Cook, cashier, and waitress vs crew member

The differences between cook, cashiers, and waitress and crew members can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a crew member has an average salary of $28,946, which is higher than the $28,436 average annual salary of a cook, cashier, and waitress.

The top three skills for a cook, cashier, and waitress include customer service, clean kitchen and customer orders. The most important skills for a crew member are cleanliness, basic math, and english language.

Cook, cashier, and waitress vs crew member overview

	Cook, Cashier, And Waitress	Crew Member
Yearly salary	$28,436	$28,946
Hourly rate	$13.67	$13.92
Growth rate	14%	14%
Number of jobs	170,673	239,413
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 47%	High School Diploma, 51%
Average age	23	23
Years of experience	-	-

Cook, cashier, and waitress vs crew member salary

Cook, cashiers, and waitress and crew members have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Cook, Cashier, And Waitress	Crew Member
Average salary	$28,436	$28,946
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $36,000	Between $22,000 And $37,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between cook, cashier, and waitress and crew member education

There are a few differences between a cook, cashier, and waitress and a crew member in terms of educational background:

	Cook, Cashier, And Waitress	Crew Member
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 47%	High School Diploma, 51%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Cook, cashier, and waitress vs crew member demographics

Here are the differences between cook, cashiers, and waitress' and crew members' demographics:

	Cook, Cashier, And Waitress	Crew Member
Average age	23	23
Gender ratio	Male, 12.2% Female, 87.8%	Male, 48.4% Female, 51.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 6.5% White, 57.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 6.5% White, 57.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between cook, cashier, and waitress and crew member duties and responsibilities

Cook, cashier, and waitress example responsibilities.

Help clean floors, clean fryers, and clean lobby.
Operate POS system and perform cash, credit card and check transactions.
Organize and split each bill accordingly and enter them in POS, for a fast and easy dining experience.
Monitor and maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assign station and service areas.
Make smoothies, coffee, customer service, cashier, fill bakery cooler, inventory, stock, and clean!

Crew member example responsibilities.

Manage food preparation, maintain cleanliness and punctuality while effectively support customers in daily transactions with suggestive selling methods.
Dig and fill holes, using shovels and rakes.
Cashier, server, greeter, order taker, sandwich maker, computer skil, math skil, customer service
Demonstrate excellent customer service in dealing with concerns and special food orders which include allergies and other customer wishes.
Cashier experience, service and enter orders into POS system; conduct inventory; and perform cash handling and food handling.
Use POS system to record order, compute bill, collect payments and make change while following all cash handling procedures.

Cook, cashier, and waitress vs crew member skills

Common cook, cashier, and waitress skills

Customer Service, 37%
Clean Kitchen, 12%
Customer Orders, 9%
Food Orders, 7%
Food Safety, 4%
Safety Standards, 4%

Common crew member skills

Cleanliness, 19%
Basic Math, 13%
English Language, 10%
Excellent Guest, 7%
Safety Standards, 7%
Food Products, 5%

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