Pay distribution $40,860 10th $43,470 25th $61,750 75th $71,740 90th
Half of Butchers and Meat Cutters in the San Jose metro area earn more than $49,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,470 and $61,750.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $40,860 $43,470 $49,610 $61,750 $71,740 Hourly $19.65 $20.90 $23.85 $29.69 $34.49
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$49,610 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $43,470 to $61,750
$44,290 median for California; middle half earns $37,160 to $57,140
$40,140 median for United States; middle half earns $35,510 to $48,050
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +12% vs California overall and +24% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,290 $35,060 $47,830 $60,600 Guayama, PR — $22,290 Ponce, PR — $22,490 Mayaguez, PR — $22,780 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,810 Aguadilla, PR — $23,230 Arecibo, PR — $23,230 Tyler, TX — $27,770 Hattiesburg, MS — $29,580 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $29,610 Bay City, MI — $29,660 Jackson, MS — $29,730 Dalton, GA — $30,140 Lawton, OK — $30,380 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $30,700 Midland, MI — $31,200 El Paso, TX — $31,230 Texarkana, TX-AR — $31,420 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $31,600 Monroe, MI — $31,780 Las Cruces, NM — $33,070 Bowling Green, KY — $33,340 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $33,370 Longview, TX — $33,780 Columbia, MO — $34,170 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,340 Hot Springs, AR — $34,600 Abilene, TX — $34,680 Morgantown, WV — $34,860 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $34,900 Gadsden, AL — $35,040 Laredo, TX — $35,090 Wichita Falls, TX — $35,090 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,110 Charleston, WV — $35,110 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,140 Cedar Rapids, IA — $35,150 Monroe, LA — $35,160 Wheeling, WV-OH — $35,220 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $35,300 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,340 Niles, MI — $35,350 Rockford, IL — $35,360 Owensboro, KY — $35,370 Lubbock, TX — $35,410 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,430 Saginaw, MI — $35,450 Peoria, IL — $35,490 Johnstown, PA — $35,560 Johnson City, TN — $35,570 San Angelo, TX — $35,570 Alexandria, LA — $35,630 Florence, SC — $35,710 Rocky Mount, NC — $35,720 Tuscaloosa, AL — $35,770 Terre Haute, IN — $35,780 Iowa City, IA — $35,810 Tulsa, OK — $35,830 Springfield, IL — $35,860 Beckley, WV — $35,960 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $35,980 Oklahoma City, OK — $36,050 Enid, OK — $36,100 Ames, IA — $36,110 Canton-Massillon, OH — $36,110 Hammond, LA — $36,110 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,180 Flint, MI — $36,190 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $36,190 Lafayette, LA — $36,360 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $36,370 Odessa, TX — $36,370 Greenville, NC — $36,390 Bloomington, IL — $36,400 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,410 Lebanon, PA — $36,490 Albuquerque, NM — $36,510 Farmington, NM — $36,510 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $36,520 Dubuque, IA — $36,520 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $36,580 Altoona, PA — $36,610 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $36,610 Waco, TX — $36,630 Columbus, IN — $36,650 Lancaster, PA — $36,660 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $36,680 Dothan, AL — $36,690 Topeka, KS — $36,700 Akron, OH — $36,720 Winston-Salem, NC — $36,730 Goldsboro, NC — $36,750 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $36,770 Decatur, AL — $36,780 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $36,780 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $36,790 Columbus, GA-AL — $36,810 Montgomery, AL — $36,850 Mobile, AL — $36,870 Clarksville, TN-KY — $36,900 Jackson, MI — $36,910 Birmingham, AL — $36,920 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $36,920 Reading, PA — $36,920 Lynchburg, VA — $36,930 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $36,940 Amarillo, TX — $37,040 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $37,040 Springfield, OH — $37,050 Rapid City, SD — $37,060 Mankato, MN — $37,110 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $37,130 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $37,130 Bangor, ME — $37,160 Lincoln, NE — $37,180 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $37,200 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $37,200 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $37,240 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $37,260 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $37,260 Visalia, CA — $37,280 Green Bay, WI — $37,300 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $37,330 Columbia, SC — $37,350 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,360 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $37,440 Sandusky, OH — $37,460 Harrisonburg, VA — $37,470 Burlington, NC — $37,480 Battle Creek, MI — $37,490 Grand Island, NE — $37,490 Fresno, CA — $37,500 Twin Falls, ID — $37,530 Knoxville, TN — $37,580 Evansville, IN — $37,590 Lake Charles, LA — $37,590 Cleveland, OH — $37,630 Albany, GA — $37,700 Bloomington, IN — $37,780 Vineland, NJ — $37,780 Fayetteville, NC — $37,830 Jefferson City, MO — $37,920 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $37,960 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $37,970 Gainesville, GA — $38,020 Rochester, MN — $38,020 Wichita, KS — $38,020 Idaho Falls, ID — $38,030 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,040 Roanoke, VA — $38,100 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $38,110 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,120 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,120 Traverse City, MI — $38,130 Spartanburg, SC — $38,140 Bismarck, ND — $38,150 Elizabethtown, KY — $38,180 Baton Rouge, LA — $38,260 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,330 York-Hanover, PA — $38,340 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $38,370 Warner Robins, GA — $38,410 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $38,420 Valdosta, GA — $38,440 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $38,450 Pocatello, ID — $38,490 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,490 Yuma, AZ — $38,620 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $38,640 Ogden, UT — $38,670 Columbus, OH — $38,790 Wilmington, NC — $38,790 Springfield, MO — $38,800 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $38,820 Jackson, TN — $38,840 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $38,850 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $38,910 Helena, MT — $38,940 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $38,990 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $38,990 Tallahassee, FL — $39,000 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,020 State College, PA — $39,030 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $39,110 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $39,120 Merced, CA — $39,130 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $39,140 Lawrence, KS — $39,260 Manhattan, KS — $39,290 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $39,400 Savannah, GA — $39,420 Great Falls, MT — $39,510 College Station-Bryan, TX — $39,520 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,590 Ann Arbor, MI — $39,630 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $39,680 Erie, PA — $39,710 Mansfield, OH — $39,730 Ocala, FL — $39,740 Toledo, OH — $39,740 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,750 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $39,770 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $39,780 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $39,810 Sebring, FL — $39,810 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $39,910 