Hedge trimmer vs lawn care worker

The differences between hedge trimmers and lawn care workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a hedge trimmer and a lawn care worker. Additionally, a lawn care worker has an average salary of $29,667, which is higher than the $26,637 average annual salary of a hedge trimmer.

The top three skills for a hedge trimmer include leaf blower, GRASS and mowing. The most important skills for a lawn care worker are GRASS, mowing, and water lawns.

Hedge trimmer vs lawn care worker overview

	Hedge Trimmer	Lawn Care Worker
Yearly salary	$26,637	$29,667
Hourly rate	$12.81	$14.26
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	4,354	88,268
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 41%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Hedge trimmer vs lawn care worker salary

Hedge trimmers and lawn care workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Hedge Trimmer	Lawn Care Worker
Average salary	$26,637	$29,667
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $34,000	Between $23,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Fargo, ND
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Lawn Doctor
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between hedge trimmer and lawn care worker education

There are a few differences between a hedge trimmer and a lawn care worker in terms of educational background:

	Hedge Trimmer	Lawn Care Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Hedge trimmer vs lawn care worker demographics

Here are the differences between hedge trimmers' and lawn care workers' demographics:

	Hedge Trimmer	Lawn Care Worker
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 91.2% Female, 8.8%	Male, 77.5% Female, 22.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 30.2% Asian, 1.5% White, 55.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% Asian, 1.5% White, 63.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between hedge trimmer and lawn care worker duties and responsibilities

Hedge trimmer example responsibilities.

Collaborate with other workers at different stations to make quality embroidery
Maintain serviceability and cleanliness of all work relate equipment.

Lawn care worker example responsibilities.

Accomplish mowing lawns and all job relate requests given by managers precisely and accurately.
Winter property care equipment include snow blowers, shoveling, and salting.
Provide services such as mowing grass, seed lawns, applying fertilizer and pest control, and trimming hedges and trees.
Mow neighbor's lawns, trim lawn edge, clean driveway and sidewalk from cut grass, and bag cut grass.
Help to trim shrubs and prune dead branches.
Used snow shovels to clear sidewalks and small parking lots.

Hedge trimmer vs lawn care worker skills

Common hedge trimmer skills

Leaf Blower, 28%
GRASS, 26%
Mowing, 21%
Blowers, 16%
Rakes, 10%

Common lawn care worker skills

GRASS, 17%
Mowing, 16%
Water Lawns, 10%
Lawn Care, 9%
CPR, 6%
Program Rules, 5%

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