Animal slaughtering & processing

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Workforce

521k

2018 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

Estimated Job Growth

0.1%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$38,982

Average Male Salary

$43,553

Average Female Salary

$31,430

About

The top three occupations in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group are Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Food processing workers, all other, and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group work 44 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $39,923. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,407.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group are Dodge City, Garden City & Liberal City PUMA, KS, Neshoba, Scott, Leake, Jasper, Smith & Kemper Counties PUMA, MS, and Logan, Polk, Franklin, Sevier, Howard & Scott Counties PUMA, AR. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Animal slaughtering & processing.

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Manufacturing Manufacturing

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group. Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are the most common position, but the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Animal slaughtering & processing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

521k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 493k

7.44%

1 Year Growth

± 4.68%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 521k people employed in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in 2018.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 7.44%, , from 459k people in 2017 to 493k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Animal slaughtering & processing by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers represent the largest share of positions held in Animal slaughtering & processing at 15.7%, followed by Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders with 14.3% and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand with 7.77%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group, by number of employees, are Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Food processing workers, all other, and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Animal slaughtering & processing employs an unusually high number of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, Food processing workers, all other, and Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Animal slaughtering & processing, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Sales managers, and Industrial production managers.

Wages

Average Salary

$38,982

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,343

On average, employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group make $38,982 per year. This number makes Animal slaughtering & processing the 210 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.365

WAGE GINI

Animal slaughtering & processing has a wage GINI of 0.365, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Animal slaughtering & processing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $43,553 and $31,430. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

186k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±10.6k

307k

MALE WORKFORCE

±13.6k

62.3% of workers in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$43,553

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,981

$31,430

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,297

On average, Male workers in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group make 1.39 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
American Indian
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races

On average, White employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group earn 1.14 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. All of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Animal slaughtering & processing is from Manufacturing.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Animal slaughtering & processing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Animal slaughtering & processing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the animal slaughtering and processing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 6.89% in the next ten years. The animal slaughtering and processing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.1%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (1.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.9%).