Cooker cleaner vs cook/server

The differences between cooker cleaners and cook/servers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a cooker cleaner has an average salary of $32,677, which is higher than the $29,716 average annual salary of a cook/server.

The top three skills for a cooker cleaner include dishes, safety standards and food orders. The most important skills for a cook/server are customer service, customer orders, and safety standards.

Cooker cleaner vs cook/server overview

	Cooker Cleaner	Cook/Server
Yearly salary	$32,677	$29,716
Hourly rate	$15.71	$14.29
Growth rate	6%	14%
Number of jobs	47,014	257,582
Job satisfaction	5	4
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 57%	High School Diploma, 52%
Average age	38	23
Years of experience	-	-

Cooker cleaner vs cook/server salary

Cooker cleaners and cook/servers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Cooker Cleaner	Cook/Server
Average salary	$32,677	$29,716
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $40,000	Between $23,000 And $37,000
Highest paying City	-	Bellingham, WA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	The Harley School
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between cooker cleaner and cook/server education

There are a few differences between a cooker cleaner and a cook/server in terms of educational background:

	Cooker Cleaner	Cook/Server
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 57%	High School Diploma, 52%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Cooker cleaner vs cook/server demographics

Here are the differences between cooker cleaners' and cook/servers' demographics:

	Cooker Cleaner	Cook/Server
Average age	38	23
Gender ratio	Male, 51.7% Female, 48.3%	Male, 45.9% Female, 54.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.8% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 4.1% White, 61.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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	5%	8%

Differences between cooker cleaner and cook/server duties and responsibilities

Cooker cleaner example responsibilities.

Operate mixers and manage ingredients to meet product quality and uniformity standards.
Prepare, pack and load meals using commercial stoves, ovens, grills and fryers.
Clean the grills, fryers, warmers, ice cream machines and soda machines at close.
Adjust thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters and steams kettles.
Leverage teamwork to fully utilize kitchen staff to generate remarkable food and service to ensure customer satisfaction.
Prepare sandwiches, salads, wraps, smoothies, and other beverages.

Cook/server example responsibilities.

Develop ability to manage multiple stations simultaneously while maintaining high levels of culinary excellence.
Assist customers, bag groceries, replenish carts, and clean store.
Pay close attention to detail while multitasking between communicating over the intercom, utilizing the POS, and order placing.
Make smoothies, coffee, customer service, cashier, fill bakery cooler, inventory, stock, and clean!
Operate the filtration system used for the fryers to keep all sanitation guidelines up to standards as per the health department.
Operate, and maintain clean and safe cooking equipment like pressure cooker deep fryers, plate grills, and deep fryers.

Cooker cleaner vs cook/server skills

Common cooker cleaner skills

Dishes, 51%
Safety Standards, 7%
Food Orders, 5%
Customer Orders, 4%
Customer Service, 4%
Food Preparation, 4%

Common cook/server skills

Customer Service, 41%
Customer Orders, 8%
Safety Standards, 6%
Food Preparation, 5%
Kitchen Equipment, 4%
POS, 4%