Duct cleaner vs floor staff

The differences between duct 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 $31,620 average annual salary of a duct cleaner.

The top three skills for a duct cleaner include duct systems, HVAC and air ducts. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Duct cleaner vs floor staff overview

	Duct Cleaner	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$31,620	$33,187
Hourly rate	$15.20	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	35,485	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Duct cleaner vs floor staff salary

Duct cleaners and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Duct Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average salary	$31,620	$33,187
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $41,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between duct cleaner and floor staff education

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

	Duct Cleaner	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Heating And Air Conditioning	Business
Most common college	-	-

Duct cleaner vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between duct cleaners' and floor staff' demographics:

	Duct Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 97.2% Female, 2.8%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 23.2% Asian, 4.9% White, 56.3% 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 duct cleaner and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Duct cleaner example responsibilities.

Clean HVAC systems and duct work in residential homes as well as commercial buildings.
Work within the guidelines set forth by Amtrak, OSHA, and the environmental management system.
Maintain cleanliness of Amtrak's passenger trains.
Use blue signal protection and knowledge of FRA to work safely.
Assist techs with maintenance of equipment used in daily production of Nissan products.
Clean ducts and HVAC systems, as well as carpet and post construction clean up.

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.

Duct cleaner vs floor staff skills

Common duct cleaner skills

Duct Systems, 32%
HVAC, 28%
Air Ducts, 21%
Customer Service, 11%
Commercial Buildings, 3%
Residential Homes, 2%

Common floor staff skills

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

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