Bookstore clerk vs service cashier

The differences between bookstore clerks and service cashiers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a service cashier has an average salary of $28,602, which is higher than the $27,279 average annual salary of a bookstore clerk.

The top three skills for a bookstore clerk include POS, web orders and credit card machines. The most important skills for a service cashier are customer service, cleanliness, and credit card payments.

Bookstore clerk vs service cashier overview

	Bookstore Clerk	Service Cashier
Yearly salary	$27,279	$28,602
Hourly rate	$13.11	$13.75
Growth rate	-10%	-10%
Number of jobs	66,857	98,972
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	High School Diploma, 40%
Average age	34	34
Years of experience	-	-

Bookstore clerk vs service cashier salary

Bookstore clerks and service cashiers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Bookstore Clerk	Service Cashier
Average salary	$27,279	$28,602
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $33,000	Between $23,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	-	Kirkland, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Classic Chevrolet
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between bookstore clerk and service cashier education

There are a few differences between a bookstore clerk and a service cashier in terms of educational background:

	Bookstore Clerk	Service Cashier
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	High School Diploma, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Bookstore clerk vs service cashier demographics

Here are the differences between bookstore clerks' and service cashiers' demographics:

	Bookstore Clerk	Service Cashier
Average age	34	34
Gender ratio	Male, 35.2% Female, 64.8%	Male, 18.3% Female, 81.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 8.5% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 26.2% Asian, 7.3% White, 51.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between bookstore clerk and service cashier duties and responsibilities

Bookstore clerk example responsibilities.

Check out groceries, make sure shelves are efficiently stock, face and manage out-of-stocks.
Maintain organization of the backroom.
Monitor parking lot, stock shelves, run errands.
Perform and mentore stocking, organization, and maintenance.
Used a POS and Datatel system on a daily basis.
Create digital advertisements, including Facebook announcements, promotional online catalogs, and banner ads on website.

Service cashier example responsibilities.

Utilize math skills when processing payments without a computerize cash register and while tallying profit at the end of each shift.
Check out customer's groceries, clear parking lot, provide customer service, maintain store maintenance
Skil in using scanners, cash registers and basic math skills to calculate the price of service provide.
Process cash, credit card, travelers' checks, and discount transactions with the assistance of POS system.
Require to learn how to use ADP systems in order to process car sales and some accounting for the service center.
Provide excellent customer service while ringing up members and upselling membership upgrades.

Bookstore clerk vs service cashier skills

Common bookstore clerk skills

POS, 9%
Web Orders, 7%
Credit Card Machines, 7%
Book Orders, 7%
Sales Floor, 6%
Purchase Orders, 6%

Common service cashier skills

Customer Service, 14%
Cleanliness, 11%
Credit Card Payments, 7%
Cash Handling, 6%
Phone Calls, 6%
Food Orders, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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