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Butchersand Meat Cutter Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of butchers and meat cutters in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of butchers and meat cutters in Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Butchers and Meat Cutters in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$17,210
25th Percentile Wage
$19,480
50th Percentile Wage
$23,830
75th Percentile Wage
$30,860
90th Percentile Wage
$39,720

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for butchers and meat cutters in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $39,720. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $23,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,210.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of butchers and meat cutters from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$23,830
3.73% -4.28%
2016
$22,940
-4.97% -
2015
$24,080
-7.27% -
2014
$25,830
-0.62% -
2013
$25,990
4.39% -
2012
$24,850
- -

Table 2. Compare Butchersand Meat Cutter Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $23,830, Fort Worth-Arlington is the lowest paying city for butchers and meat cutters in state of Texas, following city of Corpus Christi (median annual salary of $42,420). Compared with the highest paying city Corpus Christi, the median annual salary of butchers and meat cutters in Fort Worth-Arlington is 43.8 percent (43.8%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Corpus Christi
$42,420
Waco
$40,490
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$39,120
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$38,820
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$38,190
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,980
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$37,930
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$37,140
Abilene
$36,710
Odessa
$36,660
Midland
$36,550
Victoria
$36,400
San Angelo
$36,090
College Station-Bryan
$35,670
Laredo
$34,960
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$33,850
Amarillo
$32,940
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$32,830
Wichita Falls
$31,810
Lubbock
$31,110
Brownsville-Harlingen
$30,230
Longview
$30,150
Tyler
$30,000
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$29,970
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$29,710
Texarkana-Texarkana
$29,560
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$29,420
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$28,240
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$28,010
Sherman-Denison
$27,330
El Paso
$25,310
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$24,480
Fort Worth-Arlington
$23,830