Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$37,700

National average

Salary Range

$29,200 – $48,680

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$52,000$37,820$52,000
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$50,710$48,280$50,710
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$50,480$34,510$56,160
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$49,140$31,810$53,820
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$49,010$38,880$49,010
Sheboygan, WI$48,830$27,690$48,910
Nebraska$47,900$38,560$57,640
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$47,790$38,280$47,900
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$47,340$34,970$56,480
Arizona$46,940$36,130$50,180
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$46,940$39,130$50,450
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$46,400$26,150$47,350
Bismarck, ND$46,230$30,180$46,230
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$46,190$34,150$58,340
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$46,130$42,850$46,130
Kansas$46,020$41,260$57,330
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$46,020$42,760$59,870
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$45,970$36,720$48,940
Omaha, NE-IA$45,720$38,780$60,050
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$45,720$37,680$52,660
Naples-Marco Island, FL$44,660$36,160$48,280
Kansas City, MO-KS$44,340$32,210$44,370
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$44,250$33,230$50,150
North Dakota$44,170$30,180$46,230
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$43,950$27,830$50,140
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$43,900$32,110$44,530
Akron, OH$43,750$33,020$45,750
Indiana$43,590$36,040$44,460
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$43,570$34,000$45,260
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$43,380$34,960$50,540
South Dakota$42,890$39,610$52,000
Utah$42,760$34,930$44,160
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$42,630$29,800$45,650
Iowa$42,550$38,340$47,580
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$42,530$39,280$56,840
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$42,470$37,580$47,600
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$42,390$37,720$47,320
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$42,340$27,730$43,220
Hawaii$42,230$34,770$50,030
Missouri$42,140$35,130$48,680
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$41,950$37,110$43,450
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$41,820$38,690$45,420
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$41,720$36,060$44,830
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$41,600$27,390$46,650
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$41,460$38,340$46,950
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$41,400$30,990$41,400
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$41,300$26,830$45,770
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$41,220$31,980$47,880
Pittsburgh, PA$41,130$29,860$51,010
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$41,020$35,210$60,740
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$40,750$30,520$44,650
Springfield, MO$40,440$29,270$46,270
Lancaster, PA$40,200$31,940$50,810
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$39,970$32,150$47,730
Minnesota$39,830$31,090$44,650
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$39,820$32,080$49,060
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$39,740$30,520$45,640
Washington$39,660$34,580$50,770
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$39,660$29,160$43,990
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,570$38,200$46,040
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$39,530$28,040$43,390
Michigan$39,490$36,200$48,230
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$39,480$32,070$43,920
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$39,480$31,200$44,140
Illinois$39,420$36,440$50,050
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$39,420$36,700$46,660
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$39,400$32,700$40,850
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$39,350$29,910$56,160
Florida$39,300$30,250$48,580
Portland-South Portland, ME$39,250$30,920$55,390
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$39,220$35,680$51,160
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$39,210$35,380$46,960
Maine$39,030$30,920$56,160
Urban Honolulu, HI$39,000$31,990$48,570
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,990$30,060$43,280
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,890$33,330$41,590
Gainesville, GA$38,860$32,240$44,630
Corpus Christi, TX$38,800$23,750$41,970
Tuscaloosa, AL$38,630$21,240$46,700
Harrisonburg, VA$38,470$38,320$39,140
Stockton-Lodi, CA$38,450$34,170$44,320
Vallejo, CA$38,440$36,840$46,810
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$38,380$35,510$44,600
Wisconsin$38,270$27,040$48,910
Green Bay, WI$38,270$38,200$50,330
Kentucky$38,230$36,910$50,710
Ohio$38,230$33,470$44,090
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,210$37,170$46,100
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,180$32,790$47,270
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$38,170$35,600$46,280
Pittsfield, MA$38,020$31,200$45,690
Georgia$38,010$29,160$43,990
Montana$37,950$33,880$40,960
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$37,930$21,630$37,930
New Hampshire$37,890$33,280$52,740
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$37,860$37,490$51,680
Tennessee$37,490$29,250$43,540
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,490$31,970$42,590
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$37,450$28,780$47,070
Morristown, TN$37,410$37,410$42,500
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$37,390$34,580$49,810
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$37,380$32,250$52,920
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$37,360$31,420$48,910
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,310$29,220$42,430
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$37,230$30,780$43,240
Vermont$37,190$35,720$46,790
Bellingham, WA$37,160$34,230$38,390
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,140$24,960$45,070
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$37,080$32,320$40,000
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$37,060$30,150$56,520
Alaska$37,020$31,760$40,000
Huntsville, AL$37,010$31,560$47,320
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,990$27,730$45,670
Salinas, CA$36,980$36,010$45,440
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$36,980$31,200$46,800
Rochester, NY$36,920$31,340$48,140
Nevada$36,890$30,450$56,640
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$36,880$34,570$49,130
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$36,870$33,880$52,460
New York$36,870$31,200$48,940
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$36,870$35,450$47,000
Springfield, MA$36,860$31,200$45,570
