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Printing Press Operators pay in Harrisonburg, VA and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Printing Press Operators is $64,180 per year in Harrisonburg, VA. It is $50,170 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Harrisonburg, VA is 27.9% above Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-5112 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 130 wage and salary jobs in Harrisonburg, VA and 3,390 in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings