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Printing Press Operators
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 8.7% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #441 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -8.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $45,780 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 144,000 in the US, with about 12,100 openings a year
The work, 21 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position workpieces or materials on equipment8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Operate industrial processing or production equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Evaluate production inputs or outputs5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect samples of products or materials5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Program computer systems or production equipment5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 822 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Set up equipment4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 511 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Process digital or online data4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 136 Copilot conversations and completed it 81% of the time.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Investigate the environmental impact of industrial or development activities2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate cutting or grinding equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 91 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 12,100 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 53% of the workFood and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders5% AI does, against 14% here+0.4% by 2035 · $44,810 · No formal credential
- Shares 51% of the workBakers4% AI does, against 14% here+5.5% by 2035 · $37,160 · No formal credential
- Shares 48% of the workChemical Equipment Operators and Tenders4% AI does, against 14% here+3.6% by 2035 · $58,040 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.12, higher than 40% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 51-5112 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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