All purpose clerk vs cashier

The differences between all purpose clerks and cashiers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a cashier has an average salary of $28,144, 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 are front end, cash handling, and basic math.

All purpose clerk vs cashier overview

	All Purpose Clerk	Cashier
Yearly salary	$27,258	$28,144
Hourly rate	$13.10	$13.53
Growth rate	-10%	-10%
Number of jobs	66,390	456,110
Job satisfaction	-	4.2
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 47%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	34	34
Years of experience	-	-

All purpose clerk vs cashier salary

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

	All Purpose Clerk	Cashier
Average salary	$27,258	$28,144
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $34,000	Between $21,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Deloitte
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between all purpose clerk and cashier education

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

	All Purpose Clerk	Cashier
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 47%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

All purpose clerk vs cashier demographics

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

	All Purpose Clerk	Cashier
Average age	34	34
Gender ratio	Male, 60.9% Female, 39.1%	Male, 27.1% Female, 72.9%
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, 9.9% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.7% Asian, 7.5% White, 55.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between all purpose clerk and cashier 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 example responsibilities.

Manage employees by making schedules, doing payroll, and maintain an all around comfortable working environment.
Develop, implement, and update standard operating procedures relating to daily operations, financial transactions and management, customer service.
Demonstrate basic math skills and record daily earnings without error.
Perform basic math computations, such as addition subtraction, and division.
Provide customer service by scanning and packing groceries, processing customers transactions and answering any questions about food products
Work at home depot as cashier.

All purpose clerk vs cashier 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 skills

Front End, 14%
Cash Handling, 10%
Basic Math, 10%
POS, 10%
Customer Service, 8%
Customer Complaints, 5%

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