Utility porter vs floor staff

The differences between utility porters 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 $26,935 average annual salary of a utility porter.

The top three skills for a utility porter include cleanliness, customer service and casino floor. The most important skills for a floor staff are POS, phone calls, and cleanliness.

Utility porter vs floor staff overview

	Utility Porter	Floor Staff
Yearly salary	$26,935	$33,187
Hourly rate	$12.95	$15.96
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	15,876	84,351
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Utility porter vs floor staff salary

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

	Utility Porter	Floor Staff
Average salary	$26,935	$33,187
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $35,000	Between $21,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between utility porter and floor staff education

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

	Utility Porter	Floor Staff
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 41%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Utility porter vs floor staff demographics

Here are the differences between utility porters' and floor staff' demographics:

	Utility Porter	Floor Staff
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 84.6% Female, 15.4%	Male, 50.9% Female, 49.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 32.4% Asian, 4.3% White, 46.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%	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 utility porter and floor staff duties and responsibilities

Utility porter example responsibilities.

Clean windows, partitions, mirrors, using sponges and squeegees.
Operate various cleaning equipment in accordance with OSHA regulations.
Scrub and disinfect trashcans, sinks, toilets, urinals, furniture and fixtures.
Handle and disposes of biohazard materials in accordance with OSHA training provide by the company.
Maintain the highest standard of services to the guest, including maintenance and cleanliness for the guests rooms and associate facilities.
Clean restrooms scrub, sanitize urinals, toilets, floors and counters, sinks, hand dryers and baby changing tables.

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.

Utility porter vs floor staff skills

Common utility porter skills

Cleanliness, 26%
Customer Service, 12%
Casino Floor, 8%
OSHA, 7%
Extraction, 6%
Light Fixtures, 5%

Common floor staff skills

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

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