In 2002, the printing industry had about 710,000 wage and salary jobs, in addition to 33,000 self-employed workers, ranking it among the largest manufacturing industries. More than 13 percent of wage and salary jobs were in establishments employing fewer than 10 workers. About 40 percent were in the largest industry sector—commercial lithographic printing (table 1). Printing plants are widely dispersed throughout the country; however, more specialized types of printing tend to be regionally concentrated. For example, financial printing is concentrated in New York City.
Table 1. Establishments and wage and salary employment in printing by detailed industry, 2002
| Industry segment |
Establishments |
Employment |
| |
|
|
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| |
|
|
| Commercial lithographic printing |
32.2 |
39.6 |
| Commercial gravure printing |
1.1 |
2.6 |
| Commercial flexographic printing |
4.1 |
6.1 |
| Commercial screen printing |
11.9 |
9.4 |
| Quick printing |
26.6 |
11.2 |
| Digital printing |
2.9 |
2.6 |
| Manifold business forms printing |
2.4 |
6.3 |
| Books printing |
1.4 |
4.9 |
| Blankbook and looseleaf binder manufacturing |
0.6 |
1.7 |
| Other commercial printing |
8.2 |
6.9 |
| Trade binding and related work |
2.8 |
3.4 |
| Prepress services |
6.0 |
5.4 |
|
