Also called: Smoked Fish Slicer, Lox Slicer
Hand-slices smoked salmon, sturgeon and other fish paper-thin at old-style Jewish appetizing shops, serving customers at the counter.
At 8 a.m. he sharpens a long, thin knife and lays a side of Nova lox on the board. A customer asks for a quarter pound, and he cuts slices so thin you can read through them, weighing it just right. By noon he has served 200 customers and joked with regulars.
Estimate; top slicers at famous shops earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0.5 years after high school. No degree; months of training at the counter.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Culinary Arts.
Growing slowly. Few appetizing shops remain, but famous ones are busy.
Low risk for 10 years. Slicing machines exist, but hand slicing paper-thin fish and serving customers stays human.
Age 16+. One way to start: Apply at old-style appetizing shops and delis (mostly in New York); new counter staff learn by hand
Classes: Culinary arts, Business, History.
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