Street cleaner vs day porter

The differences between street cleaners and day porters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a street cleaner has an average salary of $31,683, which is higher than the $28,820 average annual salary of a day porter.

The top three skills for a street cleaner include GRASS, garbage bags and blowers. The most important skills for a day porter are commercial cleaning, customer service, and work ethic.

Street cleaner vs day porter overview

	Street Cleaner	Day Porter
Yearly salary	$31,683	$28,820
Hourly rate	$15.23	$13.86
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	35,616	84,003
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 68%	High School Diploma, 52%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Street cleaner vs day porter salary

Street cleaners and day porters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Street Cleaner	Day Porter
Average salary	$31,683	$28,820
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $41,000	Between $22,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Northwest Center
Best paying industry	-	Utilities

Differences between street cleaner and day porter education

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

	Street Cleaner	Day Porter
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 68%	High School Diploma, 52%
Most common major	Criminal Justice	Business
Most common college	-	-

Street cleaner vs day porter demographics

Here are the differences between street cleaners' and day porters' demographics:

	Street Cleaner	Day Porter
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 85.5% Female, 14.5%	Male, 55.8% Female, 44.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 23.9% Asian, 5.0% White, 51.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.7%	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 28.5% Asian, 5.3% White, 51.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between street cleaner and day porter duties and responsibilities

Street cleaner example responsibilities.

Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, saws, hedge and brush trimmers.
Operate power maintenance equipment, leaf blower and grass edger.
Used and maintain all assign tools like broom, shovels, and rakes, efficiently.
Plant and water flowers, trees and cut grass for a more natural emphasis
Execute commercial building following safety awareness to maintain cleanliness and neatness of working area and premises.
Clean multiple commercial building using industrialize buffers, scrubbers and/or vacuum equipment.

Day porter example responsibilities.

Replenish paper supplies, maintain restrooms including toilets, urinals, counters, and sinks.
Sanitize of hundreds of rooms, perform carpet maintenance utilizing chemicals, cleaning machinery such as scrubbers and buffers.
Clean and sanitize restroom facilities and fixtures including sinks, urinals and toilets, wash windows, mirrors and walls.
Operate automatic sweepers and scrubbers.
Maintain cleanliness of grounds using designate equipment.
Subject to quarterly safety and cleanliness inspections.

Street cleaner vs day porter skills

Common street cleaner skills

GRASS, 50%
Garbage Bags, 23%
Blowers, 10%
Shovels, 6%
City Streets, 6%
Mowers, 4%

Common day porter skills

Commercial Cleaning, 15%
Customer Service, 13%
Work Ethic, 12%
ABM, 8%
Cleanliness, 6%
Office Buildings, 3%

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