Horticultural worker vs lawn care worker

The differences between horticultural workers 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 horticultural worker and a lawn care worker. Additionally, a lawn care worker has an average salary of $29,667, which is higher than the $27,124 average annual salary of a horticultural worker.

The top three skills for a horticultural worker include mowing, GRASS and prune. The most important skills for a lawn care worker are GRASS, mowing, and water lawns.

Horticultural worker vs lawn care worker overview

	Horticultural Worker	Lawn Care Worker
Yearly salary	$27,124	$29,667
Hourly rate	$13.04	$14.26
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	20,323	88,268
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 35%	High School Diploma, 41%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Horticultural worker vs lawn care worker salary

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

	Horticultural Worker	Lawn Care Worker
Average salary	$27,124	$29,667
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $34,000	Between $23,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	Amherst, NY	Fargo, ND
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	Alaska
Best paying company	Floratech	Lawn Doctor
Best paying industry	Health Care	Health Care

Differences between horticultural worker and lawn care worker education

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

	Horticultural Worker	Lawn Care Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 35%	High School Diploma, 41%
Most common major	Plant Sciences	Business
Most common college	-	-

Horticultural worker vs lawn care worker demographics

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

	Horticultural Worker	Lawn Care Worker
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 57.1% Female, 42.9%	Male, 77.5% Female, 22.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% Asian, 2.1% White, 62.2% 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 horticultural worker and lawn care worker duties and responsibilities

Horticultural worker example responsibilities.

Used spade, trowels, rakes, sprayers and hedge trimmers for gardening.
Operate leaf blowers, hedge trimmers, weed whackers and mow lawns to maintain gardens and beautify parks.
Remove and mow weeds or grass.
Operate powered equipment such as mowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, edger's.
Maintain a sanitary environment by following company procedures such as raking grass and garbage removal.
Operate power lawnmowers, handsaws, pruners, etc.

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.

Horticultural worker vs lawn care worker skills

Common horticultural worker skills

Mowing, 23%
GRASS, 14%
Prune, 10%
Hand Saws, 7%
Plant Identification, 7%
Flower Beds, 7%

Common lawn care worker skills

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

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