Mower vs lawn care technician

The differences between mowers and lawn care technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a mower and a lawn care technician. Additionally, a lawn care technician has an average salary of $32,439, which is higher than the $30,494 average annual salary of a mower.

The top three skills for a mower include mowing, GRASS and mowers. The most important skills for a lawn care technician are lawn care, customer service, and mowing.

Mower vs lawn care technician overview

	Mower	Lawn Care Technician
Yearly salary	$30,494	$32,439
Hourly rate	$14.66	$15.60
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	3,098	102,726
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Mower vs lawn care technician salary

Mowers and lawn care technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mower	Lawn Care Technician
Average salary	$30,494	$32,439
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $40,000	Between $25,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	Billings, MT
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Four Seasons
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between mower and lawn care technician education

There are a few differences between a mower and a lawn care technician in terms of educational background:

	Mower	Lawn Care Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Mower vs lawn care technician demographics

Here are the differences between mowers' and lawn care technicians' demographics:

	Mower	Lawn Care Technician
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 90.3% Female, 9.7%	Male, 93.5% Female, 6.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 1.6% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 1.8% White, 63.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between mower and lawn care technician duties and responsibilities

Mower example responsibilities.

Coordinate youth soccer skills challenge, mow lawns, run errands, manage own schedule
Maintain, operate, and manage a riding lawn-mower to ensure that it run to the best of itscapabilities.
Manage hardscape installation team and project
Used hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws as well as hedge and brush trimmers.
Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, see, hedge or bush trimmers.
Perform all lawn care tasks, including mowing, push mowing, weed-eating, edging, and picking flower beds.

Lawn care technician example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Used various types of lawn equipment lawn mower, edger, leaf blower, chippers/shredder, aerators, rakes and shovels.
Utilize hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge, brush trimmers and axes.
Weed eating, edge, tree trimming and chipping, and cut grass on walk behind and ride on mowers.
Used hand and power tools, mowers, weed eaters, blowers, edgers, and administer chemicals to control weeds.
Dog trenches or holes using shovels, picks, hands or trench tools, plant trees flowers and lawns.

Mower vs lawn care technician skills

Common mower skills

Mowing, 41%
GRASS, 24%
Mowers, 7%
Zero-Turn, 5%
Lawn Care, 2%
Sidewalks, 2%

Common lawn care technician skills

Lawn Care, 30%
Customer Service, 19%
Mowing, 8%
GRASS, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Weed Control, 6%

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