Offset pressman vs printer assistant

The differences between offset pressmen and printer 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 printer assistant. Additionally, an offset pressman has an average salary of $40,702, which is higher than the $32,289 average annual salary of a printer assistant.

The top three skills for an offset pressman include CPC, color press and offset press. The most important skills for a printer assistant are cleanliness, screen print, and graphic design.

Offset pressman vs printer assistant overview

	Offset Pressman	Printer Assistant
Yearly salary	$40,702	$32,289
Hourly rate	$19.57	$15.52
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	153	1,162
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Offset pressman vs printer assistant salary

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

	Offset Pressman	Printer Assistant
Average salary	$40,702	$32,289
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $51,000	Between $22,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between offset pressman and printer assistant education

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

	Offset Pressman	Printer Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Graphic Design
Most common college	-	-

Offset pressman vs printer assistant demographics

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

	Offset Pressman	Printer Assistant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 98.4% Female, 1.6%	Male, 60.4% Female, 39.6%
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, 15.3% Asian, 7.6% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between offset pressman and printer 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.

Printer assistant example responsibilities.

Assist in printing the unique designs on the t-shirts.
Handle quality control, inventory, screen reclaiming, and general cleaning.
Change printing presses, change ink colors, clean printing presses and troubleshoot printing machinery.
Assist in all phases of the printing process including coating, burning, printing, packaging and reclaiming
Receive orders for textbooks, brochures, commencement booklets, t-shirts for on-campus activities, package orders for shipment.
Service bureau of customer-prepare disks to a high-resolution postscript printer and maintenance of Macintosh computers.

Offset pressman vs printer assistant skills

Common offset pressman skills

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

Common printer assistant skills

Cleanliness, 20%
Screen Print, 18%
Graphic Design, 8%
Collating, 6%
Quality Customer Service, 5%
Adobe Creative Suite, 4%