Silk screener vs printer assistant

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

Silk screener vs printer assistant overview

	Silk Screener	Printer Assistant
Yearly salary	$29,652	$32,289
Hourly rate	$14.26	$15.52
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	1,533	1,162
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Silk screener vs printer assistant salary

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

	Silk Screener	Printer Assistant
Average salary	$29,652	$32,289
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $37,000	Between $22,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between silk screener and printer assistant education

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

	Silk Screener	Printer Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Graphic Design
Most common college	-	-

Silk screener vs printer assistant demographics

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

	Silk Screener	Printer Assistant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 72.2% Female, 27.8%	Male, 60.4% Female, 39.6%
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, 15.3% Asian, 7.6% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between silk screener and printer 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.

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.

Silk screener vs printer assistant skills

Common silk screener skills

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

Common printer assistant skills

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