Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers · SOC 51-3022
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Salary in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $41,160 per year ($19.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,630 at the 10th percentile to $53,180 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area earn more than $41,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,900 and $45,670.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,630 | $38,900 | $41,160 | $45,670 | $53,180 |
| Hourly | $16.17 | $18.70 | $19.79 | $21.96 | $25.57 |
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
- Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$41,160 median for Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,900 to $45,670
- New Yorkstate$37,330 median for New York; middle half earns $34,550 to $45,680
- United Statesnational$38,300 median for United States; middle half earns $35,350 to $44,170
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +10% vs New York overall and +7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in New York
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan areathis page$41,160 median for Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,900 to $45,670
- $38,440 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $36,970 to $46,330
- $37,790 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $34,030 to $41,040
- $37,630 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $35,450 to $44,860
- $36,060 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $34,990 to $43,940
- $35,520 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $34,710 to $45,160
- $34,470 median for Binghamton metro area; middle half earns $34,470 to $37,580
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmerss · Highest-paying occupations in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
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.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.