Occupational Employment Statistics
51-3023 Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Work in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments performing precision functions involving the preparation of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats. Excludes “Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers" (51-3022) who perform routine meat cutting.
| Manufacturing | 2,960 | $19.70/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
- Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
- Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
- Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
- Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
- Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
- Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
- Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
- Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
- Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
- Stun animals prior to slaughtering.