Print Binding and Finishing Workers Career

The role of Print Binding and Finishing Workers is to bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $40,860 and $20 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Print Binding and Finishing Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 38,880 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Print Binding and Finishing Workers is $1,600. The average length of the programs is 818 hours and the average completion time is 8.25 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Print Binding and Finishing Workers Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Graphic Communications	23	$27,188	-	1,035 Hours	10.50 Months
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	98	$1,600	$300	600 Hours	6.00 Months
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	27	$13,299	-	-	-
Platemaker/Imager	4	-	-	-	-
Printing Press Operator	1	$18,372	-	-	-
Computer Typography and Composition Equipment Operator	2	-	-	-	-
Graphic Communications (other)	5	$20,388	-	-	-

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The following 20 occupations are related to Print Binding and Finishing Workers.

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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	179K	$44,260	$21
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Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	2,150	$54,550	$26
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	128K	$43,990	$21
Printing Press Operators	151K	$44,450	$21
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Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	9,760	$37,040	$18
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	15,980	$37,880	$18
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	23,550	$37,100	$18
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	7,220	$39,260	$19
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	96,460	$48,910	$24
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20

Vocational Programs for Print Binding and Finishing Workers Career

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$19.64

$40,860

Vocational Programs to Prepare Print Binding and Finishing Workers Career

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