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textile printer

Textile printers perform textile printing operations.

textile printer textile printers perform textile printing operations. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include portfolio management in textile manufacturing, textile printing technology, textile finishing technology, use textile technique for hand-made products, prepare equipment for textile printing.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £29,925 a year for Printing machine assistants (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 8135). ONS rates this estimate acceptable: it rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only textile printer, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹17,819 a month
Rural India
₹15,532 a month
All India
₹16,773 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

portfolio management in textile manufacturing textile printing technology textile finishing technology use textile technique for hand-made products prepare equipment for textile printing control textile process maintain work standards decorate textile articles tend textile printing machines

Frequently asked questions

What does textile printer do?

Textile printers perform textile printing operations.

What skills does textile printer need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include portfolio management in textile manufacturing, textile printing technology, textile finishing technology, use textile technique for hand-made products, prepare equipment for textile printing, control textile process. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace textile printer?

Our AI-durability model gives textile printer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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