The annual salary statistics of butchers and meat cutters in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage data of butchers and meat cutters in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $17,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,620 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for butchers and meat cutters in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $36,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of butchers and meat cutters from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $28,620 | -0.52% | 21.94% |
| 2020 | $28,770 | -3.58% | - |
| 2019 | $29,800 | -5.74% | - |
| 2018 | $31,510 | 2.67% | - |
| 2017 | $30,670 | 24.10% | - |
| 2016 | $23,280 | 9.97% | - |
| 2014 | $20,960 | 4.48% | - |
| 2013 | $20,020 | -11.59% | - |
| 2012 | $22,340 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,620 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for butchers and meat cutters in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of butchers and meat cutters in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 23.2 percent (23.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Huntsville and 9.3 percent (9.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Gadsden.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Huntsville | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Decatur | |
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Montgomery | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | |
| Mobile | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Dothan | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Gadsden |