Animal daycare provider vs kennel attendant

The differences between animal daycare providers and kennel attendants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-3 months to become both an animal daycare provider and a kennel attendant. Additionally, an animal daycare provider has an average salary of $30,390, which is higher than the $26,373 average annual salary of a kennel attendant.

The top three skills for an animal daycare provider include child care, nutritional meals and CPR. The most important skills for a kennel attendant are PET, animal handling, and facility laundry.

Animal daycare provider vs kennel attendant overview

	Animal Daycare Provider	Kennel Attendant
Yearly salary	$30,390	$26,373
Hourly rate	$14.61	$12.68
Growth rate	28%	28%
Number of jobs	42,565	72,239
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 37%
Average age	32	32
Years of experience	3	3

What does an animal daycare provider do?

An animal daycare provider is an individual who deals with animals and provides care to animals whose owners are temporarily unavailable. Animal daycare providers must assist and facilitate activities based on the curriculum set out by the animal daycare facility. They are required to have walks with the animals they are taking care of and should help in cleaning their cages or sleeping area. Animal daycare providers must also ensure that the animals they monitor have adequate food and water.

What does a kennel attendant do?

A kennel attendant is responsible for the daily care of boarded dogs and kennel maintenance. Some of the duties that you will perform will include cleaning cages, scheduling boarding appointments, and monitoring the behavior of these dogs. In addition, it is your responsibility to clean spilled food and animal waste and to dispose of trash on time. Other duties include walking animals if required, ensuring that the animals are always comfortable, and evacuating them when an emergency arises.

Animal daycare provider vs kennel attendant salary

Animal daycare providers and kennel attendants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Animal Daycare Provider	Kennel Attendant
Average salary	$30,390	$26,373
Salary range	Between $19,000 And $46,000	Between $20,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between animal daycare provider and kennel attendant education

There are a few differences between an animal daycare provider and a kennel attendant in terms of educational background:

	Animal Daycare Provider	Kennel Attendant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 37%
Most common major	Business	Medical Assisting Services
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Vermont Technical College

Animal daycare provider vs kennel attendant demographics

Here are the differences between animal daycare providers' and kennel attendants' demographics:

	Animal Daycare Provider	Kennel Attendant
Average age	32	32
Gender ratio	Male, 6.2% Female, 93.8%	Male, 20.8% Female, 79.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.3% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.6% Asian, 2.9% White, 69.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 2.7% White, 67.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between animal daycare provider and kennel attendant duties and responsibilities

Animal daycare provider example responsibilities.

Assist children in learning numbers, ABC's and colors.
Teach children basic daily living skills such as washing hands, toileting, ABC's and numbers.
Maintain all safety and health standards as well as ensured up to date training including CPR and first aid.
Administer learning materials, provide one-on-on tutoring and supervise kids during time of play.
Maintain nutritional guidelines consistent with USDA guidelines

Kennel attendant example responsibilities.

Assist in managing shelter for animals and arranging for adoption or euthanasia of confiscate animals.
Train to give dogs baths, brushing out coats, scissoring, and toenails.
Perform animal grooming duties such as washing, brushing, clipping, and trimming coats, etc.
Experience in the use of specialize equipment such as cage washers, autoclaves and animal transport vehicles.
Assist owner in preforming body clips and bathing/drying dogs and cats, preform all grooming tasks including clipper skills except scissoring.
Operate cage/bottle washers, autoclaves and bedding dispensing/disposal equipment.

Animal daycare provider vs kennel attendant skills

Common animal daycare provider skills

Child Care, 72%
Nutritional Meals, 13%
CPR, 5%
Social Development, 2%
Quality Care, 1%
Developmental Problems, 1%

Common kennel attendant skills

PET, 39%
Animal Handling, 10%
Facility Laundry, 8%
Animal Hospital, 5%
Animal Restraint, 4%
Administer Medications, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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