Butchers and Meat Cutters
SOC 51-3021 · 2024-2034
Cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat for use or sale in retail establishments.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $45,301per year
- Projected openings
- 23,600
- Projected change
- +5.3%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
- Service Orientation
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $49,134 | 1,080 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $48,549 | 1,360 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $48,467 | 130 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $47,892 | 620 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $47,828 | 1,340 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $47,527 | 2,270 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $47,231 | 290 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $46,949 | 160 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $45,851 | 2,200 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $45,399 | 300 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $45,174 | 400 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $45,158 | 6,620 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $44,856 | 650 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $44,835 | 540 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $44,815 | 140 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $43,840 | 150 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $43,840 | 290 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $43,819 | 100 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $43,813 | 2,170 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $43,645 | 290 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $43,296 | 140 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $43,132 | 200 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $42,486 | 2,820 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $42,475 | 480 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $42,126 | 190 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $40,998 | 250 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $40,393 | 260 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $40,393 | 440 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $39,798 | 360 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $39,172 | 280 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $37,787 | 1,180 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | $37,404 | 11,860 | +5.3% |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $46,017 | 271,050 | +18.5% |
| Food Preparation Workers | $40,347 | 195,850 | +1% |
| Slaughterers and Meat Packers | $40,319 | 7,550 | +3.2% |
| Cooks, Short Order | $44,017 | 43,610 | -2.3% |
| Bakers | $44,104 | 52,930 | +8.8% |