Sweeper vs floor staff

The differences between sweepers 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 $31,710 average annual salary of a sweeper.

The top three skills for a sweeper include cleanliness, sweepers and safety procedures. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Sweeper vs floor staff overview

	Sweeper	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$31,710	$33,187
Hourly rate	$15.25	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	7,813	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Sweeper vs floor staff salary

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

	Sweeper	Floor Staff
Average salary	$31,710	$33,187
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $39,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	Stockton, CA	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Bunge	-
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	-

Differences between sweeper and floor staff education

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

	Sweeper	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Sweeper vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between sweepers' and floor staff' demographics:

	Sweeper	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 70.8% Female, 29.2%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.3% Asian, 4.3% White, 62.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	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 sweeper and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Sweeper example responsibilities.

Manage and uphold park cleanliness by monitoring patron behavior and being responsible for cleaning up spills from humans or animals
Help teachers as well as other sweepers when problems arise.
Work also for different contractors for asphalt grindings and cleanup.
Operate cleaning equipment like scrubbers, buffers, and carpet cleaners.
Use of blowers to blow off sidewalks, curb lines and dumpsterareas.
Clean Cron husks around people and checking if drains are clear from plugging

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.

Sweeper vs floor staff skills

Common sweeper skills

Cleanliness, 29%
Sweepers, 22%
Safety Procedures, 15%
Clean Windows, 9%
Class Rooms, 4%
Clean Restrooms, 3%

Common floor staff skills

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

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