Animal slaughtering & processing

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    451k
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    42
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    6.36%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $50,861
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $55,903
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $42,160
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group are butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, and food processing workers, all other. On average, full-time employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $52,441. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,063.

    The workforce of Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in 2024 was 451,211 people, with 36.7% woman, and 63.3% men.

    In 2024, 39.4% of the workforce in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group was White (177,947 people), of which 32.2% were women and 67.8% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

    The workforce in Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group was 451,211 people and is concentrated in Texas (38,773 workers). The average annual salary was $50,861, being $19,016 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    3.71%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 229k people employed in the Animal Slaughtering and Processing industry. This represents a 3.71% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Texas (38.8k), Arkansas (34.8k), and North Carolina (28.8k).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $50,861, $19,016 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.359
    WAGE GINI

    Animal slaughtering & processing has a wage GINI of 0.359, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Animal slaughtering & processing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

    Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are the most common position with 77,207 workers, but the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders and Food processing workers, all other.

    The highest average salary in Animal slaughtering & processing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers (77,207 people), packaging & filling machine operators & tenders (59,550 people), and food processing workers, all other (33,197 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $55,903
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$2,416
    $42,160
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$2,081

    On average, Male workers in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group make 1.33 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

    The Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

    Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Animal slaughtering & processing is from Manufacturing.

    Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group is Manufacturing.

    In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Animal slaughtering & processing is from Manufacturing.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Wholesale trade
    3. Mining

    The Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Animal slaughtering & processing is from Manufacturing.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Construction
    3. Professional and business services

    The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. Texas
      288
    2. California
      230
    3. Pennsylvania
      159

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Animal slaughtering & processing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 36.7% corresponds to women and 63.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $55,903 and $42,160.

    69.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

    Gender and Age

    165,528
    Women
    36.7%
    285,683
    Men
    63.3%

    The workforce of Animal slaughtering & processing industry in 2024 was 451,211 people, with 36.7% woman, and 63.3% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Animal slaughtering & processing industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 39.4% of the workforce in the Animal slaughtering & processing industry was White (177,947 people), of which 32.2% were women and 67.8% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Animal slaughtering & processing workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (181,548 people), some college (71,088 people), and secondary education (62,632 people).

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Animal Slaughtering and Processing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 6.36% in the next ten years. The Animal Slaughtering and Processing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 6.36%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (19.7%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (19.7%).

    Job Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
    6.36%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    6.36%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Animal Slaughtering and Processing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 6.36%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
    19.7%
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    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Animal Slaughtering and Processing industry.

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