Building service worker vs floor staff

The differences between building service workers 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 $27,257 average annual salary of a building service worker.

The top three skills for a building service worker include wax floors, snow blowers and scrubbers. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Building service worker vs floor staff overview

	Building Service Worker	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$27,257	$33,187
Hourly rate	$13.10	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	65,535	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Building service worker vs floor staff salary

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

	Building Service Worker	Floor Staff
Average salary	$27,257	$33,187
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $33,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	Saint Paul, MN	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	University of St. Thomas	-
Best paying industry	Non Profits	-

Differences between building service worker and floor staff education

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

	Building Service Worker	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Building service worker vs floor staff demographics

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

	Building Service Worker	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 64.4% Female, 35.6%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 5.4% White, 55.1% 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 service worker and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Building service worker example responsibilities.

Operate and provide maintenance for automatic scrubbers, power sweepers, vacuums and buffers used in connection with building cleaning.
Perform emergencies work requests, schedule and unschedule maintenance program, emergencies and coordinate special projects as directed.
Clean and disinfect lavatory areas including sinks, urinals and toilets using appropriate cleaning solutions.

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 service worker vs floor staff skills

Common building service worker skills

WAX Floors, 14%
Snow Blowers, 11%
Scrubbers, 10%
Blowers, 8%
Building Services, 6%
Burnishers, 6%

Common floor staff skills

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

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