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The Printing Industry Center is proud to announce the release of "Printing Occupational Employment, High Wage Jobs & Industry Sources of Growth - 2001 to 2005", authored by Dr. Maryellen Kelley, President of Pamet Hill Associates.

The publication synthesizes the data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program in their nation-wide surveys and surveys of government agencies. Core printing-related occupations, industries of employment, occupational earnings, and employment growth are all analyzed during the survey period of 2001 to 2005.

Key findings include:

Expanding role of graphic designers: Between 2001 and 2005, the overall demand for graphic designers from industry groups increased by 31.6%. Traditional print-producing groups contributed 27.1% of this growth, while industries relatively new to printing contributed 56.6% of this growth.

Industry shifts in employment of production printers: The loss of production printer jobs nationally can be largely explained by the contraction of print production activity in two industry groups: Apparel/Textiles and Packaging. (Some of these losses may also reflect productivity improvements in print technology.) However, losses in one type of production job were often accompanied by simultaneous increases in the other type of job.

Employment growth in high-wage industries: For desktop publishers, graphic designers, and press operators, at least half of all new hires occurred in industry groups with more high-wage than low-wage workers in these occupations.

For more information on the book, visit http://print.rit.edu/kelley/employment.php