Bindery technician vs binder

The differences between bindery technicians 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 technician and a binder. Additionally, a binder has an average salary of $33,944, which is higher than the $32,090 average annual salary of a bindery technician.

The top three skills for a bindery technician include stitching, collating and bindery equipment. The most important skills for a binder are stitching, collating, and assembly line.

Bindery technician vs binder overview

	Bindery Technician	Binder
Yearly salary	$32,090	$33,944
Hourly rate	$15.43	$16.32
Growth rate	10%	-
Number of jobs	24,366	778
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	4	4

Bindery technician vs binder salary

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

	Bindery Technician	Binder
Average salary	$32,090	$33,944
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $39,000	Between $25,000 And $45,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between bindery technician and binder education

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

	Bindery Technician	Binder
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Business
Most common college	-	-

Bindery technician vs binder demographics

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

	Bindery Technician	Binder
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 69.7% Female, 30.3%	Male, 45.7% Female, 54.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% 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 technician and binder duties and responsibilities

Bindery technician example responsibilities.

Lead a 10 man department, run team meetings, and process their yearly reviews.
Operate the cutter, padding press, folder and collating machine.
Copy printed material on a very large copy machine that do copying, collating, and stapling.
Compose written reports of data collect from patient evaluation and present to department chief for thorough analysis of patient diagnosis.
Perform installation, support, and service on Lexmark and Hewlett Packard laser printers predominately for automotive dealerships.

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 technician vs binder skills

Common bindery technician skills

Stitching, 30%
Collating, 20%
Bindery Equipment, 12%
RAN, 9%
Troubleshoot, 8%
Equipment Operation, 6%

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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