Custodial aide vs floor staff

The differences between custodial aides 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 $31,208 average annual salary of a custodial aide.

The top three skills for a custodial aide include general cleanup, building floors and squeegees. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Custodial aide vs floor staff overview

	Custodial Aide	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$31,208	$33,187
Hourly rate	$15.00	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	48,430	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Custodial aide vs floor staff salary

Custodial aides and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Custodial Aide	Floor Staff
Average salary	$31,208	$33,187
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $38,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between custodial aide and floor staff education

There are a few differences between a custodial aide and a floor staff in terms of educational background:

	Custodial Aide	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Custodial aide vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between custodial aides' and floor staff' demographics:

	Custodial Aide	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 60.8% Female, 39.2%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 4.7% White, 61.0% 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 custodial aide and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Custodial aide example responsibilities.

Perform and manage routine building maintenance tasks, including carpentry, electrical, plumbing and HVAC repair and maintenance.
Clean windows, glass partitions, or mirrors, using soapy water or othercleaners, sponges, or squeegees.
Use auto scrubbers and high speed burnisher.
Clean windows, glass partitions, and mirrors using soapy water or other cleaners, sponges or squeeze.
Used a snow blower, shovels and salt to remove snow from and maintain safety of grounds area.
Demonstrate ability to lift and move heavy objects owing to exceptional physical dexterity.

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.

Custodial aide vs floor staff skills

Common custodial aide skills

General Cleanup, 22%
Building Floors, 18%
Squeegees, 13%
Sponges, 11%
Routine Maintenance, 8%
Aquatics, 7%

Common floor staff skills

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

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