Highest-paying Cities for Slaughterers and Meat Packers

The top 100 highest paying cities for slaughterers and meat packers (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 slaughterers and meat packers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $47,220, West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois is the highest paying city for slaughterers and meat packers. It is followed by Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado (average annual salary $46,160). 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 slaughterers and meat packers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$47,220	$34,900	330
2	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,160	$31,850	290
3	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$44,870	$38,510	1,440
4	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$43,250	$31,320	800
5	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$41,160	$22,460	80
6	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$41,040	$32,020	1,270
7	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$40,530	$30,930	430
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$40,370	$39,170	290
9	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$40,000	$29,880	140
10	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$39,850	$39,840	1,680
11	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,770	$29,450	150
12	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$39,290	$35,590	1,320
13	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$39,060	$28,750	140
14	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$39,010	$37,050	1,260
15	St Louis, Missouri	$38,870	$30,320	150
16	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$38,650	$37,710	550
17	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,560	$33,070	90
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$38,530	$30,440	50
19	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$38,380	$32,260	260
20	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$38,310	$30,040	130
21	Sioux City, South Dakota	$38,180	$37,490	730
22	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,970	$36,910	1,160
23	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$37,900	$31,430	370
24	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$37,870	$34,140	230
25	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$37,860	$29,360	980
26	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$37,700	$29,480	520
27	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$37,690	$17,360	80
28	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,560	$35,340	2,010
29	Kansas City, Missouri	$37,460	$29,790	180
30	St Cloud, Minnesota	$37,400	$29,680	470
31	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$37,330	$27,810	110
32	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,300	$37,100	430
33	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,290	$35,270	1,110
34	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$37,280	$29,550	1,340
35	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$37,070	$26,520	50
36	Reading, Pennsylvania	$37,010	$27,260	80
37	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$36,970	$30,830	310
38	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$36,960	$31,260	230
39	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$36,920	$29,390	160
40	Amarillo, Texas	$36,910	$21,240	460
41	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$36,500	$32,210	970
42	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$36,420	$29,560	1,840
43	Salt Lake City, Utah	$36,350	$36,340	430
44	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,300	$29,120	1,280
45	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,150	$30,010	750
46	Springfield, Missouri	$35,750	$29,230	50
47	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$35,620	$30,210	610
48	Longview, Washington	$35,530	$35,530	190
49	Appleton, Wisconsin	$35,470	$28,030	210
50	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$35,410	$28,580	40
51	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$35,370	$21,200	50
52	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$35,250	$25,230	40
53	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$35,240	$35,040	520
54	Gainesville, Georgia	$35,160	$29,210	460
55	Grand Island, Nebraska	$34,990	$22,280	70
56	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$34,570	$30,770	790
57	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$34,540	$29,470	400
58	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$34,520	$28,550	60
59	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$34,500	$24,550	170
60	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$34,410	$27,660	50
61	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$34,390	$24,440	170
62	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$34,310	$28,960	180
63	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$34,230	$26,790	310
64	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$34,150	$28,800	280
65	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$34,110	$33,280	50
66	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$34,030	$28,850	110
67	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$33,830	$24,430	120
68	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$33,830	$29,770	1,150
69	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$33,790	$29,620	750
70	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$33,710	$28,510	140
71	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$33,670	$25,540	1,870
72	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$33,540	$29,910	360
73	Salisbury, Maryland	$33,470	$24,710	180
74	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$33,400	$29,450	350
75	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$33,320	$31,340	500
76	Rochester, New York	$33,240	$19,550	90
77	Yakima, Washington	$33,160	$25,080	n/a
78	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$33,070	$27,530	50
79	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$32,930	$28,900	40
80	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$32,530	$30,550	760
81	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$32,240	$25,170	30
82	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$32,110	$20,630	60
83	Stockton, California	$32,040	$31,440	100
84	Modesto, California	$32,030	$31,920	280
85	Madison, Wisconsin	$31,960	$31,960	310
86	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$31,860	$31,670	400
87	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$31,830	$26,090	100
88	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$31,790	$31,500	250
89	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$31,780	$31,780	130
90	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$31,490	$30,830	5,550
91	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$31,470	$21,610	450
92	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$31,360	$24,260	150
93	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$31,280	$27,670	170
94	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$31,190	$23,880	730
95	Columbus, Ohio	$31,150	$31,060	130
96	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$31,060	$29,370	110
97	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$30,980	$21,960	140
98	Topeka, Kansas	$30,890	$22,540	90
99	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$30,850	$18,870	340
100	Merced, California	$30,840	$30,840	420

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