Planter vs lawn care worker

The differences between planters 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 planter and a lawn care worker. Additionally, a planter has an average salary of $34,417, which is higher than the $29,667 average annual salary of a lawn care worker.

The top three skills for a planter include water plants, assembly line and community outreach. The most important skills for a lawn care worker are GRASS, mowing, and water lawns.

Planter vs lawn care worker overview

	Planter	Lawn Care Worker
Yearly salary	$34,417	$29,667
Hourly rate	$16.55	$14.26
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	375	88,268
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 41%
Average age	43	41
Years of experience	2	2

Planter vs lawn care worker salary

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

	Planter	Lawn Care Worker
Average salary	$34,417	$29,667
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $47,000	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 planter and lawn care worker education

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

	Planter	Lawn Care Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 41%
Most common major	Theology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Planter vs lawn care worker demographics

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

	Planter	Lawn Care Worker
Average age	43	41
Gender ratio	Male, 51.4% Female, 48.6%	Male, 77.5% Female, 22.5%
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, 11.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% Asian, 1.5% White, 63.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	3%

Differences between planter and lawn care worker 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 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.

Planter vs lawn care worker skills

Common planter skills

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

Common lawn care worker skills

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