Occupational employment / Butchers and meat cutters

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Butchers and meat cutters" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1,710 $17.56 $36,530
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 6,420 $19.20 $39,940
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6,320 $12.66 $26,330
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 6,070 $13.72 $28,530
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 5,270 $13.71 $28,520
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 4,470 $12.80 $26,630
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 4,020 $18.34 $38,140
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,970 $12.61 $26,230
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2,360 $16.57 $34,460
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,270 $13.04 $27,120
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,230 $12.87 $26,760
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,070 $12.91 $26,850
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,020 $16.21 $33,730
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,850 $12.32 $25,620
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,840 $16.54 $34,410
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,680 $12.59 $26,190
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,570 $16.45 $34,220
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,440 $14.78 $30,740
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 1,440 $16.13 $33,560
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,440 $14.17 $29,470
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,300 $13.62 $28,320
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 1,290 $18.00 $37,440
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,270 $17.86 $37,150
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,260 $11.13 $23,150
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,240 $15.43 $32,100
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,150 $15.97 $33,210
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,070 $21.46 $44,630
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,050 $8.41 $17,500
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 990 $14.28 $29,700
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 950 $21.24 $44,190
Denver-Aurora, CO 920 $14.98 $31,160
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 900 $13.43 $27,940
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 900 $14.21 $29,560
Pittsburgh, PA 890 $14.06 $29,250
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 880 $12.83 $26,680
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 810 $13.13 $27,310
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 810 $15.38 $31,980
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 790 $14.97 $31,150
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 790 $16.80 $34,940
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 780 $18.29 $38,040
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 780 $21.26 $44,210
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 760 $18.41 $38,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 760 $17.45 $36,290
Kansas City, MO-KS 760 $15.48 $32,190
Baltimore-Towson, MD 750 $17.91 $37,250
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 720 $15.83 $32,930
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 720 $17.19 $35,740
San Antonio, TX 720 $11.66 $24,250
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 700 $14.23 $29,590
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 690 $12.48 $25,950
Columbus, OH 690 $14.97 $31,130
Jacksonville, FL 680 $13.65 $28,390
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 670 $12.53 $26,060
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 640 $14.54 $30,240
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 620 $11.46 $23,840
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 570 $22.10 $45,980
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 550 $13.92 $28,950
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 550 $13.28 $27,620
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 550 $13.71 $28,510
Salt Lake City, UT 550 $13.91 $28,930
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 530 $13.40 $27,870
Yakima, WA 520 $11.47 $23,860
Raleigh-Cary, NC 500 $14.28 $29,700
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 460 $14.68 $30,540
Amarillo, TX 440 $11.03 $22,930
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 430 $16.24 $33,790
