Cemetery sexton vs lawn care technician

The differences between cemetery sextons and lawn care technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a cemetery sexton and a lawn care technician. Additionally, a cemetery sexton has an average salary of $34,079, which is higher than the $32,439 average annual salary of a lawn care technician.

The top three skills for a cemetery sexton include mowing, and . The most important skills for a lawn care technician are lawn care, customer service, and mowing.

Cemetery sexton vs lawn care technician overview

	Cemetery Sexton	Lawn Care Technician
Yearly salary	$34,079	$32,439
Hourly rate	$16.38	$15.60
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	79	102,726
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 29%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Cemetery sexton vs lawn care technician salary

Cemetery sextons and lawn care technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Cemetery Sexton	Lawn Care Technician
Average salary	$34,079	$32,439
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $55,000	Between $25,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	Billings, MT
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Four Seasons
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between cemetery sexton and lawn care technician education

There are a few differences between a cemetery sexton and a lawn care technician in terms of educational background:

	Cemetery Sexton	Lawn Care Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 29%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Cemetery sexton vs lawn care technician demographics

Here are the differences between cemetery sextons' and lawn care technicians' demographics:

	Cemetery Sexton	Lawn Care Technician
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 91.3% Female, 8.7%	Male, 93.5% Female, 6.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 30.2% Asian, 1.5% White, 55.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 1.8% White, 63.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between cemetery sexton and lawn care technician duties and responsibilities

Cemetery sexton example responsibilities.

Manage daily cash, payroll, client settlement, and trust payment accounts.
Prepare all Medicaid and Medicare submissions, case preparation and probate/ family orders.
Start motors and engage machinery, such as sprayer agitators or pumps or portable spray equipment.

Lawn care technician example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Used various types of lawn equipment lawn mower, edger, leaf blower, chippers/shredder, aerators, rakes and shovels.
Utilize hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge, brush trimmers and axes.
Weed eating, edge, tree trimming and chipping, and cut grass on walk behind and ride on mowers.
Used hand and power tools, mowers, weed eaters, blowers, edgers, and administer chemicals to control weeds.
Dog trenches or holes using shovels, picks, hands or trench tools, plant trees flowers and lawns.

Cemetery sexton vs lawn care technician skills

Common cemetery sexton skills

Mowing, 100%

Common lawn care technician skills

Lawn Care, 30%
Customer Service, 19%
Mowing, 8%
GRASS, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Weed Control, 6%

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