Slicer vs deli clerk

The differences between slicers and deli clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a deli clerk has an average salary of $32,240, which is higher than the $25,319 average annual salary of a slicer.

The top three skills for a slicer include lunch meat, slicers and food safety procedures. The most important skills for a deli clerk are help support, basic math, and excellent guest.

Slicer vs deli clerk overview

	Slicer	Deli Clerk
Yearly salary	$25,319	$32,240
Hourly rate	$12.17	$15.50
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	4,402	69,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Slicer vs deli clerk salary

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

	Slicer	Deli Clerk
Average salary	$25,319	$32,240
Salary range	Between $12,000 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 slicer and deli clerk education

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

	Slicer	Deli Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Slicer vs deli clerk demographics

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

	Slicer	Deli Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 65.3% Female, 34.7%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 18.3% Asian, 6.2% White, 59.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	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 slicer and deli clerk duties and responsibilities

Slicer example responsibilities.

Experience using a cash register and POS system to manage food orders.
Send frozen bacon throw the slicer weigh meat
Operate slicer in the turkey bacon manufacturing process.
Organize and bag customer's groceries at checkout.
Slice an array of meats, breads and cheeses.
Make sure assign machine and areas are USDA approve before daily start up.

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.

Slicer vs deli clerk skills

Common slicer skills

Lunch Meat, 71%
Slicers, 5%
Food Safety Procedures, 5%
Assembly Line, 4%
Customer Orders, 4%
Bacon, 3%

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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