Dry cleaner vs floor care specialist

The differences between dry cleaners and floor care specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a floor care specialist has an average salary of $34,166, which is higher than the $31,375 average annual salary of a dry cleaner.

The top three skills for a dry cleaner include dry cleaning, customer service and dryers. The most important skills for a floor care specialist are patients, home health, and floor care.

Dry cleaner vs floor care specialist overview

	Dry Cleaner	Floor Care Specialist
Yearly salary	$31,375	$34,166
Hourly rate	$15.08	$16.43
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	35,676	99,936
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Dry cleaner vs floor care specialist salary

Dry cleaners and floor care specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Dry Cleaner	Floor Care Specialist
Average salary	$31,375	$34,166
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $40,000	Between $23,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between dry cleaner and floor care specialist education

There are a few differences between a dry cleaner and a floor care specialist in terms of educational background:

	Dry Cleaner	Floor Care Specialist
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Dry cleaner vs floor care specialist demographics

Here are the differences between dry cleaners' and floor care specialists' demographics:

	Dry Cleaner	Floor Care Specialist
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 39.0% Female, 61.0%	Male, 46.6% Female, 53.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 22.0% Asian, 4.8% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8% Asian, 5.3% White, 58.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between dry cleaner and floor care specialist duties and responsibilities

Dry cleaner example responsibilities.

Wash vests, coats, ties and bowties.
Load and unload the extractors and tumblers.
Tend to washers, dryers and operate the Hoffman presser.
Sort and count articles remove from dryers, fold, wrap, iron and hang them.
Execute commercial building following safety awareness to maintain cleanliness and neatness of working area and premises.
Clean multiple commercial building using industrialize buffers, scrubbers and/or vacuum equipment.

Floor care specialist example responsibilities.

Lead hospital base territory, increasing market penetration within the ICU for Precedex, a novel intravenous sedative.
Manage donor complication cases to resolution and timely closure in accordance with FDA regulations.
Perform periodic maintenance and repairs require on the equipment such as auto scrubbers, burnishers, carpet extractors, vacuums etc.
Draw blood, take vitals, take care of donor, cpr certify
Operate vacuum machines, buffers, carpet cleaners, motorize floor scrubbers.
Assist in the hospital CPR training program through instruction to other nursing staff.

Dry cleaner vs floor care specialist skills

Common dry cleaner skills

Dry Cleaning, 46%
Customer Service, 25%
Dryers, 5%
Front Desk, 5%
Delivery Service, 3%
Customer Orders, 3%

Common floor care specialist skills

Patients, 21%
Home Health, 15%
Floor Care, 12%
Rehabilitation, 9%
Cleanliness, 5%
Patient Care, 4%

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