Tray line worker vs deli clerk

The differences between tray line workers 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 $24,035 average annual salary of a tray line worker.

The top three skills for a tray line worker include tray line, patients and kitchen equipment. The most important skills for a deli clerk are help support, basic math, and excellent guest.

Tray line worker vs deli clerk overview

	Tray Line Worker	Deli Clerk
Yearly salary	$24,035	$32,240
Hourly rate	$11.56	$15.50
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	76,868	69,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 56%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Tray line worker vs deli clerk salary

Tray line workers and deli clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tray Line Worker	Deli Clerk
Average salary	$24,035	$32,240
Salary range	Between $18,000 And $31,000	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 tray line worker and deli clerk education

There are a few differences between a tray line worker and a deli clerk in terms of educational background:

	Tray Line Worker	Deli Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 56%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Tray line worker vs deli clerk demographics

Here are the differences between tray line workers' and deli clerks' demographics:

	Tray Line Worker	Deli Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 37.1% Female, 62.9%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% Asian, 5.8% White, 59.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	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 tray line worker and deli clerk duties and responsibilities

Tray line worker example responsibilities.

Prepare and go out to different homes, on campus, to serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, to patients
Assist with planning and directing food preparation and culinary activities along with safely handling and storing all products appropriately.
Provide culinary and kitchen maintenance skills for both non-profit organization and private residence.

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.

Tray line worker vs deli clerk skills

Common tray line worker skills

Tray Line, 30%
Patients, 30%
Kitchen Equipment, 11%
Food Trays, 8%
Production Orders, 6%
Assembly Line, 5%

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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