Stock room associate vs grocery associate

The differences between stock room associates and grocery associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a grocery associate has an average salary of $35,040, which is higher than the $31,485 average annual salary of a stock room associate.

The top three skills for a stock room associate include excellent interpersonal, sales floor and loss prevention. The most important skills for a grocery associate are frozen food, general merchandise, and truck deliveries.

Stock room associate vs grocery associate overview

	Stock Room Associate	Grocery Associate
Yearly salary	$31,485	$35,040
Hourly rate	$15.14	$16.85
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	50,522	202,439
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 41%	High School Diploma, 36%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	-	-

Stock room associate vs grocery associate salary

Stock room associates and grocery associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Stock Room Associate	Grocery Associate
Average salary	$31,485	$35,040
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $37,000	Between $26,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between stock room associate and grocery associate education

There are a few differences between a stock room associate and a grocery associate in terms of educational background:

	Stock Room Associate	Grocery Associate
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 41%	High School Diploma, 36%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Stock room associate vs grocery associate demographics

Here are the differences between stock room associates' and grocery associates' demographics:

	Stock Room Associate	Grocery Associate
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 63.0% Female, 37.0%	Male, 79.4% Female, 20.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.1% Asian, 7.1% White, 55.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 6.6% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between stock room associate and grocery associate duties and responsibilities

Stock room associate example responsibilities.

Assemble pallets of package food products or load products directly into each truck safely and according to shipping standards.
Maintain cleanliness according to regulate standards throughout the facilities, both inside and outside per organizations regulations.
Experience with back stocking merchandise, pulling merchandise, truck unload and entire store inventory, RF scanner and palette jack.

Grocery associate example responsibilities.

Receive payment via cash, checks, credit cards, debit cards and WIC.
Generate ideas: better organization in back room, labeling u-boats with dates, sales, etc.
Unload and secure receive products in the appropriate refrigerate storage areas using power, hand jack, carts or u-boats.
Maintain department cleanliness, and provide premier customer service.
Employ at Meijer's as a (GMC).
Stock and rotate product (FIFO )

Stock room associate vs grocery associate skills

Common stock room associate skills

Excellent Interpersonal, 32%
Sales Floor, 30%
Loss Prevention, 14%
Customer Service, 9%
Merchandise Flow, 5%
Stock Checks, 1%

Common grocery associate skills

Frozen Food, 38%
General Merchandise, 14%
Truck Deliveries, 14%
Front End, 6%
Work Ethic, 4%
Grocery Store, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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