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What to Expect

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Via OOH: Desktop publishers typically design and create the graphics that accompany text, find and edit photographs and other digital images, and manipulate the text and images to display information in an attractive and readable format. They design page layouts, develop presentations and advertising campaigns, and do color separation of pictures and graphics material. Some desktop publishers may write some of the text or headlines used in newsletters or brochures.

What to Pay

The desktop publisher with an impressive portfolio of work should earn about $18.78 an hour1.  That’s an hourly savings of $5.69 compared to the desktop publisher who is hired as a full-time employee with benefits2.

1Based on 2010 national estimates for this occupation (via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
2Based on a total compensation cost of 30.3% (via EBRI.)

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1. The Complete Hiring and Firing Handbook
2. Hiring in Good Times and Bad
3. Hiring Winners: A 3-Step Formula for Success

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