Meat cutter vs caller

The differences between meat cutters and callers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a meat cutter, becoming a caller takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a caller has an average salary of $47,798, which is higher than the $31,200 average annual salary of a meat cutter.

The top three skills for a meat cutter include grinders, food handling and food safety. The most important skills for a caller are outbound calls, customer service, and cold calls.

Meat cutter vs caller overview

	Meat Cutter	Caller
Yearly salary	$31,200	$47,798
Hourly rate	$15.00	$22.98
Growth rate	-3%	11%
Number of jobs	8,732	852
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	42	39
Years of experience	4	12

Meat cutter vs caller salary

Meat cutters and callers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Meat Cutter	Caller
Average salary	$31,200	$47,798
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $41,000	Between $19,000 And $114,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	Mollie Stone's Markets	-
Best paying industry	Retail	-

Differences between meat cutter and caller education

There are a few differences between a meat cutter and a caller in terms of educational background:

	Meat Cutter	Caller
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Meat cutter vs caller demographics

Here are the differences between meat cutters' and callers' demographics:

	Meat Cutter	Caller
Average age	42	39
Gender ratio	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%	Male, 35.9% Female, 64.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.5% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian, 7.5% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 13.3% Unknown, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 6.2% White, 54.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	3%	8%

Differences between meat cutter and caller duties and responsibilities

Meat cutter example responsibilities.

Manage a high pace cutting room for Kroger.
Manage meat department, purchase all perishables for dept, receive and and rotate product.
Experience with equipment such as, meat saws, slicers, grinders, wrapping machines, and knives.
Demonstrate strong customer service skills and proficient use of the POS systems.
Cut meats, see meats and bones, bagging, wrapped, run seal machine
Follow all rules and regulations of HACCP.

Caller example responsibilities.

Maintain hours of on duty engineers and conductors and their hours of rest on excel spreadsheet per FRA requirements.
Act as SME (subject matter expert).
Maintain train schedules for engineer and conductors.
Prepare FRA paper for crews going on duty.
Collect on-boarding and HIPAA policy paperwork for all employees.
Attend ongoing classes to keep certification current for the EMT field.

Meat cutter vs caller skills

Common meat cutter skills

Grinders, 11%
Food Handling, 9%
Food Safety, 9%
Hand Tools, 7%
Customer Service, 7%
Basic Math, 6%

Common caller skills

Outbound Calls, 27%
Customer Service, 23%
Cold Calls, 9%
Fundraise, 7%
Financial Support, 5%
Computer System, 4%