Lead janitor vs floor staff

The differences between lead janitors and floor staff can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a floor staff has an average salary of $33,187, which is higher than the $30,888 average annual salary of a lead janitor.

The top three skills for a lead janitor include commercial cleaning, cleanliness and routine maintenance. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Lead janitor vs floor staff overview

	Lead Janitor	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$30,888	$33,187
Hourly rate	$14.85	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	17,818	84,351
Job satisfaction	5	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Lead janitor vs floor staff salary

Lead janitors and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Lead Janitor	Floor Staff
Average salary	$30,888	$33,187
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $42,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	Wegmans Food Markets	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between lead janitor and floor staff education

There are a few differences between a lead janitor and a floor staff in terms of educational background:

	Lead Janitor	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Lead janitor vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between lead janitors' and floor staff' demographics:

	Lead Janitor	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 66.4% Female, 33.6%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 21.3% Asian, 5.1% White, 57.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between lead janitor and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Lead janitor example responsibilities.

Clean restrooms, clean mirrors and sinks, wash toilets and urinals.
Complete payroll hours for fellow employees.
Used numerous cleaning supplies and machines, including floor scrubbers
Maintain cleanliness and sanitation in to ensure the safety of staff and students.
Record and submit payroll, bookkeeping and financial audits of payroll and invoices.
Maintain floors, stripping, waxing and buffing with automatic scrubbers at various locations.

Floor staff example responsibilities.

Manage top prize payouts, involving large amounts of funds being transfer across the gaming floor.
Establish good time management and customer service skills, specifically in organization and cleanliness.
Operate high speed and low speed buffers, walk behind buffers and scrubbers, ride-on scrubbers, and square dry scrubbers.
Operate Scrubbers/buffers/high speed buffers/carpet extractors.
Perform routine maintenance on automatic scrubbers and propane buffers.
Maintain cleanliness and organization of work environment while also resolving conflicts between customers.

Lead janitor vs floor staff skills

Common lead janitor skills

Commercial Cleaning, 24%
Cleanliness, 9%
Routine Maintenance, 9%
Glass Partitions, 7%
Ladders, 7%
OSHA, 7%

Common floor staff skills

POS, 18%
Phone Calls, 18%
Cleanliness, 16%
Math, 13%
Emergency Situations, 13%
Crowd Control, 9%

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