Garden worker vs groundsman

The differences between garden workers and groundsmen can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a garden worker and a groundsman. Additionally, a groundsman has an average salary of $33,013, which is higher than the $27,715 average annual salary of a garden worker.

The top three skills for a garden worker include mowing, water plants and customer service. The most important skills for a groundsman are CDL, hand tools, and lawn care.

Garden worker vs groundsman overview

	Garden Worker	Groundsman
Yearly salary	$27,715	$33,013
Hourly rate	$13.32	$15.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	20,918	3,486
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 59%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Garden worker vs groundsman salary

Garden workers and groundsmen have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Garden Worker	Groundsman
Average salary	$27,715	$33,013
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $25,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	Richmond, CA	Billerica, MA
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	North Dakota
Best paying company	New York Botanical Garden	Nashua Country Club
Best paying industry	Professional	Manufacturing

Differences between garden worker and groundsman education

There are a few differences between a garden worker and a groundsman in terms of educational background:

	Garden Worker	Groundsman
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 59%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Garden worker vs groundsman demographics

Here are the differences between garden workers' and groundsmen' demographics:

	Garden Worker	Groundsman
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 56.6% Female, 43.4%	Male, 95.3% Female, 4.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 23.4% Asian, 1.5% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% Asian, 2.0% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between garden worker and groundsman duties and responsibilities

Garden worker example responsibilities.

Participate in ordering of all nursery stock and managing inventory.
Utilize gardening tools and machinery such rototiller, hoes, rakes, shovels, chainsaw, and loppers
Help trim, prune, weed, edge, and add mulch to the garden.
Maintain cemetery's and have to dig graves.
Maintain lawn: mowing, trimming, and weeding.
Provide care and upkeep of the campus lawn such as planting flowers and mowing

Groundsman example responsibilities.

Used hand saws and hand pruners as well as motorized saws to manage tree cuttings on the ground.
Use of gas and electric equipment to include mowers, edger's, weed eaters, blowers, hedgers, and saws
Certify adult cpr and first aid.
Locate underground utility lines with the use of electronic locators and shovels.
Use chipper to dispose of brush, use bobcat to load wood into trailer.
Range from running a chainsaw to roping a limb, to running the bobcat machine.

Garden worker vs groundsman skills

Common garden worker skills

Mowing, 34%
Water Plants, 17%
Customer Service, 15%
Mowers, 8%
Nursery, 6%
Pruners, 5%

Common groundsman skills

CDL, 16%
Hand Tools, 15%
Lawn Care, 9%
Blowers, 6%
Snow Removal, 5%
Mowing, 5%

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