Reptile keeper vs kennel attendant

The differences between reptile keepers and kennel attendants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-3 months to become both a reptile keeper and a kennel attendant. Additionally, a reptile keeper has an average salary of $34,615, which is higher than the $26,373 average annual salary of a kennel attendant.

The top three skills for a reptile keeper include husbandry, and . The most important skills for a kennel attendant are PET, animal handling, and facility laundry.

Reptile keeper vs kennel attendant overview

	Reptile Keeper	Kennel Attendant
Yearly salary	$34,615	$26,373
Hourly rate	$16.64	$12.68
Growth rate	28%	28%
Number of jobs	3,089	72,239
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	High School Diploma, 37%
Average age	32	32
Years of experience	3	3

Reptile keeper vs kennel attendant salary

Reptile keepers and kennel attendants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Reptile Keeper	Kennel Attendant
Average salary	$34,615	$26,373
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $51,000	Between $20,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between reptile keeper and kennel attendant education

There are a few differences between a reptile keeper and a kennel attendant in terms of educational background:

	Reptile Keeper	Kennel Attendant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	High School Diploma, 37%
Most common major	Biology	Medical Assisting Services
Most common college	Cornell University	Vermont Technical College

Reptile keeper vs kennel attendant demographics

Here are the differences between reptile keepers' and kennel attendants' demographics:

	Reptile Keeper	Kennel Attendant
Average age	32	32
Gender ratio	Male, 48.8% Female, 51.2%	Male, 20.8% Female, 79.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 2.4% White, 74.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 2.7% White, 67.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between reptile keeper and kennel attendant duties and responsibilities

Reptile keeper example responsibilities.

Monitor the cleanliness of kitchens, enclosures and nursery to ensure that all locations have no USDA health code violations.
Maintain multiple LSS rooms including protein skimmers, UV sterilizers, pumps, backwashing sand and carbon filters.

Kennel attendant example responsibilities.

Assist in managing shelter for animals and arranging for adoption or euthanasia of confiscate animals.
Train to give dogs baths, brushing out coats, scissoring, and toenails.
Perform animal grooming duties such as washing, brushing, clipping, and trimming coats, etc.
Experience in the use of specialize equipment such as cage washers, autoclaves and animal transport vehicles.
Assist owner in preforming body clips and bathing/drying dogs and cats, preform all grooming tasks including clipper skills except scissoring.
Operate cage/bottle washers, autoclaves and bedding dispensing/disposal equipment.

Reptile keeper vs kennel attendant skills

Common reptile keeper skills

Husbandry, 100%

Common kennel attendant skills

PET, 39%
Animal Handling, 10%
Facility Laundry, 8%
Animal Hospital, 5%
Animal Restraint, 4%
Administer Medications, 4%