Garden worker vs keeper

The differences between garden workers and keepers 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 keeper. Additionally, a keeper has an average salary of $33,606, 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 keeper are guest rooms, animal husbandry, and purchase orders.

Garden worker vs keeper overview

	Garden Worker	Keeper
Yearly salary	$27,715	$33,606
Hourly rate	$13.32	$16.16
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	20,918	3,285
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Garden worker vs keeper salary

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

	Garden Worker	Keeper
Average salary	$27,715	$33,606
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $23,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	Richmond, CA	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	Hawaii
Best paying company	New York Botanical Garden	The Boston Beer Company
Best paying industry	Professional	Manufacturing

Differences between garden worker and keeper education

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

	Garden Worker	Keeper
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Business	Biology
Most common college	-	-

Garden worker vs keeper demographics

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

	Garden Worker	Keeper
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 56.6% Female, 43.4%	Male, 47.8% Female, 52.2%
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, 10.7% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 24.8% Asian, 2.0% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.7%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between garden worker and keeper 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

Keeper example responsibilities.

Record statistics of players and run the game clock.
Work with both African and Asian species of elephants.
Participate in USDA and AZA inspections and make corrections as needed.
Wash and sanitize dirty dishes by hand and by using a dishwasher
Assist in lab coat department administering lab coats and scrub sets to hospital personnel.
Assist with the maintenance of vary size lawns mowing, seeding, weeding, and trimming lawns.

Garden worker vs keeper skills

Common garden worker skills

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

Common keeper skills

Guest Rooms, 30%
Animal Husbandry, 11%
Purchase Orders, 10%
Computer System, 5%
Inventory Control, 4%
Customer Orders, 3%

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