Salad maker vs deli clerk

The differences between salad makers and deli clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a salad maker has an average salary of $36,905, which is higher than the $32,240 average annual salary of a deli clerk.

The top three skills for a salad maker include salad station, cleanliness and BARS. The most important skills for a deli clerk are help support, basic math, and excellent guest.

Salad maker vs deli clerk overview

	Salad Maker	Deli Clerk
Yearly salary	$36,905	$32,240
Hourly rate	$17.74	$15.50
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	116,336	69,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Salad maker vs deli clerk salary

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

	Salad Maker	Deli Clerk
Average salary	$36,905	$32,240
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $50,000	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 salad maker and deli clerk education

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

	Salad Maker	Deli Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Culinary Arts	Business
Most common college	-	-

Salad maker vs deli clerk demographics

Here are the differences between salad makers' and deli clerks' demographics:

	Salad Maker	Deli Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 37.3% Female, 62.7%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.5% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 7.1% White, 55.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	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 salad maker and deli clerk duties and responsibilities

Salad maker example responsibilities.

Greet customers, enter orders into POS, handle payments.
Check out customer's groceries and sack customer's groceries.
Take written orders as well as placing them into the POS system.
Stock the kitchen line when various items go low or run out.
Assist customers with bagging groceries and help carry groceries to their car.
Cut and chop food items and cook on grill or in fryers.

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.

Salad maker vs deli clerk skills

Common salad maker skills

Salad Station, 38%
Cleanliness, 19%
BARS, 15%
Kitchen Equipment, 10%
Food Products, 7%
Customer Complaints, 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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