Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

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Use hands or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.

What a meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmer does

Become a meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmer

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmer

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $17 per hour with an average salary of $35,800 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $16 and $18 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $32,600 and $38,200 per year.

Meat, Poultry, And Fish Cutters And Trimmer job outlook

  • There are 3,818 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 377 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.

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