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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers vs Butchers and Meat Cutters

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers and Butchers and Meat Cutters 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.”

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Butchers and Meat Cutters
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$37,700
$38,960
Employment · BLS OEWS
141,090
140,040
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
61st pct
65th pct

At a glance

Dimension Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Butchers and Meat Cutters
Median pay $37,700 $38,960
Employment 141,090 140,040
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+5.5%) About average (+1.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 18,400 16,900
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 Moderate · 61st pct Moderate · 65th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 9th pct · 13% of tasks 9th pct · 13% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No 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: Production and Processing, Food Production, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Control Precision, Near Vision, Active Listening, Oral Expression, Selective Attention, Manual Dexterity, Trunk Strength, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Oral Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Information Ordering, Visualization, Finger Dexterity, Multilimb Coordination, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, English Language, Customer and Personal Service, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Time Management, Reaction Time, Far Vision, Sales and Marketing.

Specific to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

  • Public Safety and Security
  • Mathematics
  • Administration and Management
  • Mechanical
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Transportation
  • Education and Training
  • Chemistry

Specific to Butchers and Meat Cutters

  • Category Flexibility
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Service Orientation
  • Visual Color Discrimination
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Written Comprehension
  • Time Sharing
  • Static Strength

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 , Internet browser software .

Specific to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Specific to Butchers and Meat Cutters

Full profiles

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

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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.

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Singulariki. "Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers vs Butchers and Meat Cutters." 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/meat-poultry-and-fish-cutters-and-trimmers-vs-butchers-and-meat-cutters

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

BibTeX 
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