DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	5,220	559	$15.65/hr	$0.33/hr	$12.46/hr	$13.89/hr	$15.90/hr	$17.75/hr	$18.86/hr
U S	73,390	2,348	$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 Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Manufacturing 5,090 $15.92/hr Trade, Transportation and Utilities 60 $19.38/hr

Other Regional Data For Slaughterers and Meat Packers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change 2023 - 2025 Minnesota 5,220 $15.90/hr 1.4% Southwest Balance of State 2,050 $15.33/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State 1,740 $17.00/hr N/A Southeast Minnesota 1,570 $17.02/hr N/A Southwest Minnesota 1,320 $14.73/hr N/A Central Minnesota 1,050 $15.62/hr N/A Northwest Balance of State 640 $15.59/hr N/A Northwest Minnesota 640 $15.59/hr N/A Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 200 $14.46/hr N/A Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 140 $14.51/hr N/A Rochester MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A St Cloud MN MSA N/A N/A N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2023 - 2025
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	10,020	$22.42/hr	1.5%
Packers and Packagers, Hand	9,200	$13.60/hr	0.4%
Dishwashers	8,170	$12.21/hr	1.0%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	4,140	$15.48/hr	2.3%
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,010	$17.84/hr	-0.1%
Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals	730	$12.81/hr	1.0%
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	450	$20.10/hr	-3.4%
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	140	$14.90/hr	-2.4%

• Trims headmeat and otherwise severs or removes parts of animals heads or skulls.
• Trims, cleans, and/or cures animal hides.
• Grinds meat into sausage.
• Slaughters animals in accordance with religious law and determines that carcasses meet specified religious standards when slaughtering is performed for religious purposes.
• Slits open, eviscerates, and trims carcasses of slaughtered animals.
• Cuts, trims, skins, sorts, and washes viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
• Washes and/or shaves carcasses.
• Shackles hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
• Severs jugular vein to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Saws, splits, or scribes slaughtered animals to reduce carcasses.
• Skins sections of animals or whole animals.
• Removes bone and cuts meat into standard cuts to prepare meat for marketing.
• Wraps dressed carcasses and/or meat cuts.
• Stuns animals prior to slaughtering.