Linen room attendant vs housekeeper

The differences between linen room attendants and housekeepers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a housekeeper has an average salary of $29,306, which is higher than the $28,080 average annual salary of a linen room attendant.

The top three skills for a linen room attendant include clean linen, front desk and guest rooms. The most important skills for a housekeeper are customer service, cleanliness, and patients.

Linen room attendant vs housekeeper overview

	Linen Room Attendant	Housekeeper
Yearly salary	$28,080	$29,306
Hourly rate	$13.50	$14.09
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	62,488	111,501
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 53%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Linen room attendant vs housekeeper salary

Linen room attendants and housekeepers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Linen Room Attendant	Housekeeper
Average salary	$28,080	$29,306
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $36,000	Between $22,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	Issaquah, WA	Dallas, TX
Highest paying state	Washington	Alaska
Best paying company	The Walt Disney Company	McMenamins Pubs & Breweries
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Telecommunication

Differences between linen room attendant and housekeeper education

There are a few differences between a linen room attendant and a housekeeper in terms of educational background:

	Linen Room Attendant	Housekeeper
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Linen room attendant vs housekeeper demographics

Here are the differences between linen room attendants' and housekeepers' demographics:

	Linen Room Attendant	Housekeeper
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 54.3% Female, 45.7%	Male, 15.4% Female, 84.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% Asian, 5.8% White, 58.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between linen room attendant and housekeeper duties and responsibilities

Linen room attendant example responsibilities.

Manage a team in setting up, serving, and bartending private events.
Maintain cleanliness of the loading docks between incoming trucks.
Do paperwork and transport linen from washers to dryers.
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.

Housekeeper example responsibilities.

Train and manage several maids and achieve significant improvements in their productivity.
Demonstrate compassion and customer service to patients.
Remove smudges from vertical surfaces such as doors, door frames, light switches, partitions.
Used rags, vacuum, dusters, sponges, and scrapers.
Utilize good math skills while multitasking.
Like fixing there shoes, fixing the kids stuff animals.

Linen room attendant vs housekeeper skills

Common linen room attendant skills

Clean Linen, 17%
Front Desk, 15%
Guest Rooms, 14%
Linen Room, 14%
Cleanliness, 12%
Linen Carts, 6%

Common housekeeper skills

Customer Service, 25%
Cleanliness, 14%
Patients, 9%
Guest Rooms, 6%
Good Judgment, 4%
OSHA, 3%

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