Pre-press technician vs mounter

The differences between pre-press technicians and mounters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a pre-press technician and a mounter. Additionally, a mounter has an average salary of $45,360, which is higher than the $39,811 average annual salary of a pre-press technician.

The top three skills for a pre-press technician include adobe photoshop, mac and troubleshoot. The most important skills for a mounter are hand tools, semi trailers, and customer specifications.

Pre-press technician vs mounter overview

	Pre-Press Technician	Mounter
Yearly salary	$39,811	$45,360
Hourly rate	$19.14	$21.81
Growth rate	3%	-
Number of jobs	11,187	64
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Pre-press technician vs mounter salary

Pre-press technicians and mounters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pre-Press Technician	Mounter
Average salary	$39,811	$45,360
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $53,000	Between $22,000 And $90,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between pre-press technician and mounter education

There are a few differences between a pre-press technician and a mounter in terms of educational background:

	Pre-Press Technician	Mounter
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Business
Most common college	University of Texas at Austin	New York University

Pre-press technician vs mounter demographics

Here are the differences between pre-press technicians' and mounters' demographics:

	Pre-Press Technician	Mounter
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 67.4% Female, 32.6%	Male, 74.1% Female, 25.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 8.9% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 6.7% White, 63.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between pre-press technician and mounter duties and responsibilities

Pre-press technician example responsibilities.

Demonstrate ability in the trouble-shooting of provide files and the timely creation of PDF and Epson proofs for customer approval.
Create signs, banners, brochures, posters, forms, stationery, logos, ads, etc.
Identify page layout issues (wrong margins, no page bleed, wrong page count, etc .).
Guarantee adhesive cleanliness for aircraft windows.
Preflight and prepare jobs using Kodak Prinergy.
Experience in the Prinergy and InSite workflow.

Mounter example responsibilities.

Latch, faceplate and misc.
Stuff PCB boards with through-hole parts.
Mount corrugate Flexo plates on Harley Opti-Check equipment.
Mount and repair printing plates used in the flexo printing operation.
Assemble hard rubber tires and wheel rims for machinery such as lawn mowers, tractors, ATVs, etc.
Set up and operate DEK printer.

Pre-press technician vs mounter skills

Common pre-press technician skills

Adobe Photoshop, 10%
Mac, 8%
Troubleshoot, 7%
Adobe Indesign, 6%
Adobe Illustrator, 6%
Graphic Design, 5%

Common mounter skills

Hand Tools, 59%
Semi Trailers, 17%
Customer Specifications, 7%
Assembly Line, 4%
Numerical Order, 4%
Tape Measure, 3%