Housekeeping laundry worker vs attendant

The differences between housekeeping laundry workers and attendants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a housekeeping laundry worker has an average salary of $29,014, which is higher than the $27,453 average annual salary of an attendant.

The top three skills for a housekeeping laundry worker include polish furniture, dryers and laundry room. The most important skills for an attendant are cleanliness, customer service, and home health.

Housekeeping laundry worker vs attendant overview

	Housekeeping Laundry Worker	Attendant
Yearly salary	$29,014	$27,453
Hourly rate	$13.95	$13.20
Growth rate	-	4%
Number of jobs	60,101	52,299
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Housekeeping laundry worker vs attendant salary

Housekeeping laundry workers and attendants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Housekeeping Laundry Worker	Attendant
Average salary	$29,014	$27,453
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $37,000	Between $20,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Barnard College
Best paying industry	-	Hospitality

Differences between housekeeping laundry worker and attendant education

There are a few differences between a housekeeping laundry worker and an attendant in terms of educational background:

	Housekeeping Laundry Worker	Attendant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Housekeeping laundry worker vs attendant demographics

Here are the differences between housekeeping laundry workers' and attendants' demographics:

	Housekeeping Laundry Worker	Attendant
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 24.9% Female, 75.1%	Male, 48.6% Female, 51.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 18.8% Asian, 5.4% White, 60.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.2% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between housekeeping laundry worker and attendant duties and responsibilities

Housekeeping laundry worker example responsibilities.

Maintain cleanliness provide excellent communication skills maintain clean lobby safe and clean work environment
Run errands such as taking laundry to the cleaners and buying groceries.

Attendant example responsibilities.

Manage events, help guests with outside reservations.
Manage VIP's with personal requirements and assist in their room set up and hospitality experience.
Manage top prize payouts, involving large amounts of funds being transfer across the gaming floor.
Operate POS cash register to manage cash, credit, and debit card transactions for sell items.
Host activities (bingo, casino night, kids club, etc . )
Supervise and entertain children, clean toys and maintain a healthy and clean environment and become CPR certify.

Housekeeping laundry worker vs attendant skills

Common housekeeping laundry worker skills

Polish Furniture, 22%
Dryers, 13%
Laundry Room, 10%
Machine Processes, 9%
Patient Rooms, 8%
Polish Floors, 7%

Common attendant skills

Cleanliness, 13%
Customer Service, 7%
Home Health, 7%
Patients, 6%
Safety Procedures, 6%
Emergency Situations, 6%

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