment
In 2004, the printing industry had about 665,000 wage and salary jobs, in addition to 33,000 self-employed and unpaid family workers, ranking it among the larger manufacturing industries. About 9 percent of wage and salary jobs were in establishments employing fewer than 10 workers. (See chart.). About 31 percent were in the largest industry sector—commercial lithographic printing (table 1). Printing plants are widely dispersed throughout the country; however, more specialized types of printing tend to be regionally concentrated. For example, the printing of financial documents is concentrated in New York City.
| Industry segment | Establishments | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| ||
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| ||
Commercial lithographic printing | 31.3 | 39.5 |
Commercial gravure printing | 1.0 | 2.6 |
Commercial flexographic printing | 3.9 | 6.2 |
Commercial screen printing | 12.7 | 9.9 |
Quick printing | 26.3 | 10.5 |
Digital printing | 3.7 | 3.0 |
Manifold business forms printing | 2.4 | 6.0 |
Books printing | 1.5 | 5.0 |
Blankbook and looseleaf binder manufacturing | 0.6 | 1.6 |
Other commercial printing | 8.6 | 7.1 |
Trade binding and related work | 2.7 | 3.7 |
Prepress services | 5.2 | 4.8 |