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Where is it easiest to open: Commercial Screen Printing
49 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 | 691 | 10.2 | $47,192 | not matched | — |
| TX | 412 | 11.7 | $38,792 | not matched | — |
| FL | 401 | 16.4 | $58,684 | not matched | — |
| PA | 216 | 11.4 | $43,014 | not matched | — |
| OH | 204 | 15.3 | $46,205 | not matched | — |
| NY | 200 | 7.0 | $41,986 | not matched | — |
| IL | 172 | 13.7 | $46,717 | not matched | — |
| NC | 143 | 9.4 | $38,032 | not matched | — |
| NJ | 127 | 11.4 | $39,023 | not matched | — |
| MI | 125 | 16.3 | $48,848 | not matched | — |
| GA | 112 | 11.2 | $39,880 | not matched | — |
| TN | 112 | 11.8 | $42,366 | not matched | — |
| WA | 109 | 10.6 | $50,145 | not matched | — |
| WI | 105 | 26.4 | $43,403 | not matched | — |
| CO | 99 | 9.4 | $45,133 | not matched | — |
| OR | 92 | 9.8 | $42,068 | not matched | — |
| AZ | 91 | 8.9 | $41,354 | not matched | — |
| MN | 90 | 14.1 | $55,055 | not matched | — |
| AL | 82 | 6.0 | $29,561 | not matched | — |
| MA | 75 | 16.9 | $53,405 | not matched | — |
| MO | 74 | 11.8 | $38,854 | not matched | — |
| IN | 74 | 35.0 | $47,807 | not matched | — |
| CT | 67 | 20.4 | $47,249 | not matched | — |
| OK | 67 | 11.1 | $39,089 | not matched | — |
| KS | 60 | 24.3 | $46,346 | not matched | — |
| IA | 52 | 13.2 | $42,012 | not matched | — |
| NV | 51 | 12.9 | $32,556 | not matched | — |
| SC | 49 | 9.0 | $38,337 | not matched | — |
| LA | 49 | 7.4 | $37,248 | not matched | — |
| AR | 43 | 11.1 | $38,868 | not matched | — |
| VA | 43 | 12.9 | $33,430 | not matched | — |
| UT | 41 | 20.4 | $41,975 | not matched | — |
| NH | 37 | 10.8 | $40,945 | not matched | — |
| ME | 35 | 7.8 | $36,887 | not matched | — |
| MD | 33 | 18.5 | $58,304 | not matched | — |
| HI | 33 | 7.7 | $30,811 | not matched | — |
| KY | 28 | 18.9 | $49,464 | not matched | — |
| NE | 27 | 10.7 | $38,231 | not matched | — |
| ID | 26 | 5.5 | $34,301 | not matched | — |
| RI | 22 | 15.4 | $41,820 | not matched | — |
| MS | 22 | 4.0 | $30,713 | not matched | — |
| MT | 19 | 7.5 | $41,273 | not matched | — |
| NM | 15 | 8.7 | $56,656 | not matched | — |
| VT | 13 | 6.5 | $36,726 | not matched | — |
| DE | 11 | 10.0 | $33,482 | exam | Teacher of Trade & Industry: Printing |
| WV | 7 | 11.0 | $28,468 | not matched | — |
| SD | 5 | 17.0 | $44,753 | not matched | — |
| DC | 4 | 4.8 | $64,053 | not matched | — |
| ND | 3 | 43.7 | $36,641 | 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.