Laundry clerk vs mater

The differences between laundry clerks and maters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a mater has an average salary of $51,174, which is higher than the $27,278 average annual salary of a laundry clerk.

Laundry clerk vs mater overview

	Laundry Clerk	Mater
Yearly salary	$27,278	$51,174
Hourly rate	$13.11	$24.60
Growth rate	-	4%
Number of jobs	72,746	449
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	-	-

Laundry clerk vs mater salary

Laundry clerks and maters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Laundry Clerk	Mater
Average salary	$27,278	$51,174
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $36,000	Between $25,000 And $100,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between laundry clerk and mater education

There are a few differences between a laundry clerk and a mater in terms of educational background:

	Laundry Clerk	Mater
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Criminal Justice	Automotive Technology
Most common college	-	-

Laundry clerk vs mater demographics

Here are the differences between laundry clerks' and maters' demographics:

	Laundry Clerk	Mater
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 41.3% Female, 58.7%	Male, 70.3% Female, 29.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% Asian, 7.0% White, 57.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 21.9% Asian, 8.8% White, 52.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.8%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between laundry clerk and mater duties and responsibilities

Laundry clerk example responsibilities.

Remove items from washers and dryers, direct other workers to do so.
Sort and count articles remove from dryers and fold, wrapped, or hang them.
Communicate with residents on a daily basis and build relationships and foster caring and compassion in day-to-day tasks
Sort, organize, clean, fold, train, and run machines

Mater example responsibilities.

Manage marketing initiatives for all CME and CPE conferences which include e-mail deployments and content design for all marketing collateral.
Create PowerPoint slides, exams, handouts and invite guest speakers to assist new members with meeting the learning objectives.
Install sprinklers, create landscape plans, do all facets of a small landscape business and yard care.

Laundry clerk vs mater skills

Common laundry clerk skills

Fold Laundry, 28%
Laundry Room, 21%
Dryers, 21%
Guest Rooms, 15%
Machine Processes, 6%
Extractors, 5%

Common mater skills

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Updated January 8, 2025

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