Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Salary in the US
A meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers earns a national median of $38,300 a year (mean $39,280) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #747 of 825.
How much does a meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers earn in the US?
A meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in the United States earns a median of $38,300 a year (mean $39,280), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 25% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 145,700 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-3022), ranked #747 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$38,300
per year
Mean
$39,280
per year
Employment
145,700
US workers
National rank
#747
of 825 by median
What a meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers (SOC 51-3022) earns a median annual wage of $38,300 and a mean (average) of $39,280. The median is the midpoint — half of meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers earn more and half earn less — and is 25% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers is $38,300, and the mean (average) is $39,280. The median is the midpoint — half of meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers earn more and half earn less.
- How does meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers pay compare to the US average?
- At $38,300, a meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers earns 25% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 145,700 meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers employed nationally (SOC 51-3022), across all industries.
- Where does this meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-3022. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-3022 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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