Commercial or institutional cleaner vs floor staff

The differences between commercial or institutional 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 $31,792 average annual salary of a commercial or institutional cleaner.

The top three skills for a commercial or institutional cleaner include hand tools, and . The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Commercial or institutional cleaner vs floor staff overview

	Commercial Or Institutional Cleaner	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$31,792	$33,187
Hourly rate	$15.28	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	62,392	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Commercial or institutional cleaner vs floor staff salary

Commercial or institutional cleaners and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Commercial Or Institutional Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average salary	$31,792	$33,187
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $41,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	Berkeley, CA	-
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	-
Best paying company	University of California, Berkeley	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between commercial or institutional cleaner and floor staff education

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

	Commercial Or Institutional Cleaner	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Commercial or institutional cleaner vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between commercial or institutional cleaners' and floor staff' demographics:

	Commercial Or Institutional Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 70.6% Female, 29.4%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.3% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 25.2% Asian, 3.4% White, 51.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	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 commercial or institutional cleaner and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Commercial or institutional cleaner example responsibilities.

Clean restaurants during the evenings and ensure protocols are followed according to restaurant cleanliness guidelines.
Full bedding which includes washing of sheets and towels (washer and dryer must be present) and remaking of bed.

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.

Commercial or institutional cleaner vs floor staff skills

Common commercial or institutional cleaner skills

Hand Tools, 100%

Common floor staff skills

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

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