Kitchen clerk vs catering assistant

The differences between kitchen clerks and catering assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a kitchen clerk has an average salary of $32,512, which is higher than the $32,101 average annual salary of a catering assistant.

The top three skills for a kitchen clerk include food handling, food products and customer service. The most important skills for a catering assistant are patients, food service, and customer service.

Kitchen clerk vs catering assistant overview

	Kitchen Clerk	Catering Assistant
Yearly salary	$32,512	$32,101
Hourly rate	$15.63	$15.43
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	82,660	10,042
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Kitchen clerk vs catering assistant salary

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

	Kitchen Clerk	Catering Assistant
Average salary	$32,512	$32,101
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $39,000	Between $26,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Massachusetts General Hospital
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between kitchen clerk and catering assistant education

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

	Kitchen Clerk	Catering Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Kitchen clerk vs catering assistant demographics

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

	Kitchen Clerk	Catering Assistant
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 46.9% Female, 53.1%	Male, 32.2% Female, 67.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 7.3% White, 67.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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 clerk and catering assistant duties and responsibilities

Kitchen clerk example responsibilities.

Assist the catering manager to manage, prepare, cook and deliver each day s caterings.
Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, and handle assembly and disassembling of smoothie machine.
Mix water with detergents and acids to prepare cleaning solutions according to specifications, general cleanliness according to safety and company guidelines
Brew, serve, and sell coffee at Starbucks kiosk within the store.

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 clerk vs catering assistant skills

Common kitchen clerk skills

Food Handling, 53%
Food Products, 13%
Customer Service, 9%
Display Cases, 8%
Slicers, 4%
Food Service, 2%

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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