The annual salary statistics of butchers and meat cutters in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of butchers and meat cutters in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) 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 | $27,570 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,560 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,990 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for butchers and meat cutters in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,990. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,570.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of butchers and meat cutters from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $36,140 | 6.81% | 26.01% |
| 2021 | $33,680 | 2.94% | - |
| 2020 | $32,690 | 2.48% | - |
| 2019 | $31,880 | 12.83% | - |
| 2018 | $27,790 | -6.26% | - |
| 2017 | $29,530 | 9.65% | - |
| 2016 | $26,680 | 3.52% | - |
| 2015 | $25,740 | 6.57% | - |
| 2014 | $24,050 | -4.49% | - |
| 2013 | $25,130 | -6.41% | - |
| 2012 | $26,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,140 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is in the middle of salary range for butchers and meat cutters in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of butchers and meat cutters in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is 13.7 percent (13.7%) lower than that in the highest paying West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area and 24.1 percent (24.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bloomington-Normal.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) | |
| Kankakee-Bradley | |
| Carbondale-Marion | |
| Champaign-Urbana | |
| Decatur | |
| Springfield | |
| Bloomington | |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Danville | |
| Rockford | |
| Peoria | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) | |
| South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bloomington-Normal |