Interesting Facts

Graphic communications is the United States most geographically dispersed manufacturing industry and is a major force in the economy of every state. Every state has at least 60 printing plants, over 1000 employees, and over $190 million in production. The average state has over 700 printing plants with 20,000 employees and over $3 billion in shipments.
(Printing Industries of America, 2007)

You can go virtually anywhere in the country and get a job working in graphic communications. The top ten leading states in total number of graphic communications employees are California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Michigan.

Graphic communications and imaging is one of the few industries that run an annual trade surplus. (International Trade Administration) Almost all printing that is consumed in the United States is produced in the United States, and the industry exports billions of dollars of products to other countries. In fact, the United States printing industry is projected to remain a strong domestic-based manufacturing industry for the foreseeable future.