How does Butchers and Meat Cutters pay in Colorado compare to the national average?

Colorado Butchers and Meat Cutters salaries are 17% above the US national median of $38,960 per year.

What is the salary range for a Butchers and Meat Cutters in Colorado?

Butchers and Meat Cutters salaries in Colorado range from $35,940 (10th percentile) to $59,530 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Butchers and Meat Cutters Salary in Colorado

SOC 51-3021 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Butchers and Meat Cutters in Colorado is $45,760 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $22.00 per hour. This is 17% above the national median of $38,960. 1,820 people work as Butchers and Meat Cutters in Colorado. Wages have grown 52% since 2014, when the median was $30,190.

Median Annual Salary

$45,760

Mean Annual

$46,340

Median Hourly

$22.00

Total Employed

1,820

Location Quotient

0.69

Less common here

Salary Distribution

$36k

10th

$39k

25th

$46k

Median

$51k

75th

$60k

90th

How This Compares

Colorado

$45,760

this metro

United States

$38,960

you earn +17% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$45,760	$46,340	1,820
2023	$43,850	$44,240	1,870
2022	$38,720	$40,940	1,980
2021	$37,550	$38,460	2,530
2020	$38,170	$38,480	2,860
2019	$37,450	$37,520	2,300
2018	$34,310	$35,090	2,280
2017	$32,370	$33,910	2,200
2016	$30,400	$32,310	2,310
2015	$30,280	$31,810	2,110
2014	$30,190	$31,670	2,230

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