Kitchen clerk vs deli clerk

The differences between kitchen clerks and deli clerks 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 $32,240 average annual salary of a deli clerk.

The top three skills for a kitchen clerk include food handling, food products and customer service. The most important skills for a deli clerk are help support, basic math, and excellent guest.

Kitchen clerk vs deli clerk overview

	Kitchen Clerk	Deli Clerk
Yearly salary	$32,512	$32,240
Hourly rate	$15.63	$15.50
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	82,660	69,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Kitchen clerk vs deli clerk salary

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

	Kitchen Clerk	Deli Clerk
Average salary	$32,512	$32,240
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $39,000	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 kitchen clerk and deli clerk education

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

	Kitchen Clerk	Deli Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Kitchen clerk vs deli clerk demographics

Here are the differences between kitchen clerks' and deli clerks' demographics:

	Kitchen Clerk	Deli Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 46.9% Female, 53.1%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
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, 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 kitchen clerk and deli clerk 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.

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.

Kitchen clerk vs deli clerk skills

Common kitchen clerk skills

Food Handling, 53%
Food Products, 13%
Customer Service, 9%
Display Cases, 8%
Slicers, 4%
Food Service, 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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Updated January 8, 2025

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