Laundry room attendant vs maid

The differences between laundry room attendants and maids 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 $26,400 average annual salary of a maid.

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

Laundry room attendant vs maid overview

	Laundry Room Attendant	Maid
Yearly salary	$26,828	$26,400
Hourly rate	$12.90	$12.69
Growth rate	-	4%
Number of jobs	66,932	20,631
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 49%	High School Diploma, 46%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Laundry room attendant vs maid salary

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

	Laundry Room Attendant	Maid
Average salary	$26,828	$26,400
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $34,000	Between $20,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	MaidPro
Best paying industry	-	Construction

Differences between laundry room attendant and maid education

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

	Laundry Room Attendant	Maid
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 49%	High School Diploma, 46%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Laundry room attendant vs maid demographics

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

	Laundry Room Attendant	Maid
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 29.1% Female, 70.9%	Male, 15.2% Female, 84.8%
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, 19.1% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between laundry room attendant and maid 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.

Maid example responsibilities.

Supervise and train maids in their cleaning duties to ensure company standards of cleanliness are achieved.
Maintain high standards of cleanliness with bakery machinery/equipment to detail outside of machinery as well as deep clean inside machinery/equipment.
Do paperwork and sort soil towels and sponges at end of shift.
Perform quality assuranceensure sanitized work environment using germicides or steam-operate sterilizers.Observe precautions require to protect equipment

Laundry room attendant vs maid skills

Common laundry room attendant skills

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

Common maid skills

Taking Care, 57%
Laundry Room, 7%
Customer Service, 7%
Bed Sheets, 5%
Clean Rooms, 4%
Customers Homes, 3%

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