Dry cleaner vs professional cleaner

The differences between dry cleaners and professional cleaners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a dry cleaner has an average salary of $31,375, which is higher than the $27,268 average annual salary of a professional cleaner.

The top three skills for a dry cleaner include dry cleaning, customer service and dryers. The most important skills for a professional cleaner are building floors, clean bathrooms, and clean windows.

Dry cleaner vs professional cleaner overview

	Dry Cleaner	Professional Cleaner
Yearly salary	$31,375	$27,268
Hourly rate	$15.08	$13.11
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	35,676	119,875
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 44%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Dry cleaner vs professional cleaner salary

Dry cleaners and professional cleaners have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Dry Cleaner	Professional Cleaner
Average salary	$31,375	$27,268
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $40,000	Between $20,000 And $35,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Vacation
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between dry cleaner and professional cleaner education

There are a few differences between a dry cleaner and a professional cleaner in terms of educational background:

	Dry Cleaner	Professional Cleaner
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 44%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Dry cleaner vs professional cleaner demographics

Here are the differences between dry cleaners' and professional cleaners' demographics:

	Dry Cleaner	Professional Cleaner
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 39.0% Female, 61.0%	Male, 24.9% Female, 75.1%
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, 10.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 4.6% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between dry cleaner and professional cleaner 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.

Professional cleaner example responsibilities.

Supervise and train maids in their cleaning duties to ensure company standards of cleanliness are achieved.
Assist in cleaning restroom facilities including cleaning toilets, urinals, sinks, and mopping floors.
Execute commercial building following safety awareness to maintain cleanliness and neatness of working area and premises.
Sweep mop sanitize and disinfect surfaces dust buff floors clean restrooms basements clean out stoves and refrigerators etc

Dry cleaner vs professional cleaner skills

Common dry cleaner skills

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

Common professional cleaner skills

Building Floors, 25%
Clean Bathrooms, 16%
Clean Windows, 13%
Office Buildings, 9%
Light Fixtures, 6%
Commercial Cleaning, 4%

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