Prepress digital technician vs mounter

The differences between prepress digital 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 prepress digital technician and a mounter. Additionally, a mounter has an average salary of $45,360, which is higher than the $39,859 average annual salary of a prepress digital technician.

The top three skills for a prepress digital technician include mac, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop. The most important skills for a mounter are hand tools, semi trailers, and customer specifications.

Prepress digital technician vs mounter overview

	Prepress Digital Technician	Mounter
Yearly salary	$39,859	$45,360
Hourly rate	$19.16	$21.81
Growth rate	-14%	-
Number of jobs	21,965	64
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Prepress digital technician vs mounter salary

Prepress digital technicians and mounters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Prepress Digital Technician	Mounter
Average salary	$39,859	$45,360
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $57,000	Between $22,000 And $90,000
Highest paying City	Philadelphia, PA	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	WestRock	-
Best paying industry	Media	-

Differences between prepress digital technician and mounter education

There are a few differences between a prepress digital technician and a mounter in terms of educational background:

	Prepress Digital Technician	Mounter
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Business
Most common college	University of Texas at Austin	New York University

Prepress digital technician vs mounter demographics

Here are the differences between prepress digital technicians' and mounters' demographics:

	Prepress Digital Technician	Mounter
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 74.1% Female, 25.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 7.9% White, 64.0% 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 prepress digital technician and mounter duties and responsibilities

Prepress digital technician example responsibilities.

Administer and troubleshoot all computer systems, applications and networks.
Scan images on a desktop scanner and manipulate images using Photoshop.
Operate desktop publishing hardware and software to design and typeset forms, newsletters and other graphics.
Edit type and images according to mark-up copy usign photoshop, quark, illustrator and Indesign.
Update and troubleshoot prepress software to continue productivity.
Assemble and output advertisement using macintosh and windows workstations.

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.

Prepress digital technician vs mounter skills

Common prepress digital technician skills

Mac, 11%
Adobe Illustrator, 8%
Adobe Photoshop, 7%
Adobe Indesign, 7%
Adobe Creative Suite, 5%
Quark, 5%

Common mounter skills

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