Food assembler, kitchen vs bakery clerk

The differences between food assemblers, kitchen and bakery clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a bakery clerk has an average salary of $28,651, which is higher than the $26,661 average annual salary of a food assembler, kitchen.

The top three skills for a food assembler, kitchen include food preparation, and . The most important skills for a bakery clerk are basic math, bakery products, and cleanliness.

Food assembler, kitchen vs bakery clerk overview

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Bakery Clerk
Yearly salary	$26,661	$28,651
Hourly rate	$12.82	$13.77
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	82,011	67,778
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 68%	High School Diploma, 42%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Food assembler, kitchen vs bakery clerk salary

Food assemblers, kitchen and bakery clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Bakery Clerk
Average salary	$26,661	$28,651
Salary range	Between $11,000 And $64,000	Between $23,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	Everett, MA	Vancouver, WA
Highest paying state	Alaska	Washington
Best paying company	Nomura Securities	Bristol Farms
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Retail

Differences between food assembler, kitchen and bakery clerk education

There are a few differences between a food assembler, kitchen and a bakery clerk in terms of educational background:

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Bakery Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 68%	High School Diploma, 42%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Food assembler, kitchen vs bakery clerk demographics

Here are the differences between food assemblers, kitchen' and bakery clerks' demographics:

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Bakery Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 60.5% Female, 39.5%	Male, 21.7% Female, 78.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 21.6% Asian, 7.0% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 19.6% Asian, 6.6% White, 57.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between food assembler, kitchen and bakery clerk duties and responsibilities

Food assembler, kitchen example responsibilities.

Present an enjoyable and positive atmosphere while preparing an outstanding product, manage inventory, and maintain cleanliness
Provide patients with information about modify diets and forward complex nutritional questions to diet technician and/or register dietitian.
Responsibilitiescreat for products such as smoothies fruit shakes and frozen yogurt.

Bakery clerk example responsibilities.

Manage and complete sales transactions via POS register system.
Use of equipment such as: bread slicers, ovens, commercial mixers, meat slicers, and over wrappers.
Start in wine and spirits.
Practice proper use of lock out/tag out procedures for balers and trash compactors.
Exemplify a model of excellent customer service in keeping with Publix's orientation towards ensuring customer satisfaction.
Train to operate machinery such as meat and cheese slicer, bread slicer, fryers, and rotisserie oven.

Food assembler, kitchen vs bakery clerk skills

Common food assembler, kitchen skills

Food Preparation, 100%

Common bakery clerk skills

Basic Math, 10%
Bakery Products, 9%
Cleanliness, 9%
Math, 8%
Food Safety, 6%
Help Support, 6%

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