Highest-paying Cities for Butchers and Meat Cutters

The top 100 highest paying cities for butchers and meat cutters (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of butchers and meat cutters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $51,820, Fairbanks, Alaska is the highest paying city for butchers and meat cutters. It is followed by Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire (average annual salary $51,680). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of butchers and meat cutters in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Butchers and Meat Cutters

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Fairbanks, Alaska	$51,820	$37,850	40
2	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$51,680	$27,790	50
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$50,420	$36,260	1,450
4	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$49,440	$30,320	100
5	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$49,400	$42,010	n/a
6	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$49,080	$36,350	50
7	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$49,040	$38,200	50
8	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$48,290	$37,070	250
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$48,190	$37,540	800
10	Dover, Delaware	$47,330	$34,700	40
11	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,300	$31,780	160
12	Carson City, Nevada	$47,160	$24,220	30
13	Longview, Washington	$47,140	$35,220	40
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,120	$34,980	1,360
15	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$46,890	$34,070	70
16	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$46,210	$30,070	40
17	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$46,080	$21,370	60
18	Spokane, Washington	$45,820	$32,650	240
19	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,810	$38,180	2,540
20	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$45,720	$31,330	50
21	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$45,580	$31,420	160
22	Camden, New Jersey	$45,530	$30,990	300
23	Nashua, New Hampshire	$45,460	$31,200	100
24	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$45,200	$31,300	180
25	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,200	$35,150	320
26	Bellingham, Washington	$45,120	$33,400	100
27	Anchorage, Alaska	$45,060	$35,780	120
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$44,940	$33,280	760
29	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$44,880	$31,010	1,530
30	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$44,780	$32,940	70
31	St Joseph, Missouri	$44,480	$26,890	130
32	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,450	$33,820	950
33	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$44,420	$17,910	200
34	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$44,330	$28,460	1,350
35	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$44,190	$34,820	170
36	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$44,110	$26,120	1,410
37	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$43,930	$31,010	230
38	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$43,860	$30,840	50
39	Manchester, New Hampshire	$43,740	$31,500	60
40	Olympia, Washington	$43,710	$32,620	130
41	Waterbury, Connecticut	$43,680	$30,320	40
42	Bend, Oregon	$43,610	$34,850	60
43	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$43,520	$27,410	50
44	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$43,030	$29,550	80
45	Danbury, Connecticut	$43,010	$31,420	70
46	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$42,760	$31,790	50
47	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$42,750	$27,780	30
48	Pueblo, Colorado	$42,670	$28,540	30
49	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$42,620	$32,220	850
50	Logan, Utah	$42,500	$27,760	220
51	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$42,460	$24,370	1,490
52	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$42,430	$32,220	60
53	Corpus Christi, Texas	$42,420	$25,160	180
54	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$42,370	$29,100	50
55	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$42,310	$28,630	1,320
56	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$42,300	$24,010	50
57	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$42,170	$26,030	110
58	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$42,150	$24,090	70
59	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$42,110	$30,870	560
60	Missoula, Montana	$42,000	$28,510	90
61	Salem, Oregon	$41,880	$28,810	120
62	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$41,870	$27,040	600
63	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$41,670	$29,510	40
64	Sussex County, Delaware	$41,560	$29,840	70
65	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$41,470	$21,980	40
66	Rochester, Minnesota	$41,460	$28,660	50
67	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$41,320	$29,820	180
68	Yakima, Washington	$40,980	$30,140	90
69	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$40,880	$30,740	90
70	Tacoma, Washington	$40,560	$26,350	470
71	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$40,550	$27,850	1,860
72	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$40,490	$30,260	70
73	Waco, Texas	$40,490	$21,890	70
74	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$40,470	$33,940	120
75	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$40,450	$32,360	120
76	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$40,340	$31,200	7,430
77	Boulder, Colorado	$40,270	$33,780	110
78	Ithaca, New York	$40,250	$31,440	30
79	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$40,240	$28,590	110
80	Duluth, Wisconsin	$40,230	$27,950	90
81	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$40,190	$25,510	70
82	Bangor, Maine	$40,190	$30,970	70
83	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida	$40,160	$31,030	70
84	Framingham, Massachusetts	$40,150	$24,750	110
85	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$40,100	$26,450	560
86	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$40,080	$31,930	90
87	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$40,080	$27,160	100
88	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$40,000	$31,390	480
89	Medford, Oregon	$39,880	$30,640	50
90	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$39,870	$18,440	60
91	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,860	$25,650	110
92	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$39,850	$28,230	220
93	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$39,790	$29,330	170
94	Honolulu, Hawaii	$39,730	$17,230	300
95	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$39,720	$31,140	150
96	Worcester, Massachusetts	$39,690	$31,710	130
97	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$39,690	$23,920	230
98	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$39,570	$29,970	40
99	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$39,490	$24,860	130
100	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$39,450	$22,930	100

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