Boise City-Nampa, ID 430 $14.09 $29,310
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 420 $17.38 $36,150
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 410 $15.03 $31,270
Oklahoma City, OK 410 $13.15 $27,350
Gainesville, GA 410 $11.10 $23,080
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 400 $15.87 $33,010
Austin-Round Rock, TX 390 $13.41 $27,890
Tucson, AZ 390 $16.73 $34,790
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 370 $14.54 $30,250
Fresno, CA 370 $16.42 $34,150
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 370 $17.41 $36,220
Rochester, NY 350 $18.50 $38,480
Dayton, OH 330 $14.54 $30,250
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 330 $14.81 $30,810
Honolulu, HI 320 $18.70 $38,900
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 320 $12.97 $26,970
Richmond, VA 310 $15.54 $32,320
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 310 $17.45 $36,300
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 300 $13.50 $28,080
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 300 $16.22 $33,750
El Paso, TX 300 $10.80 $22,470
Canton-Massillon, OH 300 $13.28 $27,620
Toledo, OH 290 $15.00 $31,200
Akron, OH 290 $13.84 $28,790
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 290 $12.96 $26,950
Baton Rouge, LA 290 $13.21 $27,480
Fort Wayne, IN 280 $14.57 $30,300
Stockton, CA 280 $17.05 $35,460
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 270 $19.53 $40,630
Lafayette, LA 270 $11.37 $23,650
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 260 $16.37 $34,050
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 260 $12.38 $25,750
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 260 $11.85 $24,640
Albuquerque, NM 260 $14.36 $29,870
Knoxville, TN 250 $13.97 $29,060
Greenville, SC 250 $12.94 $26,920
Tulsa, OK 250 $10.73 $22,330
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 250 $13.63 $28,360
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 250 $14.83 $30,850
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 240 $14.13 $29,400
Reno-Sparks, NV 230 $19.04 $39,600
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 220 $14.05 $29,220
Rockford, IL 220 $13.82 $28,750
Bakersfield, CA 220 $14.15 $29,440
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 220 $20.38 $42,390
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 220 $14.72 $30,610
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 220 $12.94 $26,920
Durham, NC 210 $13.15 $27,360
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 210 $12.29 $25,570
Syracuse, NY 210 $17.28 $35,930
Lancaster, PA 210 $14.14 $29,420
Jackson, MS 210 $11.62 $24,160
Wichita, KS 200 $13.67 $28,430
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 200 $13.79 $28,690
Visalia-Porterville, CA 200 $13.57 $28,230
Fort Smith, AR-OK 190 $10.12 $21,050
Reading, PA 190 $16.29 $33,890
Decatur, AL 190 $11.23 $23,360
Columbia, SC 190 $11.95 $24,860
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 180 $13.55 $28,190
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 180 $14.98 $31,170
Evansville, IN-KY 180 $11.26 $23,410
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 180 $13.72 $28,540
Provo-Orem, UT 170 $13.61 $28,310
Fayetteville, NC 170 $12.98 $26,990
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 170 $21.19 $44,080
Eugene-Springfield, OR 170 $12.41 $25,810
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 170 $11.40 $23,710
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 170 $14.83 $30,840
Cedar Rapids, IA 170 $11.21 $23,320
St. Cloud, MN 170 $13.86 $28,830
Colorado Springs, CO 170 $16.50 $34,320
Charleston, WV 170 $10.67 $22,190
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 160 $11.65 $24,220
Wilmington, NC 160 $13.72 $28,530
Corpus Christi, TX 160 $11.48 $23,870
Greensboro-High Point, NC 160 $14.65 $30,480
Green Bay, WI 160 Not available Not available
Montgomery, AL 160 $12.27 $25,520
Madison, WI 160 $15.31 $31,840
Modesto, CA 160 $17.62 $36,660
Laredo, TX 150 $8.51 $17,710
Sioux Falls, SD 150 $13.28 $27,620
Asheville, NC 150 $12.49 $25,980
Worcester, MA-CT 150 $19.84 $41,270
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 150 $7.84 $16,310
Winston-Salem, NC 150 $13.32 $27,710
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 150 $11.94 $24,840
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 150 $13.56 $28,210
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 140 $12.13 $25,230
Peoria, IL 140 $11.80 $24,530
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 140 $13.75 $28,600
