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Prepress Technicians and Workers

Role Overview

Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.

Recommended Majors

Graphic Communications, General. Printing Management. Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design. Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production. Platemaker/Imager. Printing Press Operator. Computer Typography and Composition Equipment Operator. Graphic Communications, Other.

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Salary by State (top paying)

State	Median salary
District of Columbia	$98,780
New Jersey	$59,210
Delaware	$58,470
Massachusetts	$57,930
Oregon	$57,140
Nevada	$56,410
Illinois	$55,490
Colorado	$51,090
Washington	$50,810
Maryland	$50,690
California	$49,850
Vermont	$49,430
North Carolina	$49,210
Georgia	$48,630
New York	$48,480

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BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), BLS Employment Projections.

Median Annual Salary

$47,300

Projected Growth (10yr)

+-14.6%

Avg. annual openings

2.8k

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