Planter vs lawn care technician

The differences between planters 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 planter and a lawn care technician. Additionally, a planter has an average salary of $34,417, which is higher than the $32,439 average annual salary of a lawn care technician.

The top three skills for a planter include water plants, assembly line and community outreach. The most important skills for a lawn care technician are lawn care, customer service, and mowing.

Planter vs lawn care technician overview

	Planter	Lawn Care Technician
Yearly salary	$34,417	$32,439
Hourly rate	$16.55	$15.60
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	375	102,726
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	43	41
Years of experience	2	2

Planter vs lawn care technician salary

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

	Planter	Lawn Care Technician
Average salary	$34,417	$32,439
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $47,000	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 planter and lawn care technician education

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

	Planter	Lawn Care Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Theology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Planter vs lawn care technician demographics

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

	Planter	Lawn Care Technician
Average age	43	41
Gender ratio	Male, 51.4% Female, 48.6%	Male, 93.5% Female, 6.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	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	9%	3%

Differences between planter and lawn care technician duties and responsibilities

Planter example responsibilities.

Lead teens on spiritual retreat, provide classroom instruction at event, and execute youth prayer breakfast.
Design combination planters and monitor their progress.
Develop and participate in leadership workshops for new leaders and assist new leaders in assuming leadership responsibilities.
Founded, write and produce gospel group G.O.N.E.

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.

Planter vs lawn care technician skills

Common planter skills

Water Plants, 22%
Assembly Line, 17%
Community Outreach, 14%
Planters, 13%
Load Trucks, 12%
DIG, 8%

Common lawn care technician skills

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