Linen room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner

The differences between linen room attendants and housekeeping cleaners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a linen room attendant has an average salary of $28,080, which is higher than the $25,439 average annual salary of a housekeeping cleaner.

The top three skills for a linen room attendant include clean linen, front desk and guest rooms. The most important skills for a housekeeping cleaner are light fixtures, guest rooms, and cleanliness.

Linen room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner overview

	Linen Room Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Yearly salary	$28,080	$25,439
Hourly rate	$13.50	$12.23
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	62,488	101,232
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 55%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Linen room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner salary

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

	Linen Room Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Average salary	$28,080	$25,439
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $36,000	Between $18,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	Issaquah, WA	Dedham, MA
Highest paying state	Washington	Rhode Island
Best paying company	The Walt Disney Company	McCabe
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Health Care

Differences between linen room attendant and housekeeping cleaner education

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

	Linen Room Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Linen room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner demographics

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

	Linen Room Attendant	Housekeeping Cleaner
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 54.3% Female, 45.7%	Male, 20.7% Female, 79.3%
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, 9.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between linen room attendant and housekeeping cleaner 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.

Housekeeping cleaner example responsibilities.

Train and manage several maids and achieve significant improvements in their productivity.
Maintain high standards of cleanliness with bakery machinery/equipment to detail outside of machinery as well as deep clean inside machinery/equipment.
Run errands such as taking laundry to the cleaners and buying groceries.

Linen room attendant vs housekeeping cleaner skills

Common linen room attendant skills

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

Common housekeeping cleaner skills

Light Fixtures, 19%
Guest Rooms, 17%
Cleanliness, 10%
Window Sills, 9%
Patient Rooms, 5%
Laundry Room, 5%

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