Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Butchers and Meat Cutters make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Butchers and Meat Cutters with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $20900 to $24670 per year or $10 to $12 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Butcher and Meat Cutter will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Butcher and Meat Cutter to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Butchers and Meat Cutters make with other careers, they have a salary rank of D.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$24	$49110
Senior (Top 25%)	$19	$40080
Middle (Mid 50%)	$15	$31580
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$12	$24670
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$10	$20900

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
AK	$ 22	$ 46,160
CT	$ 22	$ 44,880
NJ	$ 21	$ 43,680
DC	$ 21	$ 43,450
NH	$ 20	$ 42,080
HI	$ 20	$ 40,920
MA	$ 20	$ 40,920
WA	$ 20	$ 40,600
WI	$ 19	$ 39,830
MD	$ 19	$ 39,810

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Butcher and Meat Cutter is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like AK doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at AK might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Butchers and Meat Cutters are in the states of AK, CT, NJ, DC and NH.

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