Screen maker vs printer assistant

The differences between screen makers 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 screen maker and a printer assistant. Additionally, a printer assistant has an average salary of $32,289, 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 printer assistant are cleanliness, screen print, and graphic design.

Screen maker vs printer assistant overview

	Screen Maker	Printer Assistant
Yearly salary	$30,963	$32,289
Hourly rate	$14.89	$15.52
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	7,687	1,162
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Screen maker vs printer assistant salary

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

	Screen Maker	Printer Assistant
Average salary	$30,963	$32,289
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $37,000	Between $22,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between screen maker and printer assistant education

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

	Screen Maker	Printer Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Graphic Design
Most common college	-	-

Screen maker vs printer assistant demographics

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

	Screen Maker	Printer Assistant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.3% Female, 31.7%	Male, 60.4% Female, 39.6%
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, 15.3% Asian, 7.6% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between screen maker and printer 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.

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.

Screen maker vs printer assistant skills

Common screen maker skills

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

Common printer assistant skills

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