Dietary aide, serving vs server assistant

The differences between dietary aides, serving and server assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a dietary aide, serving has an average salary of $27,660, which is higher than the $25,654 average annual salary of a server assistant.

The top three skills for a dietary aide, serving include meal service, culinary and meal preparation. The most important skills for a server assistant are cleanliness, reservations, and service stations.

Dietary aide, serving vs server assistant overview

	Dietary Aide, Serving	Server Assistant
Yearly salary	$27,660	$25,654
Hourly rate	$13.30	$12.33
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	45,822	194,248
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	42	39
Years of experience	-	-

Dietary aide, serving vs server assistant salary

Dietary aides, serving and server assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Dietary Aide, Serving	Server Assistant
Average salary	$27,660	$25,654
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $34,000	Between $19,000 And $33,000
Highest paying City	Lake Oswego, OR	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	Washington	Maine
Best paying company	Erickson Senior Living	Pioneer High School
Best paying industry	Retail	Hospitality

Differences between dietary aide, serving and server assistant education

There are a few differences between a dietary aide, serving and a server assistant in terms of educational background:

	Dietary Aide, Serving	Server Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Dietary aide, serving vs server assistant demographics

Here are the differences between dietary aides, serving' and server assistants' demographics:

	Dietary Aide, Serving	Server Assistant
Average age	42	39
Gender ratio	Male, 24.4% Female, 75.6%	Male, 59.2% Female, 40.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 7.5% White, 68.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% Asian, 7.7% White, 59.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	7%	6%

Differences between dietary aide, serving and server assistant duties and responsibilities

Dietary aide, serving example responsibilities.

clean oven, stoves, freezer, fridge etc.
Follow guidelines concerning HIPPA and patient privacy rights.
Operate fryers, grills, and ovens to create lunch and dinner for students.
Check restaurant on daily basis to ensure cleanliness, high quality food and food presentation.
Serve only foods that can be eaten (especially for ones with allergies and diabetics).
Well educate on specific diets, allergies, and procedures to go about dealing with them.

Server assistant example responsibilities.

Manage event reservations and party requests, inform customers about upcoming events and specials.
Set up chairs, tables, and workstations.
Stock the bar and service areas for bartenders and beverage servers.
Deliver food orders to guests accordingly to five stars five diamonds standards.
Direct other beverage servers and bartenders when to take breaks and for how long.
Assist servers with taking orders, ringing in orders on the POS and running food.

Dietary aide, serving vs server assistant skills

Common dietary aide, serving skills

Meal Service, 24%
Culinary, 20%
Meal Preparation, 16%
Fine Dining, 3%
Food Handling, 3%
Patients, 3%

Common server assistant skills

Cleanliness, 16%
Reservations, 13%
Service Stations, 10%
Wine, 6%
Ruby, 5%
Exceptional Dining, 5%

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