How much do Printing Press Operators make in Battle Creek, MI?

Percentile spread

For Printing Press Operators, the published 10th percentile is $29,220 and the 90th percentile is $64,800. The difference is $35,580, which is 79.4% 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 $36,210 to the 75th at $58,720, covers $22,510.

The mean annual wage is $45,940, which sits above the median of $44,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Battle Creek, MI median is 2.1% lower than the national median of $45,780 for Printing Press Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,513, which is 8.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1% lower than the Michigan median of $45,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Battle Creek, MI is 90.541, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $44,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Printing Press Operators at $49,513 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

29 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Printing Press Operators. Battle Creek, MI ranks 14th of 30 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).).

• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 27 miles away, with a median of $47,240 and employment of 240. That median is 5.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,810, against $49,513 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 39 miles away, with a median of $44,860 and employment of 150. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,226, against $49,513 here.
• Ann Arbor, MI is 60 miles away, with a median of $46,800 and employment of 210. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,392, against $49,513 here.

Employment share

Printing Press Operators accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Battle Creek, MI (100 of 54,600). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (144,260 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.97 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.