Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers

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2020 Workforce

253k

Average Age

40.6

Average Salary

$31,854

Average Male Salary

$33,518

Average Female Salary

$26,493

About

Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are most often employed by the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry. The average yearly wage for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers was $31,854 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers by wage are Phlebotomists, File clerks, and Veterinary technologists and technicians.

Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are Dodge City, Garden City & Liberal City PUMA, KS, Northeast Nebraska PUMA, NE, and Potter CountyAmarillo City (North) PUMA, TX. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are Dodge City, Garden City & Liberal City PUMA, KS, Potter CountyAmarillo City (North) PUMA, TX, and Northeast Nebraska PUMA, NE.

Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores is the industry that employs the most Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, by average wage, is Not specified food industries, manufacturing. Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are paid most in Providence County (West & Central)Woonsocket City PUMA, RI but are relatively concentrated in Dodge City, Garden City & Liberal City PUMA, KS.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$31,854

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,214

In 2020, Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers earned an average of $31,854, $24,100 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Phlebotomists make somewhat more than Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers while File clerks make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.321

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.321, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, by number of employees, are Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, Animal slaughtering & processing, Specialty food stores, General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters, Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers, Restaurants & Food Services, Convenience Stores, Seafood & other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c. , Animal production & aquaculture, Not specified retail trade, and Department stores.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, by average wage, are Not specified food industries, manufacturing, Other direct selling establishments, and Department stores.

Industries by Share

253k

2020 Workforce

± 12,328

−1.09%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 6.96%

The number of people employed as Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers has been declining at a rate of −1.09%, from 255,361 people in 2019 to 252,567 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers employed by various industries. Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores employs the largest share of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers at 40.6%, followed by Animal slaughtering & processing with 35.4% and Specialty food stores with 7.03%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers in the US. The average age of male Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers in the workforce is 40.4 and of female Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers is 41, and the most common race/ethnicity for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

193k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 10,771

59.8k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,004

76.3% of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

42.7% of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 19.4% of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers.

Age by Sex

40.4

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.814

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.31

The median age of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers is 40.6, and Male employees are generally 0.623 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers is Business but a relatively high number of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers hold a major in Agriculture.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, and Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, and Repairing.