Garden worker vs lawn technician

The differences between garden workers and lawn technicians 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 technician. Additionally, a lawn technician has an average salary of $32,360, 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 technician are lawn care, mowing, and quality customer service.

Garden worker vs lawn technician overview

	Garden Worker	Lawn Technician
Yearly salary	$27,715	$32,360
Hourly rate	$13.32	$15.56
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	20,918	32,938
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 43%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Garden worker vs lawn technician salary

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

	Garden Worker	Lawn Technician
Average salary	$27,715	$32,360
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $25,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	Richmond, CA	Spokane, WA
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
Best paying company	New York Botanical Garden	Hulett Environmental Services
Best paying industry	Professional	Construction

Differences between garden worker and lawn technician education

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

	Garden Worker	Lawn Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 43%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Garden worker vs lawn technician demographics

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

	Garden Worker	Lawn Technician
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, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% Asian, 1.7% White, 61.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between garden worker and lawn technician 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 technician example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.
Perform lawn maintenance using various types of mowers, weed-eaters, blowers, and hedge trimmers.
Supervise crew responsible for mowing, aerating lawns, chemical applications, pest control, and monitoring plant growth and care.
Pull weeds prune plants and bushes, and create landscape designs.
lay sod, install sprinklers and remove old or out date equipment.

Garden worker vs lawn technician skills

Common garden worker skills

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

Common lawn technician skills

Lawn Care, 17%
Mowing, 16%
Quality Customer Service, 10%
Weed Control, 9%
Fertilize Lawns, 7%
Pest Control, 4%

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