Climber vs lawn care worker

The differences between climbers and lawn care workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a climber and a lawn care worker. Additionally, a climber has an average salary of $42,388, which is higher than the $29,667 average annual salary of a lawn care worker.

The top three skills for a climber include hand tools, line clearance and power saws. The most important skills for a lawn care worker are GRASS, mowing, and water lawns.

Climber vs lawn care worker overview

	Climber	Lawn Care Worker
Yearly salary	$42,388	$29,667
Hourly rate	$20.38	$14.26
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	4,477	88,268
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	High School Diploma, 41%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Climber vs lawn care worker salary

Climbers and lawn care workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Climber	Lawn Care Worker
Average salary	$42,388	$29,667
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $57,000	Between $23,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Fargo, ND
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Lawn Doctor
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between climber and lawn care worker education

There are a few differences between a climber and a lawn care worker in terms of educational background:

	Climber	Lawn Care Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	High School Diploma, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Climber vs lawn care worker demographics

Here are the differences between climbers' and lawn care workers' demographics:

	Climber	Lawn Care Worker
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 96.8% Female, 3.2%	Male, 77.5% Female, 22.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 20.8% Asian, 1.5% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% Asian, 1.5% White, 63.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between climber and lawn care worker duties and responsibilities

Climber example responsibilities.

Install lte and umts anttennnas.
Train in the proper use of rigging equipment (porta wrap, pulleys, ect.
Operate heavy equipment trucks with booms and lift systems, company service trucks and vehicles, and a cherry picker.
Hand dig area between old and new poles to ensure enough room to transfer wires, dips etc to new poles.
Train in the proper use of rigging equipment (porta wrap, pulleys, ect.

Lawn care worker example responsibilities.

Accomplish mowing lawns and all job relate requests given by managers precisely and accurately.
Winter property care equipment include snow blowers, shoveling, and salting.
Provide services such as mowing grass, seed lawns, applying fertilizer and pest control, and trimming hedges and trees.
Mow neighbor's lawns, trim lawn edge, clean driveway and sidewalk from cut grass, and bag cut grass.
Help to trim shrubs and prune dead branches.
Used snow shovels to clear sidewalks and small parking lots.

Climber vs lawn care worker skills

Common climber skills

Hand Tools, 20%
Line Clearance, 10%
Power Saws, 10%
Transmission Lines, 7%
CPR, 6%
OSHA, 5%

Common lawn care worker skills

GRASS, 17%
Mowing, 16%
Water Lawns, 10%
Lawn Care, 9%
CPR, 6%
Program Rules, 5%

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