Skip to content
Singulariki

Fishing and Hunting Workers vs Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Fishing and Hunting Workers and Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Fishing and Hunting Workers Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
—
$37,700
Employment · BLS OEWS
—
141,090
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
16th pct
61st pct

At a glance

Dimension Fishing and Hunting Workers Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Median pay — $37,700
Employment — 141,090
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-4.6%) About average (+5.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,800 18,400
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 16th pct Moderate · 61st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 9th pct · 13% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Far Vision, Trunk Strength, Near Vision, Mechanical, Problem Sensitivity, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Customer and Personal Service, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Manual Dexterity, Control Precision, Multilimb Coordination, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Reaction Time, Sales and Marketing, English Language, Speaking, Education and Training, Speech Clarity, Public Safety and Security, Transportation, Monitoring, Time Management.

Specific to Fishing and Hunting Workers

  • Spatial Orientation
  • Static Strength
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Geography
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Law and Government
  • Biology
  • Deductive Reasoning

Specific to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

  • Production and Processing
  • Food Production
  • Mathematics
  • Administration and Management
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Active Listening
  • Selective Attention
  • Information Ordering

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Inventory management software .

Specific to Fishing and Hunting Workers

Specific to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Fishing and Hunting Workers or Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

More comparisons

Related occupations you can place side by side on the same sourced scale.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Fishing and Hunting Workers vs Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/fishing-and-hunting-workers-vs-meat-poultry-and-fish-cutters-and-trimmers

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Fishing and Hunting Workers vs Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/fishing-and-hunting-workers-vs-meat-poultry-and-fish-cutters-and-trimmers

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-fishing-and-hunting-workers-vs-meat-poultry-and-fish-cutters-and-trimmers,
  title  = {Fishing and Hunting Workers vs Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/fishing-and-hunting-workers-vs-meat-poultry-and-fish-cutters-and-trimmers}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.