The annual salary statistics of butchers and meat cutters in Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan is shown in Table 1. The wage data of butchers and meat cutters in Kalamazoo-Portage 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 | $24,590 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,670 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,630 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $43,300 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $49,800 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for butchers and meat cutters in Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,590.
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 | $36,630 | 18.84% | 28.09% |
| 2021 | $29,730 | 13.02% | - |
| 2020 | $25,860 | 4.68% | - |
| 2019 | $24,650 | -42.03% | - |
| 2018 | $35,010 | -0.17% | - |
| 2017 | $35,070 | 15.88% | - |
| 2016 | $29,500 | 0.20% | - |
| 2015 | $29,440 | 4.48% | - |
| 2014 | $28,120 | 3.17% | - |
| 2013 | $27,230 | 3.27% | - |
| 2012 | $26,340 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,630 in Kalamazoo-Portage is in the middle of salary range for butchers and meat cutters in state of Michigan. In comparison, the annual salary of butchers and meat cutters in Kalamazoo-Portage is 8.7 percent (8.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area and 23.6 percent (23.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn.