Animal slaughtering & processing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

473k

2021

Average Employee Age

41.6

2021

Estimated Job Growth

2.63%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$42,220

2021

Average Male Salary

$46,929

2021

Average Female Salary

$34,078

2021

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, and food processing workers, all other. On average, full-time employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $43,321. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,876.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group are Dodge City, Garden City & Liberal City PUMA, KS, Logan, Polk, Franklin, Sevier, Howard & Scott Counties PUMA, AR, and Neshoba, Scott, Leake, Jasper, Smith & Kemper Counties PUMA, MS.

The workforce of Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in 2021 was 473,368 people, with 36.6% woman, and 63.4% men.

In 2021, 49.3% of the workforce in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group was White (233,382 people), of which 34% were women and 66% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

The workforce in Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group was 473,368 people and is concentrated in Texas (38,553 workers). The average annual salary was $42,220, being $17,375 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.71%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 229k people employed in the Animal Slaughtering and Processing industry. This represents a 3.71% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Animal Slaughtering and Processing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Texas (38.6k), Arkansas (36.7k), and North Carolina (31.6k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $42,220, $17,375 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.363

WAGE GINI

Animal slaughtering & processing has a wage GINI of 0.363, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers are the most common position with 85,561 workers, but the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders and Food processing workers, all other.

The highest average salary in Animal slaughtering & processing goes to Dietitians & nutritionists.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers (85,561 people), packaging & filling machine operators & tenders (65,014 people), and food processing workers, all other (38,009 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$46,929

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,046

$34,078

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,598

On average, Male workers in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group make 1.38 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

Business

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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group.

The Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Industrial Flow

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

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 flow diagram, 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.

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.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Animal slaughtering & processing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 36.6% corresponds to women and 63.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $46,929 and $34,078.

71.1% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

173,462

Women

36.6%

299,906

Men

63.4%

The workforce of Animal slaughtering & processing industry in 2021 was 473,368 people, with 36.6% woman, and 63.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Animal slaughtering & processing industry.

Races

In 2021, 49.3% of the workforce in the Animal slaughtering & processing industry was White (233,382 people), of which 34% were women and 66% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Animal slaughtering & processing workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (186,264 people), some college (76,624 people), and secondary education (73,440 people).

The chart shows the Animal slaughtering & processing workforce by gender and educational level.

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 7.66% in the next ten years. The Animal slaughtering and processing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 2.63%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (17.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Animal slaughtering and processing.

2.63%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Animal slaughtering and processing. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.