Printer

#25Declining

4/5

Key facts

−7.1%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −7.1% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".

The job

Printers (ISCO 7322). Printers set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, newspaper and other printing presses.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

179 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

clothing printing press machine operator
copy machine operator
cutting and printing machine set-up operator
digital and lithographic printer
digital press operator
digital print machine operator
digital print machine specialist
digital print machine technician
digital print operator
digital print specialist
digital print supervisor
digital print technician
digital printer
digital printer and finisher
digital printer operator
digital printer specialist
digital printer technician
digital web printer
engraving press operator
engraving press tender
flexographic label press operator
flexographic label press specialist
flexographic label press technician
flexographic label printer
flexographic operator
flexographic press operator
flexographic press specialist
flexographic pressman
flexographic presswoman
flexographic print maker
flexographic print operator
flexographic print technician
flexographic printer
flexographic printing inspection operator
flexographic printing inspection specialist
flexographic printing inspection technician
flexographic printing plate maker
flexographic printing plate mounter
flexographic printing press operator
foil blocking operator
foil blocking specialist
foil blocking technician
foil press operator
foil press specialist
foil press technician
foil printing machine operator
foil printing machine specialist
foil printing machine technician
foil stamp machine operator
foil stamping operator
foil stamping specialist
foil stamping technician
graphic designer / digital printer
gravure operator
gravure press operative
gravure press operator
gravure press rolltender
gravure press specialist
gravure press technician
gravure press tender
gravure press worker
gravure printing machine operator
gravure printing machine tender
gravure printing press tender
gravure specialist
gravure technician
hot foil blocker
hot foil machine operator
hot foil machine specialist
hot foil machine technician
hot foil operator
hot foil specialist
hot foil stamper
hot foil stamping die cutter
hot foil stamping machine operator
hot foil stamping machine specialist
hot foil stamping machine technician
hot foil technician
hot press operator
hot press specialist
hot press technician
hot stamp operator
hot stamp specialist
hot stamp technician
large format digital printer
lithographic printing operator
lithographic printing specialist
lithographic printing technician
mailroom specialist
mailroom technician
narrow-format printer on flexographic presses
newspaper press operator
newspaper press specialist
newspaper press technician
newspaper printer
offset lithography printer
offset press assistant
offset press operator
offset press specialist
offset press technician
offset pressman
offset printer
offset printer operator
offset printer specialist
offset printer technician
pad printing machine operator
paper embosing press operator
paper embosser
paper embosser operator
paper embosser specialist
paper embosser technician
paper embosser worker
paper embossing & debossing machine operator
paper embossing & debossing press operator
paper embossing and debossing machine operator
paper embossing and debossing press operator
paper embossing machine operator
paper embossing machine tender
paper embossing press specialist
paper embossing press technician
paper embossing press tender
paper embossing press worker
paper embossing/debossing machine operator
paper embossing/debossing press operator
paper paper embossing press operator
print operator
print room operator
print room specialist
print room technician
printing textile machine operator
printing textile supervisor
printing textile technician
reprographic process specialist
reprographic process technician
reprographics administrator
reprographics assistant
reprographics associate
reprographics operator
reprographics specialist
reprographics technician
reprography operator
reprography specialist
reprography technician
retoucher and printer
roller printer
rotary screen printing operator
rotogravure operator
rotogravure press operator
rotogravure press rolltender
rotogravure press specialist
rotogravure press technician
rotogravure printing machine tender
rotogravure printing press operator
rotogravure specialist
rotogravure technician
screen print technician
screen printer
screen printing machine operator
screen printing machine specialist
screen printing machine technician
screen printing operator
screen printing technician
screen-printer
silk screen printer
silk-screen printer
silk-screen printing machine oeprator
silk-screen printing machine operator
silk-screen printing machine specialist
silk-screen printing machine technician
silk-screen printing machine worker
silk-screen printing operator
textile printer
textile printers
textile printing machine operator
textile printing press operator
textile printing technician
textile screen printer
textile screen printer technician
wide-format printer on flexographic presses

What next?

Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.

ChangingIndustrial maintenance technician
ChangingFood production line operator
ChangingSign writer and engraver

Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.

Gauges

Risk 4/5 · High

AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)

Employment outlookSharp declineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Printing press operators; Etchers and engravers)

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayLowBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $45,231

EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry

No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared

Sources

AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics

Checked on 27 October 2026.