Student custodian vs floor staff

The differences between student custodians and floor staff can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a floor staff has an average salary of $33,187, which is higher than the $31,386 average annual salary of a student custodian.

The top three skills for a student custodian include building floors, clean bathrooms and scrubbers. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Student custodian vs floor staff overview

	Student Custodian	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$31,386	$33,187
Hourly rate	$15.09	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	18,328	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Student custodian vs floor staff salary

Student custodians and floor staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Student Custodian	Floor Staff
Average salary	$31,386	$33,187
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $43,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	Ithaca, NY	-
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	-
Best paying company	Newman University	-
Best paying industry	Education	-

Differences between student custodian and floor staff education

There are a few differences between a student custodian and a floor staff in terms of educational background:

	Student Custodian	Floor Staff
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Student custodian vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between student custodians' and floor staff' demographics:

	Student Custodian	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 60.7% Female, 39.3%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.5% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.5% Asian, 3.9% White, 64.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between student custodian and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Student custodian example responsibilities.

Experience in operating custodial equipment such as hall vacuums, carpet shampooers, and floor wax strippers, and scrubbers.
Perform mechanical repairs and services to plumbing, electrical, mechanical systems and large rotating equipment including refrigeration systems.
Mow and trim lawns and shrubbery, using mowers and hand and power trimmers, and clear debris from grounds
Demonstrate leadership skills by instructing and supervising employees.

Floor staff example responsibilities.

Manage top prize payouts, involving large amounts of funds being transfer across the gaming floor.
Establish good time management and customer service skills, specifically in organization and cleanliness.
Operate high speed and low speed buffers, walk behind buffers and scrubbers, ride-on scrubbers, and square dry scrubbers.
Operate Scrubbers/buffers/high speed buffers/carpet extractors.
Perform routine maintenance on automatic scrubbers and propane buffers.
Maintain cleanliness and organization of work environment while also resolving conflicts between customers.

Student custodian vs floor staff skills

Common student custodian skills

Building Floors, 26%
Clean Bathrooms, 18%
Scrubbers, 6%
General Maintenance, 5%
Urinals, 4%
Light Fixtures, 4%

Common floor staff skills

POS, 18%
Phone Calls, 18%
Cleanliness, 16%
Math, 13%
Emergency Situations, 13%
Crowd Control, 9%

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