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Print Hand Etcher Salary
in Illinois, United States

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$52,755 (USD)

Average Salary

$25/hr

Average Hourly

$834

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Print Hand Etcher is $52,755 a year and $25 an hour in Illinois, United States. The average salary range for a Print Hand Etcher is between $38,564 and $62,936. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Illinois, United States.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$59,257
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Illinois, United States

Illinois Cost of Living Score:

Description: Illinois ( IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-most land area. Its largest urban areas include Chicago and the Metro East of Greater St. Louis, as well as Peoria, Rockford, Champaign–Urbana, and Springfield, the state's capital. Illinois has a highly diverse economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial...
Description:
  • Etches images (designs) on surface of printing rollers coated with photo or acid resist on which images have been transferred photographically or engraved pantographically, utilizing knowledge of colors, fabrics, and etching and printing techniques: studies design sheet to determine etching requirements based on colors in design, type and weight of fabric, and printing sequence.
  • Lifts roller onto brackets of rinsing vat with aid of etcher helper, hand.
  • Tapes ends of roller with masking tape to limit etching to specified width.
  • Cleans rollers preparatory to etching, using sponge, cleaning chemicals, and water.
  • Transfers roller from rinsing vat to acid vat with aid of etcher helper, hand, using electric hoist.
  • Turns valve to agitate acid solution with compressed air and starts machine to rotate roller in solution.
  • Periodically removes roller from acid bath, measures etch with depth gauge, and moves fingers over surface of roller and scans etching through magnifying lens to detect processing defects, such as pinholes and collapsing ground lines.
  • Processes roller through series of acid baths to increase depth of etch and broaden ground lines without collapsing top (unengraved portion) of design.
  • Verifies depth of etch, using depth gauge.
  • Scratches charcoal into etched cavities to make ground lines stand out and examines engraving to determine whether roller will print with desired effect.
  • Transfers etched roller to cleaning vats, starts machine to spin roller in cleaning solution, and lowers brush to surface of spinning roller to remove acid-resi.

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The average pay for a Print Hand Etcher is $52,755 a year and $25 an hour in Illinois, United States. The average salary range for a Print Hand Etcher is between $38,564 and $62,936. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Illinois, United States.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Print Hand Etcher Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Prepress Technicians and Workers

Job family population: 25,250

Estimated population of Print Hand Etcher jobs: 356

Rate of error: 2.9%

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Illinois Cost of Living Score:

Description: Illinois ( IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-most land area. Its largest urban areas include Chicago and the Metro East of Greater St. Louis, as well as Peoria, Rockford, Champaign–Urbana, and Springfield, the state's capital. Illinois has a highly diverse economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial...
Description:
  • Etches images (designs) on surface of printing rollers coated with photo or acid resist on which images have been transferred photographically or engraved pantographically, utilizing knowledge of colors, fabrics, and etching and printing techniques: studies design sheet to determine etching requirements based on colors in design, type and weight of fabric, and printing sequence.
  • Lifts roller onto brackets of rinsing vat with aid of etcher helper, hand.
  • Tapes ends of roller with masking tape to limit etching to specified width.
  • Cleans rollers preparatory to etching, using sponge, cleaning chemicals, and water.
  • Transfers roller from rinsing vat to acid vat with aid of etcher helper, hand, using electric hoist.
  • Turns valve to agitate acid solution with compressed air and starts machine to rotate roller in solution.
  • Periodically removes roller from acid bath, measures etch with depth gauge, and moves fingers over surface of roller and scans etching through magnifying lens to detect processing defects, such as pinholes and collapsing ground lines.
  • Processes roller through series of acid baths to increase depth of etch and broaden ground lines without collapsing top (unengraved portion) of design.
  • Verifies depth of etch, using depth gauge.
  • Scratches charcoal into etched cavities to make ground lines stand out and examines engraving to determine whether roller will print with desired effect.
  • Transfers etched roller to cleaning vats, starts machine to spin roller in cleaning solution, and lowers brush to surface of spinning roller to remove acid-resi.

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