Floor staff vs carpet technician

The differences between floor staff and carpet technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a carpet technician has an average salary of $34,680, which is higher than the $33,187 average annual salary of a floor staff.

The top three skills for a floor staff include POS, phone calls and cleanliness. The most important skills for a carpet technician are upholstery, customer service, and clean carpets.

Floor staff vs carpet technician overview

	Floor Staff	Carpet Technician
Yearly salary	$33,187	$34,680
Hourly rate	$15.96	$16.67
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	84,351	29,172
Job satisfaction	3	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	High School Diploma, 54%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Floor staff vs carpet technician salary

Floor staff and carpet technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Floor Staff	Carpet Technician
Average salary	$33,187	$34,680
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $50,000	Between $27,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between floor staff and carpet technician education

There are a few differences between a floor staff and a carpet technician in terms of educational background:

	Floor Staff	Carpet Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	High School Diploma, 54%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Floor staff vs carpet technician demographics

Here are the differences between floor staff' and carpet technicians' demographics:

	Floor Staff	Carpet Technician
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%	Male, 95.6% Female, 4.4%
Race ratio	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%	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 21.5% Asian, 4.6% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between floor staff and carpet technician duties and responsibilities

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.

Carpet technician example responsibilities.

Set dehumidifiers, fans, air purifiers, and other equipment at the work site, ensuring proper setup and removal.
Compose written reports of data collect from patient evaluation and present to department chief for thorough analysis of patient diagnosis.
Maintain EKG procedure room, including detail management of computerize patient check-in system.

Floor staff vs carpet technician skills

Common floor staff skills

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

Common carpet technician skills

Upholstery, 24%
Customer Service, 23%
Clean Carpets, 18%
Carpet Care, 6%
Air Ducts, 6%
Safety Policies, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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