Garden worker vs lawn specialist

The differences between garden workers and lawn specialists 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 lawn specialist. Additionally, a lawn specialist has an average salary of $32,423, 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 lawn specialist are lawn care, production reports, and safety procedures.

Garden worker vs lawn specialist overview

	Garden Worker	Lawn Specialist
Yearly salary	$27,715	$32,423
Hourly rate	$13.32	$15.59
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	20,918	6,759
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Garden worker vs lawn specialist salary

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

	Garden Worker	Lawn Specialist
Average salary	$27,715	$32,423
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $25,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	Richmond, CA	-
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	-
Best paying company	New York Botanical Garden	-
Best paying industry	Professional	-

Differences between garden worker and lawn specialist education

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

	Garden Worker	Lawn Specialist
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Garden worker vs lawn specialist demographics

Here are the differences between garden workers' and lawn specialists' demographics:

	Garden Worker	Lawn Specialist
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 56.6% Female, 43.4%	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%
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, 11.3% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 1.8% White, 63.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between garden worker and lawn specialist 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

Lawn specialist example responsibilities.

Manage clients and run all landscape operations including groundskeeping, seasonal cleaning, and pressure washing
Operate vehicles and power equipment such as mowers, snow blowers, electric clippers and sod cutters.
Operate mowers, snow blowers, chain saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws.
Dot medical card...treat lawns with fertilizer .. shrubs and weed control
Maintain assign vehicle and equipment through cleanliness, safety, and general maintenance.
Remove of snow and ice from sidewalks using snow blowers, shovels and salt.

Garden worker vs lawn specialist skills

Common garden worker skills

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

Common lawn specialist skills

Lawn Care, 20%
Production Reports, 16%
Safety Procedures, 12%
DOT, 11%
Cleanliness, 9%
General Maintenance, 9%

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