How much do Butchers and Meat Cutters make in Arecibo, PR?

Percentile spread

For Butchers and Meat Cutters, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $28,230. The difference is $6,390, which is 27.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $22,100 to the 75th at $26,680, covers $4,580.

The mean annual wage is $24,580, which sits above the median of $23,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 42.1% lower than the national median of $40,140 for Butchers and Meat Cutters.

It is 2% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $22,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Butchers and Meat Cutters. Arecibo, PR ranks 1st of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $23,230 and employment of 170. That median is about the same as the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $22,490 and employment of 150. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $22,780 and employment of 190. That median is 1.9% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Butchers and Meat Cutters accounts for 0.23% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (80 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (136,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.63 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.