Mower vs lawn care worker

The differences between mowers and lawn care workers 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 worker. Additionally, a mower has an average salary of $30,494, which is higher than the $29,667 average annual salary of a lawn care worker.

The top three skills for a mower include mowing, GRASS and mowers. The most important skills for a lawn care worker are GRASS, mowing, and water lawns.

Mower vs lawn care worker overview

	Mower	Lawn Care Worker
Yearly salary	$30,494	$29,667
Hourly rate	$14.66	$14.26
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	3,098	88,268
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 41%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Mower vs lawn care worker salary

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

	Mower	Lawn Care Worker
Average salary	$30,494	$29,667
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $40,000	Between $23,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Fargo, ND
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Lawn Doctor
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between mower and lawn care worker education

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

	Mower	Lawn Care Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Mower vs lawn care worker demographics

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

	Mower	Lawn Care Worker
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 90.3% Female, 9.7%	Male, 77.5% Female, 22.5%
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, 11.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% Asian, 1.5% White, 63.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between mower and lawn care worker 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 worker example responsibilities.

Accomplish mowing lawns and all job relate requests given by managers precisely and accurately.
Winter property care equipment include snow blowers, shoveling, and salting.
Provide services such as mowing grass, seed lawns, applying fertilizer and pest control, and trimming hedges and trees.
Mow neighbor's lawns, trim lawn edge, clean driveway and sidewalk from cut grass, and bag cut grass.
Help to trim shrubs and prune dead branches.
Used snow shovels to clear sidewalks and small parking lots.

Mower vs lawn care worker skills

Common mower skills

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

Common lawn care worker skills

GRASS, 17%
Mowing, 16%
Water Lawns, 10%
Lawn Care, 9%
CPR, 6%
Program Rules, 5%

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