Naples-Marco Island, FL 140 $14.04 $29,200
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 140 $17.16 $35,690
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 140 $11.89 $24,730
New Haven, CT 140 $18.13 $37,700
Anchorage, AK 140 $18.24 $37,950
Merced, CA 130 $15.53 $32,300
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 130 $17.45 $36,290
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 130 $19.11 $39,750
Lincoln, NE 130 $12.46 $25,910
Duluth, MN-WI 130 $17.37 $36,130
Springfield, MO 130 $12.84 $26,710
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 130 $12.56 $26,110
Chattanooga, TN-GA 130 $12.93 $26,890
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 130 $15.26 $31,750
Columbus, GA-AL 120 $13.02 $27,090
Springfield, MA-CT 120 $19.90 $41,390
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 120 $9.75 $20,290
Roanoke, VA 120 $12.53 $26,070
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 120 $11.85 $24,640
Spokane, WA 120 $18.06 $37,570
Macon, GA 120 $11.49 $23,900
Mobile, AL 120 $11.72 $24,380
Topeka, KS 120 $12.22 $25,420
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 110 $20.72 $43,110
Eau Claire, WI 110 $15.49 $32,220
Florence, SC 110 $10.94 $22,750
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 110 $12.61 $26,230
Goldsboro, NC 110 $14.67 $30,520
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 110 $17.49 $36,390
Utica-Rome, NY 110 $15.56 $32,360
Lexington-Fayette, KY 110 $12.88 $26,790
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 110 $16.94 $35,220
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 110 $14.08 $29,290
Billings, MT 110 $13.55 $28,190
Tallahassee, FL 110 $11.92 $24,800
Chico, CA 110 $17.75 $36,910
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 110 $15.44 $32,120
Jackson, TN 100 $11.74 $24,430
Gainesville, FL 100 $12.98 $27,010
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 100 $18.76 $39,020
Boulder, CO 100 $16.96 $35,280
Rapid City, SD 100 $13.13 $27,310
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 100 $12.70 $26,420
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 100 $14.33 $29,800
Flagstaff, AZ 100 $12.57 $26,150
Wausau, WI 100 $14.23 $29,600
Ocala, FL 100 $14.11 $29,350
Valdosta, GA 100 $10.80 $22,460
Salem, OR 90 $16.54 $34,410
Altoona, PA 90 $12.60 $26,210
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 90 $12.88 $26,790
Erie, PA 90 $14.63 $30,420
Lakeland, FL 90 $15.92 $33,120
Ann Arbor, MI 90 $16.19 $33,670
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 90 $15.21 $31,640
College Station-Bryan, TX 90 $11.87 $24,700
Olympia, WA 90 $16.35 $34,010
Anderson, SC 90 $11.42 $23,750
Yuma, AZ 90 $12.55 $26,100
Medford, OR 90 $15.45 $32,140
St. George, UT 90 $12.84 $26,700
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 80 $20.88 $43,430
Barnstable Town, MA 80 $23.82 $49,550
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 80 $13.16 $27,370
Tuscaloosa, AL 80 $12.15 $25,270
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 80 $13.63 $28,340
Bangor, ME 80 $14.61 $30,390
Lake Charles, LA 80 $12.00 $24,970
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 80 $13.56 $28,190
Ponce, PR 80 $8.61 $17,920
Bend, OR 80 $15.75 $32,770
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 80 $13.37 $27,800
Redding, CA 80 $14.51 $30,180
Athens-Clarke County, GA 80 $12.46 $25,920
Spartanburg, SC 80 $12.83 $26,690
Appleton, WI 80 $16.79 $34,920
Clarksville, TN-KY 80 $12.96 $26,960
Atlantic City, NJ 80 $21.86 $45,470
Jefferson City, MO 80 $13.06 $27,170
Iowa City, IA 80 $11.08 $23,050
Manchester, NH 80 $16.09 $33,460
Grand Junction, CO 80 $15.82 $32,900
Dothan, AL 70 $12.49 $25,980
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 70 $16.39 $34,090
Johnson City, TN 70 $13.32 $27,700
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 70 $12.41 $25,820
Kingston, NY 70 $16.63 $34,580
Binghamton, NY 70 $15.60 $32,440
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 70 $15.54 $32,320
Greeley, CO 70 $12.93 $26,900
York-Hanover, PA 70 $14.73 $30,640
Morristown, TN 70 $11.55 $24,020
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 70 $15.17 $31,540
Dover, DE 70 $15.67 $32,590
Johnstown, PA 70 $12.47 $25,940
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 70 $19.06 $39,630
Waco, TX 70 $11.25 $23,410
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 60 $20.15 $41,900
Idaho Falls, ID 60 $13.63 $28,340
Danbury, CT 60 $19.24 $40,020
Fargo, ND-MN 60 $13.65 $28,380
Springfield, OH 60 $14.05 $29,230
