Bakery clerk and cashier vs front end associate

The differences between bakery clerks and cashier and front end associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a front end associate has an average salary of $31,705, which is higher than the $30,656 average annual salary of a bakery clerk and cashier.

The top three skills for a bakery clerk and cashier include bakery products, cake orders and food preparation. The most important skills for a front end associate are customer service, front end, and kids.

Bakery clerk and cashier vs front end associate overview

	Bakery Clerk And Cashier	Front End Associate
Yearly salary	$30,656	$31,705
Hourly rate	$14.74	$15.24
Growth rate	-10%	-10%
Number of jobs	141,244	387,547
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	34	34
Years of experience	-	-

Bakery clerk and cashier vs front end associate salary

Bakery clerks and cashier and front end associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Bakery Clerk And Cashier	Front End Associate
Average salary	$30,656	$31,705
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $37,000	Between $25,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between bakery clerk and cashier and front end associate education

There are a few differences between a bakery clerk and cashier and a front end associate in terms of educational background:

	Bakery Clerk And Cashier	Front End Associate
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Bakery clerk and cashier vs front end associate demographics

Here are the differences between bakery clerks and cashier' and front end associates' demographics:

	Bakery Clerk And Cashier	Front End Associate
Average age	34	34
Gender ratio	Male, 14.5% Female, 85.5%	Male, 48.9% Female, 51.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% Asian, 6.9% White, 57.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 7.5% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between bakery clerk and cashier and front end associate duties and responsibilities

Bakery clerk and cashier example responsibilities.

Prepare drinks by customers request, POS, maintaining cleaning of store, personal space and bathroom.
Bag groceries and other items to help other employees and customers, help customers load their cars as well.
Memorize PLU numbers, handle money and credit/EBT/check transactions, bag people's groceries, perform store walks and clean registers.
Utilize basic computation and mathematics, and maintain electronic registers for all payment transactions including cash and credit cards.
Perform register close out procedures and monitor checkout stations.

Front end associate example responsibilities.

Develop front-end web applications by using web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery.
Create prototypes in HTML, Photoshop, JavaScript and CSS for different UI pages.
Process payment transactions, provide friendly and efficient customer service, bag groceries
Assist with the UI/UX designer to create usable websites with HTML, CSS, JS and PHP.
Create pages in Mockups and validate the HTML code with W3C Validator.
Handle cash transactions as well as EBT, personal checks, debit/credit card, and WIC.

Bakery clerk and cashier vs front end associate skills

Common bakery clerk and cashier skills

Bakery Products, 19%
Cake Orders, 16%
Food Preparation, 7%
Customer Orders, 7%
POS, 5%
Customer Service, 5%

Common front end associate skills

Customer Service, 20%
Front End, 18%
Kids, 17%
Cleanliness, 15%
Customer Transactions, 9%
Groceries, 7%

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