PIA/GATF Ratios Show Printing Industry Profits Decreasing

According to PIA/GATF’s 2008 survey results, materials accounted for the largest single cost category for the typical U.S. printer, approximately 34.95 percent of sales. Paper alone consumed more than one-in-five sales dollars last year. Other major costs incurred by printers last year included factory payroll (25.13 percent of sales), factory expenses (16.97 percent of sales), administrative expenses (9.66 percent of sales), and selling expenses (8.97 percent of sales).