Cutting press person vs paper cutter

The differences between cutting press people and paper cutters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a cutting press person has an average salary of $55,438, which is higher than the $33,888 average annual salary of a paper cutter.

The top three skills for a cutting press person include RAN, color press and press machine. The most important skills for a paper cutter are customer orders, mathematics, and dye.

Cutting press person vs paper cutter overview

	Cutting Press Person	Paper Cutter
Yearly salary	$55,438	$33,888
Hourly rate	$26.65	$16.29
Growth rate	-5%	-
Number of jobs	33,998	5,447
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 57%	High School Diploma, 57%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	-	-

Cutting press person vs paper cutter salary

Cutting press people and paper cutters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Cutting Press Person	Paper Cutter
Average salary	$55,438	$33,888
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $76,000	Between $25,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between cutting press person and paper cutter education

There are a few differences between a cutting press person and a paper cutter in terms of educational background:

	Cutting Press Person	Paper Cutter
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 57%	High School Diploma, 57%
Most common major	Business	Graphic Design
Most common college	-	-

Cutting press person vs paper cutter demographics

Here are the differences between cutting press people' and paper cutters' demographics:

	Cutting Press Person	Paper Cutter
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 82.2% Female, 17.8%	Male, 92.3% Female, 7.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.1% Unknown, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.3% Asian, 6.7% White, 58.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 12.1% Unknown, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 6.6% White, 60.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between cutting press person and paper cutter duties and responsibilities

Cutting press person example responsibilities.

Manage the Morgan Stanley corporate twitter feed, @ MorganStanley.
Cut aluminum from blueprints for various size railing.
Manipulate the edger see and run various lumber sorting machines.
Input and design all incoming jobs; post press: folding, collating, binding print material
Set up and operate flexo machine for operation and production of corrugate products
Press helper on 40"six color Komori.

Paper cutter example responsibilities.

Maintain and run wire cutting machine that crimp and solder leads to the wire.
Responsibilitiesverify correct size glass being run for order.
Thread ends of metal coils from reels through slitters and secure ends on recoilers.

Cutting press person vs paper cutter skills

Common cutting press person skills

RAN, 24%
Color Press, 21%
Press Machine, 18%
MIG, 15%
Mathematics, 12%
Tape Measure, 10%

Common paper cutter skills

Customer Orders, 47%
Mathematics, 27%
Dye, 26%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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