SOC 51-5111 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Prepress Technicians and Workers make in Reno, NV?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Prepress Technicians and Workers in Reno, NV is $56,740. The 10th percentile is $34,350 and the 90th percentile is $65,800. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$56,740

10th percentile
$34,350
25th percentile
$46,730
Median
$56,740
75th percentile
$61,930
90th percentile
$65,800
Mean
$53,550

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Prepress Technicians and Workers, the published 10th percentile is $34,350 and the 90th percentile is $65,800. The difference is $31,450, which is 55.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,730 to the 75th at $61,930, covers $15,200.

The mean annual wage is $53,550, which sits below the median of $56,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Reno, NV median is 16.5% higher than the national median of $48,690 for Prepress Technicians and Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,170, which is 15.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.9% higher than the Nevada median of $55,680.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Reno, NV is 101.014, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $56,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Prepress Technicians and Workers at $56,170 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Prepress Technicians and Workers. Reno, NV ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 127 miles away, with a median of $55,560 and employment of 130. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,086, against $56,170 here.

Employment share

Prepress Technicians and Workers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Reno, NV (30 of 275,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (23,840 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.71 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Prepress Technicians and Workers make in Reno, NV?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Prepress Technicians and Workers in Reno, NV is $56,740. The 10th percentile is $34,350 and the 90th percentile is $65,800. Employment is 30.

How does that compare with the national median for Prepress Technicians and Workers?

The local median is 16.5% higher than the national median of $48,690.

What is Prepress Technicians and Workers pay in Reno, NV after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Reno, NV is 101.014, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $56,740 is $56,170. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Reno, NV compare with nearby metros for Prepress Technicians and Workers?

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 127 miles away, at $55,560. Reno, NV ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.