Laundry room attendant vs housekeeper

The differences between laundry room attendants and housekeepers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a housekeeper has an average salary of $29,306, which is higher than the $26,828 average annual salary of a laundry room attendant.

The top three skills for a laundry room attendant include cleanliness, laundry room and dryers. The most important skills for a housekeeper are customer service, cleanliness, and patients.

Laundry room attendant vs housekeeper overview

	Laundry Room Attendant	Housekeeper
Yearly salary	$26,828	$29,306
Hourly rate	$12.90	$14.09
Growth rate	-	4%
Number of jobs	66,932	111,501
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 49%	High School Diploma, 53%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Laundry room attendant vs housekeeper salary

Laundry room attendants and housekeepers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Laundry Room Attendant	Housekeeper
Average salary	$26,828	$29,306
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $34,000	Between $22,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Dallas, TX
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	McMenamins Pubs & Breweries
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between laundry room attendant and housekeeper education

There are a few differences between a laundry room attendant and a housekeeper in terms of educational background:

	Laundry Room Attendant	Housekeeper
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 49%	High School Diploma, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Laundry room attendant vs housekeeper demographics

Here are the differences between laundry room attendants' and housekeepers' demographics:

	Laundry Room Attendant	Housekeeper
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 29.1% Female, 70.9%	Male, 15.4% Female, 84.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 5.8% White, 58.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between laundry room attendant and housekeeper duties and responsibilities

Laundry room attendant example responsibilities.

Operate POS cash register to manage cash, credit, and debit card transactions for sell items.
Maintain residents personal clothing cleanliness when task.
Utilize proper sanitizing techniques and operate industrial size washer and dryers.
Operate washers and dryers according to recommend capacity and other manufactures guidelines.
Keep records on individual pet, including daily observations and information activities perform, meals sever, and medication administer.
Handle industrial type of cleaning agents and work with carpet shampoo machine, vacuums, dusters, etc.

Housekeeper example responsibilities.

Train and manage several maids and achieve significant improvements in their productivity.
Demonstrate compassion and customer service to patients.
Remove smudges from vertical surfaces such as doors, door frames, light switches, partitions.
Used rags, vacuum, dusters, sponges, and scrapers.
Utilize good math skills while multitasking.
Like fixing there shoes, fixing the kids stuff animals.

Laundry room attendant vs housekeeper skills

Common laundry room attendant skills

Cleanliness, 20%
Laundry Room, 15%
Dryers, 12%
Washing Machines, 10%
Front Desk, 7%
Guest Service, 5%

Common housekeeper skills

Customer Service, 25%
Cleanliness, 14%
Patients, 9%
Guest Rooms, 6%
Good Judgment, 4%
OSHA, 3%

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