Janitorial assistant vs floor staff

The differences between janitorial assistants and floor staff can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a floor staff has an average salary of $33,187, which is higher than the $28,949 average annual salary of a janitorial assistant.

The top three skills for a janitorial assistant include building floors, clean bathrooms and office furniture. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Janitorial assistant vs floor staff overview

	Janitorial Assistant	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$28,949	$33,187
Hourly rate	$13.92	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	32,844	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Janitorial assistant vs floor staff salary

Janitorial assistants and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Janitorial Assistant	Floor Staff
Average salary	$28,949	$33,187
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $36,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between janitorial assistant and floor staff education

There are a few differences between a janitorial assistant and a floor staff in terms of educational background:

	Janitorial Assistant	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Janitorial assistant vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between janitorial assistants' and floor staff' demographics:

	Janitorial Assistant	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 63.9% Female, 36.1%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8% Asian, 4.8% White, 58.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between janitorial assistant and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Janitorial assistant example responsibilities.

Assist with light building repairs, maintain building cleanliness, strip and wax floors, order and manage supplies.
Operate power equipment such as wet and dry vacuums, buffers, polishers, and auto scrubbers.
Perform emergencies work requests, schedule and unschedule maintenance program, emergencies and coordinate special projects as directed.
Create automated daily stats report that reduce inaccuracies and provide management with an important decision-making tool.

Floor staff example responsibilities.

Manage top prize payouts, involving large amounts of funds being transfer across the gaming floor.
Establish good time management and customer service skills, specifically in organization and cleanliness.
Operate high speed and low speed buffers, walk behind buffers and scrubbers, ride-on scrubbers, and square dry scrubbers.
Operate Scrubbers/buffers/high speed buffers/carpet extractors.
Perform routine maintenance on automatic scrubbers and propane buffers.
Maintain cleanliness and organization of work environment while also resolving conflicts between customers.

Janitorial assistant vs floor staff skills

Common janitorial assistant skills

Building Floors, 31%
Clean Bathrooms, 10%
Office Furniture, 7%
Restroom Facilities, 4%
Glass Partitions, 4%
Soapy Water, 4%

Common floor staff skills

POS, 18%
Phone Calls, 18%
Cleanliness, 16%
Math, 13%
Emergency Situations, 13%
Crowd Control, 9%

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