Pool cleaner vs floor staff

The differences between pool cleaners and floor staff can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a floor staff has an average salary of $33,187, which is higher than the $32,180 average annual salary of a pool cleaner.

The top three skills for a pool cleaner include swimming pools, customer service and water chemistry. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Pool cleaner vs floor staff overview

	Pool Cleaner	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$32,180	$33,187
Hourly rate	$15.47	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	36,953	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Pool cleaner vs floor staff salary

Pool cleaners and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pool Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average salary	$32,180	$33,187
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $40,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	Woburn, MA	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	University of Northern Colorado	-
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	-

Differences between pool cleaner and floor staff education

There are a few differences between a pool cleaner and a floor staff in terms of educational background:

	Pool Cleaner	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Pool cleaner vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between pool cleaners' and floor staff' demographics:

	Pool Cleaner	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 84.2% Female, 15.8%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 25.5% Asian, 5.2% White, 53.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between pool cleaner and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Pool cleaner example responsibilities.

Manage storefront, run inventory, record new accounts, perform sales, reception, and register duties.
Replace pool liners, pvc pipe, and pumps.
Check, repair, and replace skimmers, gas pipes, and heaters as needed
Communicate with customers regarding recommendations on repairs, replacements and upgrades of plumbing equipment.
Filter cleaning, pool repair, changing light, painting, plaster, check chemicals in water, caulking coping

Floor staff example responsibilities.

Manage top prize payouts, involving large amounts of funds being transfer across the gaming floor.
Establish good time management and customer service skills, specifically in organization and cleanliness.
Operate high speed and low speed buffers, walk behind buffers and scrubbers, ride-on scrubbers, and square dry scrubbers.
Operate Scrubbers/buffers/high speed buffers/carpet extractors.
Perform routine maintenance on automatic scrubbers and propane buffers.
Maintain cleanliness and organization of work environment while also resolving conflicts between customers.

Pool cleaner vs floor staff skills

Common pool cleaner skills

Swimming Pools, 20%
Customer Service, 16%
Water Chemistry, 16%
Pool Equipment, 15%
Sponges, 14%
Routine Maintenance, 6%

Common floor staff skills

POS, 18%
Phone Calls, 18%
Cleanliness, 16%
Math, 13%
Emergency Situations, 13%
Crowd Control, 9%

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