Sexton vs associate

The differences between sextons and associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an associate has an average salary of $69,556, which is higher than the $34,059 average annual salary of a sexton.

The top three skills for a sexton include clean bathrooms, building floors and mowing. The most important skills for an associate are customer service, sales floor, and patients.

Sexton vs associate overview

	Sexton	Associate
Yearly salary	$34,059	$69,556
Hourly rate	$16.37	$33.44
Growth rate	4%	-
Number of jobs	7,589	569,041
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	49	41
Years of experience	-	-

Sexton vs associate salary

Sextons and associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Sexton	Associate
Average salary	$34,059	$69,556
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $46,000	Between $34,000 And $140,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between sexton and associate education

There are a few differences between a sexton and an associate in terms of educational background:

	Sexton	Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Sexton vs associate demographics

Here are the differences between sextons' and associates' demographics:

	Sexton	Associate
Average age	49	41
Gender ratio	Male, 73.5% Female, 26.5%	Male, 50.4% Female, 49.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% Asian, 4.9% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.3% Asian, 8.3% White, 57.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	5%	7%

Differences between sexton and associate duties and responsibilities

Sexton example responsibilities.

Manage daily cash, payroll, client settlement, and trust payment accounts.
Maintain cemetery grounds including digging graves, mowing grass, trimming, snowplowing.
Complete care of surrounding grounds including mowing, trimming and general upkeep and appearance.
Provide excellent maintenance, reports, and logistics.
Calculate and process employee payroll checks, W2's.
Open claims with Medicare, Arkansas Medicaid and Tricare as needed.

Associate example responsibilities.

Manage the sale of smoothies at different educational institutes while interacting with hundreds of students and ensuring their happiness and satisfaction.
Manage customer resolutions associate with flight reservations.
Lead the team by exemplify reliability through punctuality and personal integrity.
Help drive sales by providing excellent customer service in gourmet cheese, wine, beer, and coffee departments.
Utilize teamwork, communication, customer service, responsibility, and organizational skills.
Work according to ISO standards.

Sexton vs associate skills

Common sexton skills

Clean Bathrooms, 13%
Building Floors, 9%
Mowing, 8%
Funeral Homes, 8%
General Maintenance, 7%
Snow Removal, 5%

Common associate skills

Customer Service, 16%
Sales Floor, 13%
Patients, 10%
Cleanliness, 8%
Windows, 4%
HR, 4%

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