Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers

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Total Workforce

248k

Average Age

Average Salary

$30,729

Average Male Salary

$32,158

Average Female Salary

$26,813

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 $30,729 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers by wage are File clerks, Shoe & leather workers, and Woodworking machine setters, operators, & tenders, except sawing.

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, Southwest Minnesota PUMA, MN, and Mower, Steele, Freeborn & Dodge Counties PUMA, MN. 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, Southwest Minnesota PUMA, MN, and Sunnyside & Grandview Cities PUMA, WA.

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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 Traveler accommodation. Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are paid most in Independence, Cleburne, Van Buren, Sharp, Izard, Stone & Fulton Counties PUMA, AR but are relatively concentrated in Dodge City, Garden City & Liberal City PUMA, KS.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$30,729

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,099

In 2018, Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers earned an average of $30,729, $23,160 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

File clerks make somewhat more than Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers while Woodworking machine setters, operators, & tenders, except sawing 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

0.303

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.303, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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, and Specialty food stores.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, by average wage, are Traveler accommodation, Department stores, Car Dealers, Miscellaneous general merchandise stores, Department stores & discount stores, and Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers.

Industries by Share

248k

2018 Workforce

± 12,204

-4.45%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 7.22%

The number of people employed as Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers has been declining at a rate of -4.45%, from 259,026 people in 2017 to 247,504 people in 2018.

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 42.4%, followed by Animal slaughtering & processing with 31.3% and Specialty food stores with 7.8%.

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 39.9 and of female Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers is 40.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

181k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 10,448

66.2k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,315

73.3% of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender 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)

43.4% of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 22.1% 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 Gender

39.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.855

40.1

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.24

The median age of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers is 40, and Male employees are generally 0.144 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 Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services.

Majors

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