Food assembler, kitchen vs deli clerk

The differences between food assemblers, kitchen 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 $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 deli clerk are help support, basic math, and excellent guest.

Food assembler, kitchen vs deli clerk overview

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Deli Clerk
Yearly salary	$26,661	$32,240
Hourly rate	$12.82	$15.50
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	82,011	69,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 68%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Food assembler, kitchen vs deli clerk salary

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

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Deli Clerk
Average salary	$26,661	$32,240
Salary range	Between $11,000 And $64,000	Between $24,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	Everett, MA	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	Alaska	Washington
Best paying company	Nomura Securities	United Natural Foods
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Retail

Differences between food assembler, kitchen and deli clerk education

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

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Deli Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 68%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Food assembler, kitchen vs deli clerk demographics

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

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Deli Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 60.5% Female, 39.5%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
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, 11.3% 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 food assembler, kitchen and deli 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.

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.

Food assembler, kitchen vs deli clerk skills

Common food assembler, kitchen skills

Food Preparation, 100%

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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