Occupational Employment Statistics
51-3022 Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Use hand or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.
Southwest Minnesota
| 370 | 48 | $19.62/hr | $14.91/hr | $18.47/hr | $19.47/hr | $21.35/hr | $23.11/hr |
Minnesota
| 3,390 | 176 | $18.55/hr | $15.20/hr | $15.20/hr | $19.47/hr | $19.84/hr | $21.82/hr |
U S
| 141,090 | 1,693 | $18.89/hr | $14.27/hr | $16.64/hr | $18.43/hr | $21.24/hr | $23.80/hr |
Manufacturing | 2,840 | $19.47/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 550 | $18.82/hr |
- Prepare ready-to-heat foods by filleting meat or fish or cutting it into bite-sized pieces, preparing and adding vegetables or applying sauces or breading.
- Separate meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.
- Produce hamburger meat and meat trimmings.
- Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat.
- Obtain and distribute specified meat or carcass.
- Clean and salt hides.
- Process primal parts into cuts that are ready for retail use.
- Prepare sausages, luncheon meats, hot dogs, and other fabricated meat products, using meat trimmings and hamburger meat.
- Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming.
- Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents.