Kitchen aide vs catering assistant

The differences between kitchen aides and catering assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a catering assistant has an average salary of $32,101, which is higher than the $28,572 average annual salary of a kitchen aide.

The top three skills for a kitchen aide include meal preparation, cleanliness and patients. The most important skills for a catering assistant are patients, food service, and customer service.

Kitchen aide vs catering assistant overview

	Kitchen Aide	Catering Assistant
Yearly salary	$28,572	$32,101
Hourly rate	$13.74	$15.43
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	101,470	10,042
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Kitchen aide vs catering assistant salary

Kitchen aides and catering assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Kitchen Aide	Catering Assistant
Average salary	$28,572	$32,101
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $35,000	Between $26,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	Concord, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Washington	Hawaii
Best paying company	University Settlement	Massachusetts General Hospital
Best paying industry	Government	Manufacturing

Differences between kitchen aide and catering assistant education

There are a few differences between a kitchen aide and a catering assistant in terms of educational background:

	Kitchen Aide	Catering Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Kitchen aide vs catering assistant demographics

Here are the differences between kitchen aides' and catering assistants' demographics:

	Kitchen Aide	Catering Assistant
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 35.5% Female, 64.5%	Male, 32.2% Female, 67.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% Asian, 7.1% White, 60.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.0% Asian, 7.2% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between kitchen aide and catering assistant duties and responsibilities

Kitchen aide example responsibilities.

Assist the catering manager to manage, prepare, cook and deliver each day s caterings.
Prepare any specific directions for children with food allergies or on medications that might interact with food.
Ask them for their drinks, if they need certain requests for allergies or guests arriving with them.
Maintain adequate kitchen cleanliness and order through communication with chef and other staff
Work collaboratively with WIC center nutritionist to conduct/obtain require nutritional measures for WIC participants.
Operate massive dishwasher and maintain food inventory.

Catering assistant example responsibilities.

Manage and prioritize restaurant reservations.
Monitor patients who cannot receive anything by mouth (NPO) or on liquid diets.
Assist dieticians with monitoring of patients who are NPO, on liquid diets or need to have intake record.
Run POS for student payments, including meal cards and cash.
Comply with regulator agency standards, including federal, state and JCAHO.
Adhere to HIPAA guidelines while processing menu orders with the patient information.

Kitchen aide vs catering assistant skills

Common kitchen aide skills

Meal Preparation, 23%
Cleanliness, 15%
Patients, 12%
Food Handling, 9%
Kitchen Equipment, 7%
Food Orders, 5%

Common catering assistant skills

Patients, 25%
Food Service, 21%
Customer Service, 12%
Food Safety, 7%
Food Delivery, 6%
Beverage Service, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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