Laundry worker vs sprinkler

The differences between laundry workers and sprinklers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a sprinkler has an average salary of $35,088, which is higher than the $27,204 average annual salary of a laundry worker.

The top three skills for a laundry worker include customer service, cleanliness and clean linen. The most important skills for a sprinkler are customer service, hand tools, and fire protection.

Laundry worker vs sprinkler overview

	Laundry Worker	Sprinkler
Yearly salary	$27,204	$35,088
Hourly rate	$13.08	$16.87
Growth rate	4%	2%
Number of jobs	25,513	1,280
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 49%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	-	-

Laundry worker vs sprinkler salary

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

	Laundry Worker	Sprinkler
Average salary	$27,204	$35,088
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $35,000	Between $28,000 And $43,000
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 sprinkler education

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

	Laundry Worker	Sprinkler
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 49%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Laundry worker vs sprinkler demographics

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

	Laundry Worker	Sprinkler
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 43.3% Female, 56.7%	Male, 79.1% Female, 20.9%
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, 9.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 24.9% Asian, 5.6% White, 54.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.7%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between laundry worker and sprinkler 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.

Sprinkler example responsibilities.

Manage and implement safety programs in the field including PPE and site specific safety awareness programs.
Certify backflow prevention tester for domestic fire sprinklers.
Install sprinklers, create landscape plans, do all facets of a small landscape business and yard care.
Work off of lifts, ladders, scaffolds to install piping to proper areas according to design and fire sprinkler code.
Manage and implement safety programs in the field including PPE and site specific safety awareness programs.

Laundry worker vs sprinkler skills

Common laundry worker skills

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

Common sprinkler skills

Customer Service, 35%
Hand Tools, 32%
Fire Protection, 14%
NFPA, 10%
Fire Pumps, 4%
OSHA, 2%