Upholstery cleaner vs window cleaner

The differences between upholstery cleaners and window cleaners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an upholstery cleaner has an average salary of $31,378, which is higher than the $29,697 average annual salary of a window cleaner.

The top three skills for an upholstery cleaner include customer service, and . The most important skills for a window cleaner are ladders, clean windows, and safety procedures.

Upholstery cleaner vs window cleaner overview

	Upholstery Cleaner	Window Cleaner
Yearly salary	$31,378	$29,697
Hourly rate	$15.09	$14.28
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	35,566	40,491
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 30%	High School Diploma, 48%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Upholstery cleaner vs window cleaner salary

Upholstery cleaners and window cleaners have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Upholstery Cleaner	Window Cleaner
Average salary	$31,378	$29,697
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $40,000	Between $23,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Burien, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Janus Henderson U.S.
Best paying industry	-	Construction

Differences between upholstery cleaner and window cleaner education

There are a few differences between an upholstery cleaner and a window cleaner in terms of educational background:

	Upholstery Cleaner	Window Cleaner
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 30%	High School Diploma, 48%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Upholstery cleaner vs window cleaner demographics

Here are the differences between upholstery cleaners' and window cleaners' demographics:

	Upholstery Cleaner	Window Cleaner
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 88.7% Female, 11.3%	Male, 89.4% Female, 10.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.9% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 20.7% Asian, 5.1% White, 56.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 9.9% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 20.6% Asian, 4.2% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between upholstery cleaner and window cleaner duties and responsibilities

Upholstery cleaner example responsibilities.

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.

Window cleaner example responsibilities.

Operate a forklift for logistic, to manage and relocate BMW's fixture material.
Used tools such as scrubbers, squeegees, scrapers, extension poles, adjustable pole angles.
Use tools such as shovels, pick axes, jackhammer.
Scrape black caulking off the windows.
Clean building windows using squeegees and/or wands.
Handle maintenance work; caulking, remolding and framework.

Upholstery cleaner vs window cleaner skills

Common upholstery cleaner skills

Customer Service, 100%

Common window cleaner skills

Ladders, 23%
Clean Windows, 10%
Safety Procedures, 8%
Customer Service, 7%
Exterior Windows, 5%
Commercial Cleaning, 5%

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