Parachute packer vs grocery bagger

The differences between parachute packers and grocery baggers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a grocery bagger has an average salary of $35,132, which is higher than the $28,339 average annual salary of a parachute packer.

The top three skills for a parachute packer include parachutes, tandem and . The most important skills for a grocery bagger are groceries, customer service, and credit card.

Parachute packer vs grocery bagger overview

	Parachute Packer	Grocery Bagger
Yearly salary	$28,339	$35,132
Hourly rate	$13.62	$16.89
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	16,054	12,529
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Parachute packer vs grocery bagger salary

Parachute packers and grocery baggers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Parachute Packer	Grocery Bagger
Average salary	$28,339	$35,132
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $37,000	Between $27,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
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Differences between parachute packer and grocery bagger education

There are a few differences between a parachute packer and a grocery bagger in terms of educational background:

	Parachute Packer	Grocery Bagger
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Parachute packer vs grocery bagger demographics

Here are the differences between parachute packers' and grocery baggers' demographics:

	Parachute Packer	Grocery Bagger
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 73.4% Female, 26.6%	Male, 71.3% Female, 28.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 7.0% White, 55.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% Asian, 7.3% White, 55.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between parachute packer and grocery bagger duties and responsibilities

Parachute packer example responsibilities.

Supervise a small team in the safe and consistent repacking of the main canopy of tandem sport and student parachutes.
Exhibit exemplary customer service by greeting customers on the front end, ensuring customer's groceries are bag appropriately and safely.
Greet guest on arrival, document vital information for tandem skydives as well as additional skydiving training.
Pack groceries in sacks and cartons and arrange heavy and bulky objects on the bottom of sack or carton.
Prepare pallets by following prescribe stacking arrangement and properly tagging pallets.
Request product lot numbers and batch records from the QA department according to the production schedules.

Grocery bagger example responsibilities.

Handle and bag groceries carefully and according to customer preference.
Bag groceries.-Retrieved grocery buggies form the parking lot.-Customer service.-replenish store merchandise.
Retrieve carts from parking lot and bring them into Kroger's.

Parachute packer vs grocery bagger skills

Common parachute packer skills

Parachutes, 51%
Tandem, 49%

Common grocery bagger skills

Groceries, 44%
Customer Service, 27%
Credit Card, 5%
Customer Vehicles, 4%
Grocery Carts, 4%
Stock Shelves, 4%

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