Groom vs milker

The differences between grooms and milkers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a groom has an average salary of $30,872, which is higher than the $30,339 average annual salary of a milker.

The top three skills for a groom include PET, clipping and animal handling. The most important skills for a milker are milking, dairy farm, and calf.

Groom vs milker overview

	Groom	Milker
Yearly salary	$30,872	$30,339
Hourly rate	$14.84	$14.59
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	9,302	281
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Groom vs milker salary

Grooms and milkers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Groom	Milker
Average salary	$30,872	$30,339
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $43,000	Between $13,000 And $66,000
Highest paying City	Natick, MA	Philadelphia, PA
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Vermont
Best paying company	Dartmouth	University of Wisconsin System
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between groom and milker education

There are a few differences between a groom and a milker in terms of educational background:

	Groom	Milker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Animal Science
Most common college	-	-

Groom vs milker demographics

Here are the differences between grooms' and milkers' demographics:

	Groom	Milker
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 19.3% Female, 80.7%	Male, 58.7% Female, 41.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 25.7% Asian, 1.8% White, 63.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 23.3% Asian, 1.8% White, 66.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between groom and milker duties and responsibilities

Groom example responsibilities.

Manage all breeding, whelping, raising of puppies, grooming and showing of dogs for owners in the AKC.
Provide excellent customer service and interact with pet parents.
Perform all grooming procedures including bath, brush, clips, and shave downs.
Toe nail clips, ear cleanings, and also extensive de sheds and mat removal.
Perform animal grooming such as washing, brushing, trimming coats, cutting nails, and cleaning ears.
Answer calls, make grooming appointments, wash and dry dogs, trim/ grind nails, brush coats appropriately

Milker example responsibilities.

Milk cows, treat sick cows, clean stalls/barns, tend calves, and assist with calf births.
Perform tasks such as feeding, medicating, washing, breeding, farrowing, and processing the pigs.
Power wash the milk room when finish milking, shovele the barns, and fed the calves and cows.
Assist farrowing sows through birth, sort pigs by size and by the amount of pigs she can nurse.
Implement vaccination and calf identification program.
Execute proper milking techniques and management practices every milking session.

Groom vs milker skills

Common groom skills

PET, 71%
Clipping, 11%
Animal Handling, 4%
Pet Care, 3%
Compassion, 3%
Customer Satisfaction, 3%

Common milker skills

Milking, 61%
Dairy Farm, 12%
Calf, 6%
Milk Cows, 3%
Goats, 3%
Skid Loader, 3%