Porter vs professional cleaner

The differences between porters and professional cleaners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a porter has an average salary of $29,861, which is higher than the $27,268 average annual salary of a professional cleaner.

The top three skills for a porter include excellent guest, dexterity and customer service. The most important skills for a professional cleaner are building floors, clean bathrooms, and clean windows.

Porter vs professional cleaner overview

	Porter	Professional Cleaner
Yearly salary	$29,861	$27,268
Hourly rate	$14.36	$13.11
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	87,777	119,875
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	High School Diploma, 44%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Porter vs professional cleaner salary

Porters and professional cleaners have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Porter	Professional Cleaner
Average salary	$29,861	$27,268
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $37,000	Between $20,000 And $35,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	Alaska	Massachusetts
Best paying company	Community Housing Innovations	Vacation
Best paying industry	Retail	Manufacturing

Differences between porter and professional cleaner education

There are a few differences between a porter and a professional cleaner in terms of educational background:

	Porter	Professional Cleaner
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	High School Diploma, 44%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Porter vs professional cleaner demographics

Here are the differences between porters' and professional cleaners' demographics:

	Porter	Professional Cleaner
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 86.2% Female, 13.8%	Male, 24.9% Female, 75.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.1% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 24.7% Asian, 4.9% White, 52.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 4.6% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between porter and professional cleaner duties and responsibilities

Porter example responsibilities.

Wash down all kitchen walls, and cleaning stoves, fryers and also ovens.
Operate vehicles and power equipment, such as movers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, and pruning saws.
Operate cardboard compactor to recycle boxes.
Put tenant's dishes away in the office.
Record mileage and VIN numbers of customer vehicle.
Clear dish rack & bring dishes down to dishwasher.

Professional cleaner example responsibilities.

Supervise and train maids in their cleaning duties to ensure company standards of cleanliness are achieved.
Assist in cleaning restroom facilities including cleaning toilets, urinals, sinks, and mopping floors.
Execute commercial building following safety awareness to maintain cleanliness and neatness of working area and premises.
Sweep mop sanitize and disinfect surfaces dust buff floors clean restrooms basements clean out stoves and refrigerators etc

Porter vs professional cleaner skills

Common porter skills

Excellent Guest, 24%
Dexterity, 11%
Customer Service, 8%
Cleanliness, 8%
Good Communication, 5%
General Maintenance, 3%

Common professional cleaner skills

Building Floors, 25%
Clean Bathrooms, 16%
Clean Windows, 13%
Office Buildings, 9%
Light Fixtures, 6%
Commercial Cleaning, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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