Desk top publisher vs trainee

The differences between desk top publishers and trainees can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a desk top publisher and a trainee. Additionally, a desk top publisher has an average salary of $47,203, which is higher than the $39,185 average annual salary of a trainee.

The top three skills for a desk top publisher include desktop support, PC and OS. The most important skills for a trainee are customer service, CDL, and training programs.

Desk top publisher vs trainee overview

	Desk Top Publisher	Trainee
Yearly salary	$47,203	$39,185
Hourly rate	$22.69	$18.84
Growth rate	10%	5%
Number of jobs	24,946	51,490
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	42	43
Years of experience	2	2

Desk top publisher vs trainee salary

Desk top publishers and trainees have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Desk Top Publisher	Trainee
Average salary	$47,203	$39,185
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $73,000	Between $27,000 And $55,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Clifford Chance
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between desk top publisher and trainee education

There are a few differences between a desk top publisher and a trainee in terms of educational background:

	Desk Top Publisher	Trainee
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stanford University

Desk top publisher vs trainee demographics

Here are the differences between desk top publishers' and trainees' demographics:

	Desk Top Publisher	Trainee
Average age	42	43
Gender ratio	Male, 53.2% Female, 46.8%	Male, 56.4% Female, 43.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 10.6% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.8% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	11%	9%

Differences between desk top publisher and trainee duties and responsibilities

Desk top publisher example responsibilities.

Manage remedy ticket queue to ensure tickets are being handle properly and resolve within SLA.
Create a SharePoint document repository for all legacy system information, configuration, and associate processes.
Monitor the NAGIOS alarm system that report alerts for servers, switches, applications, and services.
Provide networking/desktop support and perform mainframe and account maintenance tasks.

Trainee example responsibilities.

Establish and manage Microsoft SharePoint services to servers to achieve higher productivity for each project.
Design scripts to automate the build of developer, QA, and production servers.
Accomplish the experiments on PCB layout, core circuit board of hardware via PCB manufacturing.
Maintain BOM (bill of materials) and manage the team in maintaining coordination between the customer requirements.
Involve using HTML, CSS, PHP, bootstrap, and Jquery throughout the work.
Assist in the creation of a python base ArcGIS profile elevation script tool.

Desk top publisher vs trainee skills

Common desk top publisher skills

Desktop Support, 39%
PC, 14%
OS, 13%
XP, 11%
LAN, 9%
VPN, 9%

Common trainee skills

Customer Service, 22%
CDL, 9%
Training Programs, 9%
Work Ethic, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Math, 5%