Grocery associate vs overnight stock clerk

The differences between grocery associates and overnight stock clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a grocery associate has an average salary of $35,040, which is higher than the $31,163 average annual salary of an overnight stock clerk.

The top three skills for a grocery associate include frozen food, general merchandise and truck deliveries. The most important skills for an overnight stock clerk are pallet jack, cleanliness, and stock shelves.

Grocery associate vs overnight stock clerk overview

	Grocery Associate	Overnight Stock Clerk
Yearly salary	$35,040	$31,163
Hourly rate	$16.85	$14.98
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	202,439	230,090
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 53%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	-	-

What does a grocery associate do?

Grocery Associates are responsible for assisting with maintaining operations and providing customer service of a grocery store. Their duties include greeting customers, providing product suggestions, conduct product stocking and rotation, assisting with vendor merchandising, and unloading products from trucks. They are also responsible for operating equipment in departments, reporting illegal activities to management, and bagging groceries. Grocery Associates ensure the displays and aisles are clean while assisting customers with product finding and giving directions.

What does an overnight stock clerk do?

An overnight stock clerk works at night in retail and wholesale outlets, department stores, or warehouses to replenish stock. You will inspect goods on the shelves for expiry or damage, unpack new consignments for stocking, log inventory, track merchandise, monitor quality control, verify packing slips against packaging content, and tag goods with bar codes and prices. Overnight stock clerks also fill customer orders and prepare an order report for restocking and arranging goods on shelves.

Grocery associate vs overnight stock clerk salary

Grocery associates and overnight stock clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Grocery Associate	Overnight Stock Clerk
Average salary	$35,040	$31,163
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $46,000	Between $24,000 And $40,000
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Differences between grocery associate and overnight stock clerk education

There are a few differences between a grocery associate and an overnight stock clerk in terms of educational background:

	Grocery Associate	Overnight Stock Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Grocery associate vs overnight stock clerk demographics

Here are the differences between grocery associates' and overnight stock clerks' demographics:

	Grocery Associate	Overnight Stock Clerk
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 79.4% Female, 20.6%	Male, 76.4% Female, 23.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 6.6% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% Asian, 7.1% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between grocery associate and overnight stock clerk duties and responsibilities

Grocery associate example responsibilities.

Receive payment via cash, checks, credit cards, debit cards and WIC.
Generate ideas: better organization in back room, labeling u-boats with dates, sales, etc.
Unload and secure receive products in the appropriate refrigerate storage areas using power, hand jack, carts or u-boats.
Maintain department cleanliness, and provide premier customer service.
Employ at Meijer's as a (GMC).
Stock and rotate product (FIFO )

Overnight stock clerk example responsibilities.

Unload trailer of groceries deliver to the store.
Stock groceries and other goods to maintain a neat appearance and easy accessability.
Maintain exterior and interior cleanliness of mixer truck and conduct daily vehicle inspections.
Stock and maintain grocery inventory of Safeway storefront.

Grocery associate vs overnight stock clerk skills

Common grocery associate skills

Frozen Food, 38%
General Merchandise, 14%
Truck Deliveries, 14%
Front End, 6%
Work Ethic, 4%
Grocery Store, 4%

Common overnight stock clerk skills

Pallet Jack, 47%
Cleanliness, 10%
Stock Shelves, 8%
Pallets, 6%
Safety Guidelines, 5%
Math, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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