Bindery assistant vs binder

The differences between bindery assistants and binders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a bindery assistant and a binder. Additionally, a binder has an average salary of $33,944, which is higher than the $31,370 average annual salary of a bindery assistant.

The top three skills for a bindery assistant include hand tools, collate and collating. The most important skills for a binder are stitching, collating, and assembly line.

Bindery assistant vs binder overview

	Bindery Assistant	Binder
Yearly salary	$31,370	$33,944
Hourly rate	$15.08	$16.32
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	798	778
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	4	4

Bindery assistant vs binder salary

Bindery assistants and binders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Bindery Assistant	Binder
Average salary	$31,370	$33,944
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $36,000	Between $25,000 And $45,000
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Differences between bindery assistant and binder education

There are a few differences between a bindery assistant and a binder in terms of educational background:

	Bindery Assistant	Binder
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Bindery assistant vs binder demographics

Here are the differences between bindery assistants' and binders' demographics:

	Bindery Assistant	Binder
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 54.1% Female, 45.9%	Male, 45.7% Female, 54.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 8.8% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 61.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between bindery assistant and binder duties and responsibilities

Bindery assistant example responsibilities.

Accomplish on the GBC wire binding, including plastic coiling.
Assist in running production equipment such as the stitching and folding machines as well as shipping.
Bond fiber to cushions for furniture
Work on assembly lines collating time management and home office materials.
Set up, run and maintain stitching, cutting, and folding machinery.
Operate a paper cutter, folder, spiral-binding machine, high volume copier and an automatic collating machine.

Binder example responsibilities.

Accomplish at graphic design, run very large commercial book binding machinery.
Examine finished books for damages also in shipping also do book repairs and run the reace machine
Load materials and books into machines and equipment for binding or stitching.
Used trimmer, stitcher, label machine, inkjet, strapper, shrink wrapper to produces books to customer requirements.
Fit skis and bindings to customers, as well as tuned and maintain whole fleet of skis and snowboards.

Bindery assistant vs binder skills

Common bindery assistant skills

Hand Tools, 34%
Collate, 18%
Collating, 10%
Pallets, 8%
Customer Specifications, 8%
Newspapers, 5%

Common binder skills

Stitching, 42%
Collating, 32%
Assembly Line, 16%
Business Cards, 9%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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