Press feeder vs press assistant

The differences between press feeders 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 a press feeder and a press assistant. Additionally, a press assistant has an average salary of $33,732, which is higher than the $33,157 average annual salary of a press feeder.

The top three skills for a press feeder include press operators, hand tools and quality checks. The most important skills for a press assistant are hand tools, preventative maintenance, and safety policies.

Press feeder vs press assistant overview

	Press Feeder	Press Assistant
Yearly salary	$33,157	$33,732
Hourly rate	$15.94	$16.22
Growth rate	6%	-5%
Number of jobs	4,196	5,056
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Press feeder vs press assistant salary

Press feeders and press assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Press Feeder	Press Assistant
Average salary	$33,157	$33,732
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $39,000	Between $26,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	De Pere, WI	Leominster, MA
Highest paying state	Washington	Washington
Best paying company	Green Bay Packaging	CPI Card Group
Best paying industry	Retail	Transportation

Differences between press feeder and press assistant education

There are a few differences between a press feeder and a press assistant in terms of educational background:

	Press Feeder	Press Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Political Science
Most common college	-	-

Press feeder vs press assistant demographics

Here are the differences between press feeders' and press assistants' demographics:

	Press Feeder	Press Assistant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 95.0% Female, 5.0%	Male, 77.0% Female, 23.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 22.0% Asian, 6.0% White, 60.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	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 press feeder and press assistant duties and responsibilities

Press feeder example responsibilities.

Manage the Morgan Stanley corporate twitter feed, @ MorganStanley.
Make sure the inks never run low and if run low place another container into the rollers.
Set up and operate flexo machine for operation and production of corrugate products
Mix ink for labels to match customers PMS standards.
Press helper on 40"six color Komori.

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.

Press feeder vs press assistant skills

Common press feeder skills

Press Operators, 38%
Hand Tools, 26%
Quality Checks, 9%
Offset Press, 5%
Offset Printing, 4%
Stock Specifications, 3%

Common press assistant skills

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