How much do Printing Press Operators make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Printing Press Operators, the published 10th percentile is $36,110 and the 90th percentile is $62,270. The difference is $26,160, 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 $42,920 to the 75th at $59,590, covers $16,670.

The mean annual wage is $48,840, which sits above the median of $47,240. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 3.2% higher than the national median of $45,780 for Printing Press Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,810, which is 8.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.3% higher than the Michigan median of $45,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 94.840, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,240 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Printing Press Operators at $49,810 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

32 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Printing Press Operators. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 6th of 33 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).).

• Battle Creek, MI is 27 miles away, with a median of $44,830 and employment of 100. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,513, against $49,810 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 44 miles away, with a median of $43,990 and employment of 100. That median is 6.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,373, against $49,810 here.
• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 48 miles away, with a median of $45,140 and employment of 160. That median is 4.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,975, against $49,810 here.

Employment share

Printing Press Operators accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (240 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (144,260 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.12 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.