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,860$36,860$51,600
California$36,790$35,210$46,310
Massachusetts$36,780$31,200$52,850
Salisbury, MD$36,770$31,200$44,530
Modesto, CA$36,750$35,620$43,560
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$36,710$36,710$48,230
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$36,660$27,990$48,340
North Carolina$36,650$28,560$40,920
Anchorage, AK$36,640$31,050$43,920
Reno, NV$36,610$32,760$56,640
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,600$35,930$42,410
Cleveland, OH$36,570$28,190$45,520
St. Louis, MO-IL$36,530$30,730$46,440
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$36,520$35,940$45,880
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$36,520$31,200$47,010
New Jersey$36,470$31,470$55,050
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$36,400$31,910$45,300
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$36,350$34,330$49,870
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,350$35,050$39,950
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,350$27,410$38,360
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$36,330$30,520$44,810
Arkansas$36,290$29,620$42,240
Pennsylvania$36,280$30,630$47,050
Boise City, ID$36,280$30,370$45,080
Lebanon, PA$36,260$30,950$36,310
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$36,260$33,860$40,340
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$36,250$34,100$45,140
Fort Smith, AR-OK$36,160$26,570$37,830
Columbia, SC$36,130$33,320$39,230
Syracuse, NY$36,120$31,200$44,240
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$36,070$26,630$47,020
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$35,980$32,430$38,750
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,860$35,130$43,680
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,780$28,260$42,240
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$35,710$33,860$49,130
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$35,660$31,260$44,740
Worcester, MA$35,650$31,200$43,570
Virginia$35,420$27,480$41,750
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$35,340$31,120$47,990
Redding, CA$35,320$33,280$42,390
Albuquerque, NM$35,250$28,010$47,030
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$35,220$31,200$47,810
Rhode Island$35,220$30,320$47,440
Oregon$35,110$33,740$45,550
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$35,090$32,640$47,100
Oklahoma$35,060$31,100$44,730
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$35,050$33,740$39,690
Lincoln, NE$35,030$30,640$44,470
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,990$34,990$34,990
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$34,910$26,760$45,480
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$34,900$34,900$47,100
Texas$34,900$26,760$43,220
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$34,710$31,200$44,720
Wyoming$34,650$28,640$41,560
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$34,650$26,620$41,550
Jackson, MS$34,620$31,870$34,850
Mississippi$34,600$27,520$41,550
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$34,550$34,200$35,020
Utica-Rome, NY$34,520$31,200$42,070
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$34,520$28,640$41,560
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$34,510$29,390$48,290
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$34,490$33,570$42,720
Idaho$34,420$28,920$43,340
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$34,410$23,340$49,520
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$34,350$29,230$43,320
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$34,260$32,610$35,010
Delaware$34,060$33,690$35,010
South Carolina$33,690$33,320$38,120
Oklahoma City, OK$33,530$27,240$33,530
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$33,490$29,390$38,470
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$33,450$26,220$41,750
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$33,160$25,120$38,430
West Virginia$33,010$21,320$33,010
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$33,010$21,430$33,010
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$33,000$32,640$46,020
Connecticut$32,950$32,640$40,860
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$32,950$32,640$37,130
Binghamton, NY$32,800$31,200$37,620
Jacksonville, FL$32,760$27,610$47,700
Richmond, VA$32,420$24,960$40,930
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$32,410$29,040$35,340
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$31,960$31,060$46,680
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$31,850$31,840$39,890
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$31,440$31,000$39,590
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$31,410$25,980$37,020
Columbus, GA-AL$31,340$18,640$38,410
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$31,200$26,160$41,410
Maryland$31,200$31,200$43,900
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$31,200$31,200$47,080
Greensboro-High Point, NC$31,200$23,470$36,650
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$31,200$31,200$35,420
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$31,200$31,200$42,640
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$31,200$26,870$39,260
Johnson City, TN$30,740$25,370$36,840
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$30,550$23,940$47,010
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$30,500$21,440$37,540
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$30,330$27,040$42,090
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$30,280$28,380$41,860
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$30,270$21,910$38,880
New Mexico$30,260$28,540$41,900
Knoxville, TN$30,090$27,350$38,360
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$29,750$23,920$36,620
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$29,240$28,150$38,330
Madison, WI$28,730$23,650$48,350
Alabama$28,380$21,440$37,930
Lafayette, LA$28,060$18,470$39,150
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$27,970$20,640$39,230
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$27,680$20,800$38,360
Louisiana$27,180$19,110$38,290
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$26,520$20,590$34,600
Guam$25,800$23,650$29,650
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$25,800$18,360$36,670
Monroe, LA$24,430$20,220$36,800
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$23,840$17,830$38,070
Mobile, AL$23,000$21,860$32,930
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$22,270$18,680$38,220
Wilmington, NC$21,960$21,960$30,600
Decatur, AL$21,650$19,580$36,200
Rocky Mount, NC$20,800$20,800$35,940
Puerto Rico$20,430$20,430$24,770

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers is $37,700, with a typical range of $29,200 – $48,680 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers?β–Ύ

Entry-level Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers positions typically start around $29,200 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmerss earn the most?β–Ύ

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.