All purpose clerk vs cashier associate

The differences between all purpose clerks and cashiers associate can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a cashier associate has an average salary of $29,328, which is higher than the $27,258 average annual salary of an all purpose clerk.

The top three skills for an all purpose clerk include customer service, food handling and front end. The most important skills for a cashier associate are safety hazards, front end, and store management.

All purpose clerk vs cashier associate overview

	All Purpose Clerk	Cashier Associate
Yearly salary	$27,258	$29,328
Hourly rate	$13.10	$14.10
Growth rate	-10%	-10%
Number of jobs	66,390	431,772
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 47%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	34	34
Years of experience	-	-

All purpose clerk vs cashier associate salary

All purpose clerks and cashiers associate have different pay scales, as shown below.

	All Purpose Clerk	Cashier Associate
Average salary	$27,258	$29,328
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $34,000	Between $24,000 And $35,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between all purpose clerk and cashier associate education

There are a few differences between an all purpose clerk and a cashier associate in terms of educational background:

	All Purpose Clerk	Cashier Associate
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 47%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

All purpose clerk vs cashier associate demographics

Here are the differences between all purpose clerks' and cashiers associate' demographics:

	All Purpose Clerk	Cashier Associate
Average age	34	34
Gender ratio	Male, 60.9% Female, 39.1%	Male, 30.7% Female, 69.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.1% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 26.7% Asian, 6.6% White, 56.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% Asian, 7.6% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between all purpose clerk and cashier associate duties and responsibilities

All purpose clerk example responsibilities.

Manage transactions including cash, check, credit, and EBT transactions.
Experience with: cardboard balers, cash registers, credit card readers, point of sale POS software
Assist customers in bagging and carrying out their groceries to their vehicles.
Help management troubleshoot small errors that arise from the daily POS system.
Cashier, stocking, maintenance, bag groceries for customers, also assist customers to their cars.
Review and verify payroll reports for accuracy and makes necessary adjustments or corrections through journal entries or other establish procedure.

Cashier associate example responsibilities.

Manage employees by making schedules, doing payroll, and maintain an all around comfortable working environment.
Operate POS cash register for telecommunication services.
Lead overall management operations of family-style Italian restaurant that recently celebrate 4th year of success in business for second store location.
Supervise the activities of checkout stations; created/distribute cashier schedules and till allocation.
Supervise cashiers and monitor checkout station to ensure adequate cash available and staff appropriately.

All purpose clerk vs cashier associate skills

Common all purpose clerk skills

Customer Service, 37%
Food Handling, 24%
Front End, 11%
Groceries, 5%
Service Desk, 4%
Sales Floor, 3%

Common cashier associate skills

Safety Hazards, 22%
Front End, 22%
Store Management, 21%
Sales Floor, 10%
POS, 9%
Customer Service, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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