Sexton vs floor technician

The differences between sextons and floor technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a sexton has an average salary of $34,059, which is higher than the $29,785 average annual salary of a floor technician.

The top three skills for a sexton include clean bathrooms, building floors and mowing. The most important skills for a floor technician are extraction, patients, and safety guidelines.

Sexton vs floor technician overview

	Sexton	Floor Technician
Yearly salary	$34,059	$29,785
Hourly rate	$16.37	$14.32
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	7,589	31,859
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	High School Diploma, 56%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Sexton vs floor technician salary

Sextons and floor technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Sexton	Floor Technician
Average salary	$34,059	$29,785
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $46,000	Between $23,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Mindtree
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between sexton and floor technician education

There are a few differences between a sexton and a floor technician in terms of educational background:

	Sexton	Floor Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	High School Diploma, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Sexton vs floor technician demographics

Here are the differences between sextons' and floor technicians' demographics:

	Sexton	Floor Technician
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 73.5% Female, 26.5%	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%
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, 13.9% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.0% Asian, 5.2% White, 57.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between sexton and floor technician 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.

Floor technician example responsibilities.

Operate flooring equipment including extractors and buffing machines.
Provide and ensure exceptional customer service, provide information to customers for pricing and services and perform upholstery.
Used the MSDS when mixing hazardous and non hazardous materials.
Apply filler compound and coats of finish to floors to seal wood.
Expose to all aspects of rehabilitation at an inclusive nursing and rehab center.
Clean and disinfect sinks, urinals, toilets, counters, tables, etc.

Sexton vs floor technician skills

Common sexton skills

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

Common floor technician skills

Extraction, 16%
Patients, 12%
Safety Guidelines, 11%
Safety Precautions, 9%
Floor Tech, 7%
WAX Floors, 5%

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