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
Central Minnesota 1,050274$15.40/hr$0.37/hr$12.78/hr$13.88/hr$15.62/hr$17.34/hr$18.40/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
Manufacturing1,540$15.61/hr
Other Regional Data For Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Southeast Minnesota 1,570 $17.02/hr 0.4%
Southwest Minnesota 1,320 $14.73/hr 4.7%
Central Minnesota 1,050 $15.62/hr 2.4%
Northwest Minnesota 640 $15.59/hr N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 140 $14.51/hr N/A
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Cutters and Trimmers, HandN/A$15.82/hrN/A
Tasks for Slaughterers and Meat Packers