Kitchen cleaner vs floor staff

The differences between kitchen cleaners 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 $29,748 average annual salary of a kitchen cleaner.

The top three skills for a kitchen cleaner include dishes, cleanliness and exhaust fans. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Kitchen cleaner vs floor staff overview

	Kitchen Cleaner	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$29,748	$33,187
Hourly rate	$14.30	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	51,694	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Kitchen cleaner vs floor staff salary

Kitchen cleaners and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Kitchen Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average salary	$29,748	$33,187
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $37,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between kitchen cleaner and floor staff education

There are a few differences between a kitchen cleaner and a floor staff in terms of educational background:

	Kitchen Cleaner	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Kitchen cleaner vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between kitchen cleaners' and floor staff' demographics:

	Kitchen Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 74.8% Female, 25.2%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 25.1% Asian, 5.3% White, 50.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.7%	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 kitchen cleaner and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Kitchen cleaner example responsibilities.

Operate a POS system and manage cash and credit card sales.
Clean all kitchen areas, stoves, ovens, refrigerators, cookers, counter tops, cans and mats.
Maintain cleanliness of all food services areas and equipment.
Operate trash compactor and dishwasher, clean, wash and store pots, pans and dishes.
Clean multiple commercial building using industrialize buffers, scrubbers and/or vacuum equipment.
Operate trash compactor and dishwasher.

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.

Kitchen cleaner vs floor staff skills

Common kitchen cleaner skills

Dishes, 32%
Cleanliness, 26%
Exhaust Fans, 18%
Clean Kitchen, 5%
Food Service, 4%
Kitchen Surfaces, 3%

Common floor staff skills

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

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