Press feeder vs printer assistant

The differences between press feeders 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 a press feeder and a printer assistant. Additionally, a press feeder has an average salary of $33,157, which is higher than the $32,289 average annual salary of a printer assistant.

The top three skills for a press feeder include press operators, hand tools and quality checks. The most important skills for a printer assistant are cleanliness, screen print, and graphic design.

Press feeder vs printer assistant overview

	Press Feeder	Printer Assistant
Yearly salary	$33,157	$32,289
Hourly rate	$15.94	$15.52
Growth rate	6%	-
Number of jobs	4,196	1,162
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Press feeder vs printer assistant salary

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

	Press Feeder	Printer Assistant
Average salary	$33,157	$32,289
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $39,000	Between $22,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	De Pere, WI	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	Green Bay Packaging	-
Best paying industry	Retail	-

Differences between press feeder and printer assistant education

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

	Press Feeder	Printer Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Graphic Design
Most common college	-	-

Press feeder vs printer assistant demographics

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

	Press Feeder	Printer Assistant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 95.0% Female, 5.0%	Male, 60.4% Female, 39.6%
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, 15.3% Asian, 7.6% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between press feeder and printer 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.

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.

Press feeder vs printer 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 printer assistant skills

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