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Slaughterers and Meat Packers 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 Slaughterers and Meat Packers 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.”

Slaughterers and Meat Packers Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$39,790
$37,700
Employment · BLS OEWS
67,500
141,090
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
32nd pct
61st pct

At a glance

Dimension Slaughterers and Meat Packers Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Median pay $39,790 $37,700
Employment 67,500 141,090
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+2.2%) About average (+5.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 8,400 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 · 32nd pct Moderate · 61st 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: Arm-Hand Steadiness, Customer and Personal Service, Food Production, Finger Dexterity, Production and Processing, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, English Language, Control Precision, Trunk Strength, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Multilimb Coordination, Speaking, Information Ordering, Reaction Time, Speech Recognition, Mathematics, Active Listening, Selective Attention, Speech Clarity, Administrative, Administration and Management, Sales and Marketing, Public Safety and Security, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring.

Specific to Slaughterers and Meat Packers

  • Static Strength
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Law and Government
  • Category Flexibility
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Stamina

Specific to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

  • Mechanical
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Transportation
  • Education and Training
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Visualization
  • Coordination
  • Time Management

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 Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Specific to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Slaughterers and Meat Packers 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.

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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. "Slaughterers and Meat Packers 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/slaughterers-and-meat-packers-vs-meat-poultry-and-fish-cutters-and-trimmers

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

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