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Slaughterer and Meat Packer Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of slaughterers and meat packers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of slaughterers and meat packers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Slaughterers and Meat Packers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$30,010
25th Percentile Wage	$30,020
50th Percentile Wage	$36,150
75th Percentile Wage	$38,270
90th Percentile Wage	$47,790

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for slaughterers and meat packers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,790. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,010.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of slaughterers and meat packers from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$36,150	6.53%	39.34%
2021	$33,790	3.58%	-
2020	$32,580	2.85%	-
2019	$31,650	10.77%	-
2018	$28,240	16.18%	-
2017	$23,670	4.18%	-
2016	$22,680	12.21%	-
2015	$19,910	-6.28%	-
2014	$21,160	2.84%	-
2013	$20,560	-6.66%	-
2012	$21,930	-	-

Table 2. Compare Slaughterer and Meat Packer Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $36,150, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for slaughterers and meat packers in state of New York, followed by Rochester (median annual salary $33,240). In comparison, the median annual salary of slaughterers and meat packers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 8.0 percent (8.0%) higher than that in Rochester.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$36,150
Rochester	$33,240
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$30,290
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$26,330
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$22,710
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$21,070
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$20,140