Hospital tray aide vs deli clerk

The differences between hospital tray aides 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 $27,697 average annual salary of a hospital tray aide.

The top three skills for a hospital tray aide include food handling, food service and patients. The most important skills for a deli clerk are help support, basic math, and excellent guest.

Hospital tray aide vs deli clerk overview

	Hospital Tray Aide	Deli Clerk
Yearly salary	$27,697	$32,240
Hourly rate	$13.32	$15.50
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	42,187	69,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Hospital tray aide vs deli clerk salary

Hospital tray aides and deli clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Hospital Tray Aide	Deli Clerk
Average salary	$27,697	$32,240
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $33,000	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 hospital tray aide and deli clerk education

There are a few differences between a hospital tray aide and a deli clerk in terms of educational background:

	Hospital Tray Aide	Deli Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Hospital tray aide vs deli clerk demographics

Here are the differences between hospital tray aides' and deli clerks' demographics:

	Hospital Tray Aide	Deli Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 26.4% Female, 73.6%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 9.1% White, 54.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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 hospital tray aide and deli clerk duties and responsibilities

Hospital tray aide example responsibilities.

Devise meal plans in line with patients' age, gender, diagnosis, cultural background and religious practices.
Take meal trays up to patients' rooms and ensure that they have everything they need to enjoy their meal.
Work collaboratively with WIC center nutritionist to conduct/obtain require nutritional measures for WIC participants.
Follow all proper laws and guide lines within the hospital, OSHA, HIPPA.

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.

Hospital tray aide vs deli clerk skills

Common hospital tray aide skills

Food Handling, 32%
Food Service, 26%
Patients, 23%
Tray Line, 12%
Meal Orders, 4%
Food Carts, 2%

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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