Laundry worker vs mater

The differences between laundry workers 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 $27,204 average annual salary of a laundry worker.

Laundry worker vs mater overview

	Laundry Worker	Mater
Yearly salary	$27,204	$51,174
Hourly rate	$13.08	$24.60
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	25,513	449
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	-	-

Laundry worker vs mater salary

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

	Laundry Worker	Mater
Average salary	$27,204	$51,174
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $35,000	Between $25,000 And $100,000
Highest paying City	Los Angeles, CA	-
Highest paying state	North Dakota	-
Best paying company	Messiah College	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between laundry worker and mater education

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

	Laundry Worker	Mater
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Business	Automotive Technology
Most common college	-	-

Laundry worker vs mater demographics

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

	Laundry Worker	Mater
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 43.3% Female, 56.7%	Male, 70.3% Female, 29.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 6.5% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	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 worker and mater duties and responsibilities

Laundry worker example responsibilities.

Work with children with Adhd, bipolar and autism.
Comply with EPA and OSHA regulations and other safety policies of the hospital.
Receive new shipments, sort, and clean laundry using OSHA requirements on a daily basis.
Start washers, dry cleaners, driers, extractors, and turn valves and levers to regulate machine.
Sort and count articles remove from dryers, and fold, wrapped, hang, iron or press items.
Sort dirty clothes and linens, work with industrial washers and dryers, pack carts, do weekly inventory of linens.

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 worker vs mater skills

Common laundry worker skills

Customer Service, 33%
Cleanliness, 29%
Clean Linen, 19%
Dryers, 15%
Patients, 1%
OSHA, 1%

Common mater skills

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Updated January 8, 2025

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