Silk screener vs press assistant

The differences between silk screeners 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 silk screener and a press assistant. Additionally, a press assistant has an average salary of $33,732, which is higher than the $29,652 average annual salary of a silk screener.

The top three skills for a silk screener include clean screens, t-shirts and RAN. The most important skills for a press assistant are hand tools, preventative maintenance, and safety policies.

Silk screener vs press assistant overview

	Silk Screener	Press Assistant
Yearly salary	$29,652	$33,732
Hourly rate	$14.26	$16.22
Growth rate	-	-5%
Number of jobs	1,533	5,056
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Silk screener vs press assistant salary

Silk screeners and press assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Silk Screener	Press Assistant
Average salary	$29,652	$33,732
Salary range	Between $23,000 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 silk screener and press assistant education

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

	Silk Screener	Press Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Political Science
Most common college	-	-

Silk screener vs press assistant demographics

Here are the differences between silk screeners' and press assistants' demographics:

	Silk Screener	Press Assistant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 72.2% Female, 27.8%	Male, 77.0% Female, 23.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 6.9% White, 61.6% 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 silk screener and press assistant duties and responsibilities

Silk screener example responsibilities.

Work directly for the supervisor managing the jobs run.
Work with hazardous material including: UV inks and Propanol alcohol.
Maintain and monitor area organization and cleanliness.
Handle rush orders and short delivery windows.

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.

Silk screener vs press assistant skills

Common silk screener skills

Clean Screens, 18%
T-Shirts, 17%
RAN, 14%
Stencils, 10%
Customer Specifications, 8%
Assembly Line, 8%

Common press assistant skills

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