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Where is it easiest to open: Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)
51 states, side by side. Operator counts and wages from Census and BLS; licence records matched on “SOC 51-5112” (soc) for Printing Press Operators. A blank gate means NO RECORD MATCHED, which is not the same as no licence.
| State | Operators | Avg staff | Pay / employee | Gate | Licence titles matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1,868 | 12.8 | $63,751 | not matched | — |
| TX | 1,005 | 14.4 | $59,074 | not matched | — |
| FL | 1,002 | 12.4 | $60,386 | not matched | — |
| NY | 963 | 13.7 | $62,025 | not matched | — |
| IL | 761 | 24.0 | $67,713 | not matched | — |
| PA | 575 | 25.6 | $59,761 | not matched | — |
| OH | 549 | 27.3 | $55,943 | not matched | — |
| NJ | 506 | 20.3 | $77,652 | not matched | — |
| GA | 434 | 20.9 | $63,661 | not matched | — |
| MI | 426 | 18.7 | $61,300 | not matched | — |
| WI | 383 | 42.9 | $63,944 | not matched | — |
| NC | 380 | 25.7 | $56,962 | not matched | — |
| MN | 341 | 42.4 | $66,862 | not matched | — |
| MA | 316 | 15.1 | $65,587 | not matched | — |
| TN | 281 | 21.2 | $61,564 | not matched | — |
| MO | 271 | 21.3 | $62,378 | not matched | — |
| AZ | 271 | 14.5 | $61,770 | not matched | — |
| IN | 259 | 25.2 | $53,130 | not matched | — |
| CO | 253 | 14.6 | $68,354 | not matched | — |
| VA | 241 | 17.6 | $56,531 | not matched | — |
| WA | 239 | 13.7 | $62,757 | not matched | — |
| MD | 200 | 24.1 | $60,358 | not matched | — |
| OR | 193 | 14.2 | $61,906 | not matched | — |
| CT | 180 | 20.1 | $70,211 | not matched | — |
| SC | 163 | 17.6 | $57,296 | not matched | — |
| AL | 152 | 13.7 | $51,429 | not matched | — |
| UT | 148 | 21.9 | $53,490 | not matched | — |
| KY | 136 | 24.8 | $57,086 | not matched | — |
| KS | 132 | 25.6 | $50,184 | not matched | — |
| NV | 131 | 21.2 | $53,475 | not matched | — |
| LA | 130 | 9.6 | $48,607 | not matched | — |
| IA | 116 | 30.0 | $60,643 | not matched | — |
| OK | 111 | 15.0 | $45,813 | not matched | — |
| AR | 85 | 22.2 | $71,648 | not matched | — |
| NE | 75 | 23.9 | $52,734 | not matched | — |
| NH | 61 | 18.5 | $54,854 | not matched | — |
| RI | 59 | 17.1 | $63,110 | not matched | — |
| NM | 58 | 5.3 | $43,072 | not matched | — |
| ID | 58 | 11.1 | $43,190 | not matched | — |
| ME | 52 | 20.4 | $53,690 | not matched | — |
| MS | 50 | 11.4 | $45,951 | not matched | — |
| HI | 49 | 10.2 | $43,795 | not matched | — |
| MT | 48 | 9.5 | $58,332 | not matched | — |
| DE | 35 | 8.2 | $60,797 | exam | Teacher of Trade & Industry: Printing |
| SD | 34 | 33.5 | $56,929 | not matched | — |
| WV | 32 | 30.8 | $62,606 | not matched | — |
| VT | 27 | 16.0 | $57,963 | not matched | — |
| AK | 26 | 7.9 | $54,670 | not matched | — |
| DC | 19 | 8.4 | $75,013 | not matched | — |
| ND | 17 | 16.0 | $47,629 | not matched | — |
| WY | 13 | 4.2 | $31,259 | not matched | — |
Axes are shown side by side and deliberately NOT collapsed into a ranking. A composite would be a score with no measured interval, and an unmeasured score is the thing this product exists to argue against. A high licence gate is a cost to enter and a moat once cleared — which of those matters more is the operator's call, not ours.
Licence data courtesy of CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Free to read, no account, always — a condition of the data licence as well as our own position.