Guest service attendant vs housekeeping cleaner

The differences between guest service attendants and housekeeping cleaners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a guest service attendant has an average salary of $27,051, which is higher than the $25,439 average annual salary of a housekeeping cleaner.

The top three skills for a guest service attendant include golf carts, cleanliness and customer service. The most important skills for a housekeeping cleaner are light fixtures, guest rooms, and cleanliness.

Guest service attendant vs housekeeping cleaner overview

	Guest Service Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Yearly salary	$27,051	$25,439
Hourly rate	$13.01	$12.23
Growth rate	-4%	4%
Number of jobs	72,078	101,232
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	High School Diploma, 55%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

What does a guest service attendant do?

The guest service attendant attends to the services of guests at the main door or lobby of an accommodation property. The attendant handles everything concerning guest arrival and departure and may even have to assist in valet parking. You are required to assist guests with their luggage and ensuring they have a pleasurable stay. In addition to that, you may be called upon to perform certain front desk duties and assist the housekeeping and security teams as well.

What does a housekeeping cleaner do?

A housekeeping cleaner is an individual who provides general cleaning services. Your tasks may vary but typically include vacuuming, dusting, mopping floors, and cleaning bathrooms, bedrooms, and kitchens. Other tasks that you will perform include changing towels and sheets, emptying bins and taking waste to disposal areas, and replenishing supplies such as toilet paper and soap. In addition, you will be responsible for cleaning windows, woodwork, and walls and lifting and moving lightweight equipment and objects. You will also be tasked to clean and maintain hallways.

Guest service attendant vs housekeeping cleaner salary

Guest service attendants and housekeeping cleaners have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Guest Service Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Average salary	$27,051	$25,439
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $34,000	Between $18,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	-	Dedham, MA
Highest paying state	-	Rhode Island
Best paying company	-	McCabe
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between guest service attendant and housekeeping cleaner education

There are a few differences between a guest service attendant and a housekeeping cleaner in terms of educational background:

	Guest Service Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	High School Diploma, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Guest service attendant vs housekeeping cleaner demographics

Here are the differences between guest service attendants' and housekeeping cleaners' demographics:

	Guest Service Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 38.3% Female, 61.7%	Male, 20.7% Female, 79.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% Asian, 5.6% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between guest service attendant and housekeeping cleaner duties and responsibilities

Guest service attendant example responsibilities.

Manage other GSA make sure that they are treating guests with up most respect and make them feel welcome.
Operate POS and process returns, exchanges, and defective items.
Train new hires: completely learning plans, tax forms, cashier basic POS training.
Maintain organization and cleanliness of department.
Follow safety and cleanliness requirements by company's standards
Train front staff, attaining increase productivity in booking appointments and troubleshooting appointment concerns.

Housekeeping cleaner example responsibilities.

Train and manage several maids and achieve significant improvements in their productivity.
Maintain high standards of cleanliness with bakery machinery/equipment to detail outside of machinery as well as deep clean inside machinery/equipment.
Run errands such as taking laundry to the cleaners and buying groceries.

Guest service attendant vs housekeeping cleaner skills

Common guest service attendant skills

Golf Carts, 14%
Cleanliness, 12%
Customer Service, 10%
Front Desk, 10%
Reservations, 7%
Excellent Guest, 7%

Common housekeeping cleaner skills

Light Fixtures, 19%
Guest Rooms, 17%
Cleanliness, 10%
Window Sills, 9%
Patient Rooms, 5%
Laundry Room, 5%

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