DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-3023 Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Occupational Description:
Perform nonroutine or precision functions involving the preparation of large portions of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats. Work typically occurs in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments. Excludes ?Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers? (51-3022) who perform routine meat cutting.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Southeast Balance of State1,740397$16.53/hr$0.69/hr$13.06/hr$15.61/hr$17.00/hr$18.40/hr$19.24/hr
Minnesota 5,220559$15.65/hr$0.33/hr$12.46/hr$13.89/hr$15.90/hr$17.75/hr$18.86/hr
U S 73,3902,348$14.44/hr$0.12/hr$10.47/hr$12.25/hr$14.26/hr$16.63/hr$18.87/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Slaughterers and Meat Packers
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing1,730$17.00/hr
Other Regional Data For Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Southwest Balance of State 2,050 $15.33/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 1,740 $17.00/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 640 $15.59/hr N/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 200 $14.46/hr N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
St Cloud MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers1,530$14.80/hrN/A
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers610$19.14/hrN/A
Dishwashers360$11.50/hrN/A
Packers and Packagers, Hand330$14.94/hrN/A
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic130$16.55/hrN/A
Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals80$14.42/hrN/A
Foundry Mold and Coremakers20$20.71/hrN/A
Cutters and Trimmers, HandN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Slaughterers and Meat Packers