Gas station attendant vs drive worker

The differences between gas station attendants and drive workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a drive worker has an average salary of $35,034, which is higher than the $25,725 average annual salary of a gas station attendant.

The top three skills for a gas station attendant include customer service, stock shelves and groceries. The most important skills for a drive worker are customer service, customer complaints, and POS.

Gas station attendant vs drive worker overview

	Gas Station Attendant	Drive Worker
Yearly salary	$25,725	$35,034
Hourly rate	$12.37	$16.84
Growth rate	-10%	14%
Number of jobs	45,880	21,062
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 43%
Average age	35	35
Years of experience	-	-

Gas station attendant vs drive worker salary

Gas station attendants and drive workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Gas Station Attendant	Drive Worker
Average salary	$25,725	$35,034
Salary range	Between $19,000 And $34,000	Between $26,000 And $45,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between gas station attendant and drive worker education

There are a few differences between a gas station attendant and a drive worker in terms of educational background:

	Gas Station Attendant	Drive Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 43%
Most common major	Business	Psychology
Most common college	-	-

Gas station attendant vs drive worker demographics

Here are the differences between gas station attendants' and drive workers' demographics:

	Gas Station Attendant	Drive Worker
Average age	35	35
Gender ratio	Male, 59.0% Female, 41.0%	Male, 39.0% Female, 61.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.2% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% Asian, 5.1% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 11.3% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 4.5% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between gas station attendant and drive worker duties and responsibilities

Gas station attendant example responsibilities.

Operate POS cash register to manage cash, credit, and debit card transaction for sell items.
Provide friendly service to customers by checking groceries, manning gas station pay station, and bagging groceries
Order stock, pricing, shelving incoming goods, selling food, groceries, and relate items.
Pump gas and fill propane tanks for customers, stock retail shelving and perform general janitorial duties in the store.
Maintain facility cleanliness and safety.
Fill propane tanks to customer specifications while following safety protocols.

Drive worker example responsibilities.

Succeed in achieving the management goals of cleanliness, hospitality, accuracy, maintenance, product quality, and speed.
Operate POS touch screen cash register, take orders over microphone/speaker, receive payment and make change.
Deliver groceries to designate locations.
Make smoothies, shakes, crepes, waffles, coffee, etc.

Gas station attendant vs drive worker skills

Common gas station attendant skills

Customer Service, 42%
Stock Shelves, 13%
Groceries, 12%
SAM, 6%
POS, 5%
Lottery Tickets, 3%

Common drive worker skills

Customer Service, 46%
Customer Complaints, 34%
POS, 19%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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