Building cleaner vs floor staff

The differences between building cleaners and floor staff can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a floor staff has an average salary of $33,187, which is higher than the $27,481 average annual salary of a building cleaner.

The top three skills for a building cleaner include polish furniture, clean bathrooms and cleanliness. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Building cleaner vs floor staff overview

	Building Cleaner	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$27,481	$33,187
Hourly rate	$13.21	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	48,271	84,351
Job satisfaction	5	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Building cleaner vs floor staff salary

Building cleaners and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Building Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average salary	$27,481	$33,187
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	Minneapolis, MN	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	Robbinsdale Area Schools	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between building cleaner and floor staff education

There are a few differences between a building cleaner and a floor staff in terms of educational background:

	Building Cleaner	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Building cleaner vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between building cleaners' and floor staff' demographics:

	Building Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 50.8% Female, 49.2%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 4.8% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between building cleaner and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Building cleaner example responsibilities.

Maintain cleanliness of all floors in apartment building, sweeping and mopping.
Respond appropriately to the physical, emotional and developmental needs of patients.
Disinfect equipment and supplies, using germicides or steam-operate sterilizers.

Floor staff example responsibilities.

Manage top prize payouts, involving large amounts of funds being transfer across the gaming floor.
Establish good time management and customer service skills, specifically in organization and cleanliness.
Operate high speed and low speed buffers, walk behind buffers and scrubbers, ride-on scrubbers, and square dry scrubbers.
Operate Scrubbers/buffers/high speed buffers/carpet extractors.
Perform routine maintenance on automatic scrubbers and propane buffers.
Maintain cleanliness and organization of work environment while also resolving conflicts between customers.

Building cleaner vs floor staff skills

Common building cleaner skills

Polish Furniture, 14%
Clean Bathrooms, 13%
Cleanliness, 13%
Clean Windows, 11%
Hot Water, 7%
Bathroom Fixtures, 7%

Common floor staff skills

POS, 18%
Phone Calls, 18%
Cleanliness, 16%
Math, 13%
Emergency Situations, 13%
Crowd Control, 9%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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