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 60 $7.00 $14,560
Albany, GA 60 $13.26 $27,580
Guayama, PR 60 $7.67 $15,950
Grand Forks, ND-MN 60 $14.01 $29,140
Wheeling, WV-OH 60 $11.48 $23,870
Waterbury, CT 60 $20.04 $41,680
Glens Falls, NY 60 $14.16 $29,440
Bismarck, ND 60 $13.05 $27,150
Las Cruces, NM 60 $11.29 $23,470
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 60 $13.25 $27,560
Greenville, NC 60 $12.81 $26,640
Springfield, IL 50 $10.88 $22,640
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 50 $12.61 $26,230
Cumberland, MD-WV 50 $12.44 $25,880
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 50 $18.22 $37,890
St. Joseph, MO-KS 50 $14.37 $29,880
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 50 $17.59 $36,590
Pueblo, CO 50 $14.99 $31,180
Monroe, LA 50 $11.27 $23,450
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 50 $12.64 $26,290
Elizabethtown, KY 50 $13.59 $28,280
Lima, OH 50 $14.42 $29,990
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 50 $15.41 $32,050
Champaign-Urbana, IL 50 $13.34 $27,750
Rocky Mount, NC 50 $12.88 $26,790
Bloomington, IN 50 $13.11 $27,260
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 50 $16.95 $35,250
Bellingham, WA 50 $21.62 $44,960
Lynchburg, VA 50 $13.62 $28,330
Charlottesville, VA 50 $15.27 $31,750
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 50 $11.07 $23,020
Logan, UT-ID 50 $12.71 $26,450
San Angelo, TX 50 $14.17 $29,470
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 50 $14.78 $30,740
Jonesboro, AR 50 $11.80 $24,550
Prescott, AZ 50 $17.88 $37,190
El Centro, CA 50 $12.39 $25,760
Napa, CA 50 $21.22 $44,140
Yauco, PR 50 $7.12 $14,820
Mayaguez, PR 50 $7.50 $15,590
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 50 $11.40 $23,720
Sheboygan, WI 50 $15.34 $31,910
Racine, WI 50 $17.72 $36,850
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 50 $16.55 $34,430
Flint, MI 50 $13.56 $28,200
Anniston-Oxford, AL 40 $11.11 $23,100
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 40 $14.74 $30,660
Farmington, NM 40 $14.78 $30,740
Sumter, SC 40 $12.72 $26,460
La Crosse, WI-MN 40 $17.19 $35,760
Sandusky, OH 40 $11.81 $24,560
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 40 $23.76 $49,410
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 40 $14.40 $29,950
Joplin, MO 40 $12.59 $26,180
Terre Haute, IN 40 $13.09 $27,230
Lawrence, KS 40 $15.30 $31,820
Bowling Green, KY 40 $13.27 $27,600
Casper, WY 40 $13.18 $27,410
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 40 $10.79 $22,440
Fairbanks, AK 40 $19.22 $39,970
Odessa, TX 40 $11.33 $23,560
Gadsden, AL 40 $8.99 $18,690
Midland, TX 40 $14.91 $31,020
Battle Creek, MI 40 $13.86 $28,830
Danville, VA 40 $12.89 $26,810
Jacksonville, NC 40 $14.45 $30,050
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 40 $18.89 $39,290
Danville, IL 40 $12.48 $25,970
Pascagoula, MS 40 $12.60 $26,220
Bloomington-Normal, IL 40 $14.21 $29,550
Cleveland, TN 40 $13.85 $28,810
Dubuque, IA 40 $14.50 $30,160
Pittsfield, MA 40 $19.71 $41,000
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 40 $20.51 $42,650
Columbus, IN 30 $13.20 $27,460
Pine Bluff, AR 30 $12.36 $25,710
Rochester, MN 30 $14.99 $31,190
Janesville, WI 30 $15.05 $31,300
Williamsport, PA 30 $14.67 $30,510
Wenatchee, WA 30 $13.90 $28,910
Longview, TX 30 $13.24 $27,530
Coeur d'Alene, ID 30 $14.48 $30,130
Abilene, TX 30 $14.02 $29,170
Fajardo, PR 30 $7.45 $15,510
Sherman-Denison, TX 30 $10.93 $22,740
Great Falls, MT 30 $14.29 $29,720
Warner Robins, GA 30 $15.40 $32,030
Cheyenne, WY 30 $13.96 $29,030
Lawton, OK 30 $12.92 $26,880
Mansfield, OH 30 $16.03 $33,340
Missoula, MT 30 $13.58 $28,260
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 30 $12.14 $25,240
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Not available $12.05 $25,070
Savannah, GA Not available $11.00 $22,870
Lubbock, TX Not available $11.99 $24,930
Tyler, TX Not available $9.30 $19,340
Elkhart-Goshen, IN Not available $12.03 $25,010
Lansing-East Lansing, MI Not available $14.50 $30,160
Dalton, GA Not available $12.99 $27,010
Fond du Lac, WI Not available $15.87 $33,020
Lebanon, PA Not available $17.03 $35,420
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Not available $18.26 $37,970
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Not available $15.23 $31,680
Yuba City, CA Not available $17.80 $37,030
Huntsville, AL Not available $11.83 $24,600
Salinas, CA Not available $16.43 $34,180
Harrisonburg, VA Not available $14.48 $30,120
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