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $39,940 Morristown, TN — $39,960 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,030 Richmond, VA — $40,120 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $40,200 Reno, NV — $40,290 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $40,410 Lewiston, ID-WA — $40,440 Joplin, MO-KS — $40,470 Kankakee, IL — $40,480 Asheville, NC — $40,500 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $40,580 Huntsville, AL — $40,690 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $40,810 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $40,970 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $40,970 St. George, UT — $40,980 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $41,130 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $41,160 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $41,220 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $41,270 Omaha, NE-IA — $41,700 Modesto, CA — $41,720 Pittsburgh, PA — $41,720 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $41,740 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $41,950 Kansas City, MO-KS — $42,030 Jacksonville, FL — $42,100 Salinas, CA — $42,380 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $42,400 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $42,400 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $42,470 St. Louis, MO-IL — $42,660 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $42,720 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $42,740 St. Cloud, MN — $42,850 Binghamton, NY — $42,950 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $42,950 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $42,960 Killeen-Temple, TX — $43,100 Yuba City, CA — $43,380 Logan, UT-ID — $43,440 Gainesville, FL — $43,460 Missoula, MT — $43,460 Dover, DE — $43,470 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $43,520 Jacksonville, NC — $43,710 Midland, TX — $43,710 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $43,980 Corpus Christi, TX — $44,000 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,010 Pueblo, CO — $44,020 Punta Gorda, FL — $44,060 Chico, CA — $44,110 Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,130 Grand Junction, CO — $44,140 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $44,160 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $44,260 Boise City, ID — $44,350 Portland-South Portland, ME — $44,360 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $44,360 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $44,390 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $44,450 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $44,470 Redding, CA — $44,540 Flagstaff, AZ — $44,630 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $44,660 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $44,670 Duluth, MN-WI — $44,720 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $44,780 Billings, MT — $44,790 Eau Claire, WI — $44,820 Greeley, CO — $44,850 Homosassa Springs, FL — $44,860 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $44,870 Tucson, AZ — $44,970 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $44,980 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,060 New Haven, CT — $45,120 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,210 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,220 Fort Wayne, IN — $45,240 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $45,420 Rochester, NY — $45,450 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,470 Utica-Rome, NY — $45,520 Wausau, WI — $45,530 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $45,580 Vallejo, CA — $45,620 Fargo, ND-MN — $45,640 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,660 Springfield, MA — $45,800 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $45,830 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $45,890 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $45,930 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,000 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $46,010 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,040 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $46,050 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $46,110 Lexington Park, MD — $46,180 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,210 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,350 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $46,480 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $46,490 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,580 Boulder, CO — $46,630 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $46,670 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $46,670 Worcester, MA — $46,720 Fond du Lac, WI — $46,730 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $46,740 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,790 Santa Fe, NM — $46,880 Appleton, WI — $47,040 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $47,080 Syracuse, NY — $47,170 Kenosha, WI — $47,290 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $47,340 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $47,360 Albany, OR — $47,430 Sheboygan, WI — $47,450 Glens Falls, NY — $47,540 Yakima, WA — $47,540 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $47,600 Bozeman, MT — $47,700 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,780 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,820 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $47,850 Madison, WI — $47,980 Napa, CA — $48,030 Colorado Springs, CO — $48,320 Kingston, NY — $48,370 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $48,560 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $48,700 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $48,910 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,050 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $49,060 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $49,070 Salem, OR — $49,070 Medford, OR — $49,210 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,320 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $49,610 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $49,790 Grants Pass, OR — $49,800 Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,860 Barnstable Town, MA — $50,290 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $50,720 Bellingham, WA — $50,970 Bend, OR — $51,690 El Centro, CA — $51,960 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $51,980 Anchorage, AK — $52,130 Longview-Kelso, WA — $53,550 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $54,980 Fairbanks-College, AK — $57,920 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $57,930 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,600 San Jose metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Jose metro area has the 16th-highest published median for this occupation among the 363 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for butchers and meat cutters, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$49,610 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $43,470 to $61,750
$51,960 median for El Centro metro area; middle half earns $37,940 to $62,980
$48,030 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $39,470 to $59,050
$47,820 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $37,160 to $59,280
$47,600 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $39,140 to $59,310
$46,790 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $37,810 to $57,470
$46,490 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $42,680 to $58,920
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers $55,230 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators $52,360 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $60,610 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $89,970 Semiconductor Processing Technicians $50,820 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators $59,620 Highest-paying metro areas for butchers and meat cutterss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .