Planter vs lawn maintenance worker

The differences between planters and lawn maintenance 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 maintenance worker. Additionally, a planter has an average salary of $34,417, which is higher than the $29,351 average annual salary of a lawn maintenance worker.

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

Planter vs lawn maintenance worker overview

	Planter	Lawn Maintenance Worker
Yearly salary	$34,417	$29,351
Hourly rate	$16.55	$14.11
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	375	87,281
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 54%
Average age	43	41
Years of experience	2	2

Planter vs lawn maintenance worker salary

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

	Planter	Lawn Maintenance Worker
Average salary	$34,417	$29,351
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $47,000	Between $23,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	-	Sacramento, CA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	VisionCorp Rep
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between planter and lawn maintenance worker education

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

	Planter	Lawn Maintenance Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 54%
Most common major	Theology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Planter vs lawn maintenance worker demographics

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

	Planter	Lawn Maintenance Worker
Average age	43	41
Gender ratio	Male, 51.4% Female, 48.6%	Male, 89.7% Female, 10.3%
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, 11.4% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 21.3% Asian, 1.5% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	3%

Differences between planter and lawn maintenance 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 maintenance worker example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Operate powered equipment such as mowers, blowers, gas clippers.
hedge trimmer, rakes and shovels, lawn mower, weed-whacker, blower.
Operate weed eaters, lawn mowers, and blowers on residential and commercial properties.
edge weedeat blow mow prune plants trim hedges trim trees .. landscaping plants trees mulch sod
Maintain the association park by mowing and weed eating the grass, cutting brush and picking up garbage.

Planter vs lawn maintenance worker skills

Common planter skills

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

Common lawn maintenance worker skills

Lawn Care, 16%
Mowing, 16%
GRASS, 11%
Hand Tools, 9%
Ladders, 8%
Edge Lawns, 5%

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