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Prepress Technicians and Workers
Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.
What a prepress technicians and worker does
Become a prepress technicians and worker
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good prepress technicians and worker
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $30 per hour with a typical salary of $60,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $23 and $34 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $21,000 and $65,600 per year.
- 57% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $23 per hour with a typical salary of $30,200 per year.
- 35.9% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Prepress Technicians And Worker job outlook
- There are 302 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 103 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 3% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 13% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.