Garden supervisor vs turf manager

The differences between garden supervisors and turf managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a garden supervisor and a turf manager. Additionally, a garden supervisor has an average salary of $37,992, which is higher than the $29,494 average annual salary of a turf manager.

The top three skills for a garden supervisor include store management, sales plan and customer service. The most important skills for a turf manager are mowing, GRASS, and weed control.

Garden supervisor vs turf manager overview

	Garden Supervisor	Turf Manager
Yearly salary	$37,992	$29,494
Hourly rate	$18.27	$14.18
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	1,866	599
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 75%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	4	4

Garden supervisor vs turf manager salary

Garden supervisors and turf managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Garden Supervisor	Turf Manager
Average salary	$37,992	$29,494
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $55,000	Between $21,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between garden supervisor and turf manager education

There are a few differences between a garden supervisor and a turf manager in terms of educational background:

	Garden Supervisor	Turf Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 75%
Most common major	Business	Applied Horticulture
Most common college	Pennsylvania State University	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Garden supervisor vs turf manager demographics

Here are the differences between garden supervisors' and turf managers' demographics:

	Garden Supervisor	Turf Manager
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 65.7% Female, 34.3%	Male, 93.1% Female, 6.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.3% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% Asian, 1.3% White, 68.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 1.3% White, 68.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between garden supervisor and turf manager duties and responsibilities

Garden supervisor example responsibilities.

Participate in ordering of all nursery stock and managing inventory.
Administer performance management by diagnosing improvement opportunities, providing effective feedback, coaching, and corrective action plans.
Administer performance management by diagnosing improvement opportunities, providing effective feedback, coaching, and corrective action plans.

Turf manager example responsibilities.

Manage nursery and landscape surrounding campus center, leading maintenance and management projects.
Up sale services and products to maintain high quality turf grass and trees/shrubs in landscape beds.
Trust to operate large equipment such as commercial mowers, trucks, dump trucks and wood chippers.
Assist with landscape maintenance including mowing, pruning, planting, mulching, seeding, and weed management.
Execute facility turf management program including fertilization, aeration, herbicide application, watering and mowing.
Accept various temporary assignments for property maintenance, cleaning vacant apartments, & minor electrical, plumbing and mechanical repair

Garden supervisor vs turf manager skills

Common garden supervisor skills

Store Management, 46%
Sales Plan, 19%
Customer Service, 14%
Inventory Control, 5%
Landscape Maintenance, 3%
Greenhouse, 2%

Common turf manager skills

Mowing, 21%
GRASS, 18%
Weed Control, 16%
Lawn Care, 12%
Athletic Fields, 11%
NCAA, 6%

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