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
EDR 8 - Southwest 990216$15.06/hr$0.58/hr$11.42/hr$13.05/hr$14.89/hr$17.25/hr$19.11/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
Manufacturing990$14.89/hr
Other Regional Data For Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 10 - Southeast 1,570 $17.02/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest 990 $14.89/hr N/A
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 140 $14.51/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 4 - West Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7W- Central N/A $15.45/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 9 - South Central N/A N/A N/A
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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Slaughterers and Meat Packers