Screen maker vs press assistant

The differences between screen makers 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 screen maker and a press assistant. Additionally, a press assistant has an average salary of $33,732, which is higher than the $30,963 average annual salary of a screen maker.

The top three skills for a screen maker include silk screen, RAN and quality checks. The most important skills for a press assistant are hand tools, preventative maintenance, and safety policies.

Screen maker vs press assistant overview

	Screen Maker	Press Assistant
Yearly salary	$30,963	$33,732
Hourly rate	$14.89	$16.22
Growth rate	-	-5%
Number of jobs	7,687	5,056
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Screen maker vs press assistant salary

Screen makers and press assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Screen Maker	Press Assistant
Average salary	$30,963	$33,732
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $37,000	Between $26,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Leominster, MA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	CPI Card Group
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between screen maker and press assistant education

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

	Screen Maker	Press Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Political Science
Most common college	-	-

Screen maker vs press assistant demographics

Here are the differences between screen makers' and press assistants' demographics:

	Screen Maker	Press Assistant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.3% Female, 31.7%	Male, 77.0% Female, 23.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 6.7% White, 63.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	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 screen maker and press assistant duties and responsibilities

Screen maker example responsibilities.

Maintain professional correspondence with pressroom and with prepress department.
Remove rough spots and smooth surfaces to fit, trim, or clean parts, using hand tools or power tools.

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.

Screen maker vs press assistant skills

Common screen maker skills

Silk Screen, 38%
RAN, 16%
Quality Checks, 14%
Reclaiming, 12%
Ink Colors, 11%
Clean Screens, 9%

Common press assistant skills

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