Dietary worker vs deli clerk

The differences between dietary workers and deli clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a deli clerk has an average salary of $32,240, which is higher than the $27,601 average annual salary of a dietary worker.

The top three skills for a dietary worker include patients, food service and customer service. The most important skills for a deli clerk are help support, basic math, and excellent guest.

Dietary worker vs deli clerk overview

	Dietary Worker	Deli Clerk
Yearly salary	$27,601	$32,240
Hourly rate	$13.27	$15.50
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	44,736	69,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Dietary worker vs deli clerk salary

Dietary workers and deli clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Dietary Worker	Deli Clerk
Average salary	$27,601	$32,240
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $24,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	United Natural Foods
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between dietary worker and deli clerk education

There are a few differences between a dietary worker and a deli clerk in terms of educational background:

	Dietary Worker	Deli Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Dietary worker vs deli clerk demographics

Here are the differences between dietary workers' and deli clerks' demographics:

	Dietary Worker	Deli Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 44.3% Female, 55.7%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 60.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 11.3% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 6.5% White, 58.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between dietary worker and deli clerk duties and responsibilities

Dietary worker example responsibilities.

Job duties consist of delivering food trays to patients, maintaining a clean and sanitary work space, and restocking products.
Prepare and provide healthy meal to patients according to their nutritional requirement.
Assist with planning and directing food preparation and culinary activities along with safely handling and storing all products appropriately.
Experience in operating a heavy duty dishwasher
Stack washable items for dishwasher and operate dishwasher according to department guidelines.
Distribute meals, help with cleanup and adhere to hospital sanitation policies.

Deli clerk example responsibilities.

Open and close deli; schedule work hour coverage; manage and monitor deli cleanliness code; customer service.
Break down pallets in freeze and take seafood orders from customers to be either season or weight up.
Handle equipment such as fryers and slicers as well as used store intercoms to announce weekly / daily specials and promotions.
Operate automatic and manual meat/cheese slicers to customer request.
Break down heavy pallets of cases, boxes and bags.
Work with equipment such as balers, pallet jacks, slicers, ovens.

Dietary worker vs deli clerk skills

Common dietary worker skills

Patients, 16%
Food Service, 15%
Customer Service, 13%
Dishes, 9%
Phone Calls, 9%
Patient Orders, 6%

Common deli clerk skills

Help Support, 24%
Basic Math, 22%
Excellent Guest, 9%
Slicers, 7%
Hot Food, 4%
Deli Meats, 4%

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