Laundry room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner

The differences between laundry room attendants and housekeeping cleaners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a laundry room attendant has an average salary of $26,828, which is higher than the $25,439 average annual salary of a housekeeping cleaner.

The top three skills for a laundry room attendant include cleanliness, laundry room and dryers. The most important skills for a housekeeping cleaner are light fixtures, guest rooms, and cleanliness.

Laundry room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner overview

	Laundry Room Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Yearly salary	$26,828	$25,439
Hourly rate	$12.90	$12.23
Growth rate	-	4%
Number of jobs	66,932	101,232
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 49%	High School Diploma, 55%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Laundry room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner salary

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

	Laundry Room Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Average salary	$26,828	$25,439
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $34,000	Between $18,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	-	Dedham, MA
Highest paying state	-	Rhode Island
Best paying company	-	McCabe
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between laundry room attendant and housekeeping cleaner education

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

	Laundry Room Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 49%	High School Diploma, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Laundry room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner demographics

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

	Laundry Room Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 29.1% Female, 70.9%	Male, 20.7% Female, 79.3%
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, 9.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between laundry room attendant and housekeeping cleaner 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.

Housekeeping cleaner example responsibilities.

Train and manage several maids and achieve significant improvements in their productivity.
Maintain high standards of cleanliness with bakery machinery/equipment to detail outside of machinery as well as deep clean inside machinery/equipment.
Run errands such as taking laundry to the cleaners and buying groceries.

Laundry room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner skills

Common laundry room attendant skills

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

Common housekeeping cleaner skills

Light Fixtures, 19%
Guest Rooms, 17%
Cleanliness, 10%
Window Sills, 9%
Patient Rooms, 5%
Laundry Room, 5%

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