Offset pressman vs press assistant

The differences between offset pressmen and press assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an offset pressman and a press assistant. Additionally, an offset pressman has an average salary of $40,702, which is higher than the $33,732 average annual salary of a press assistant.

The top three skills for an offset pressman include CPC, color press and offset press. The most important skills for a press assistant are hand tools, preventative maintenance, and safety policies.

Offset pressman vs press assistant overview

	Offset Pressman	Press Assistant
Yearly salary	$40,702	$33,732
Hourly rate	$19.57	$16.22
Growth rate	-	-5%
Number of jobs	153	5,056
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Offset pressman vs press assistant salary

Offset pressmen and press assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Offset Pressman	Press Assistant
Average salary	$40,702	$33,732
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $51,000	Between $26,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Leominster, MA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	CPI Card Group
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between offset pressman and press assistant education

There are a few differences between an offset pressman and a press assistant in terms of educational background:

	Offset Pressman	Press Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Political Science
Most common college	-	-

Offset pressman vs press assistant demographics

Here are the differences between offset pressmen' and press assistants' demographics:

	Offset Pressman	Press Assistant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 98.4% Female, 1.6%	Male, 77.0% Female, 23.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% Asian, 5.8% White, 64.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.6% Asian, 7.2% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between offset pressman and press assistant duties and responsibilities

Offset pressman example responsibilities.

Lead a team of three employees to help ensure production run smoothly.
Operate and troubleshoot Heidelburg, and Komori 26"and 40"sheet fed printing presses.
Operate and perform maintenance on platemaking, collating and cutting equipment.
Operate Komori - Lithrone 526 press and 40"Heidelberg 102 press.

Press assistant example responsibilities.

Manage shop, warehouse & inventories, supervise employees, schedule production, maintain and run equipment when need.
Perform varied tasks in an ISO atmosphere.
Work with both uv and water base inks.
Employ root cause analysis to troubleshoot equipment and process issues.
Assist press operator in all operations of multiple wide-web flexo presses.
Learned basic table stripping skills, lm duping, proo ng and platemaking.

Offset pressman vs press assistant skills

Common offset pressman skills

CPC, 13%
Color Press, 13%
Offset Press, 8%
UV, 8%
Offset Printing, 8%
Troubleshoot, 7%

Common press assistant skills

Hand Tools, 12%
Preventative Maintenance, 12%
Safety Policies, 9%
Press Operators, 8%
Math, 5%
Basic Math, 5%