How much do Butchers and Meat Cutters make in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA?

Percentile spread

For Butchers and Meat Cutters, the published 10th percentile is $35,290 and the 90th percentile is $60,790. The difference is $25,500, which is 55.6% 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 $36,490 to the 75th at $59,090, covers $22,600.

The mean annual wage is $47,700, which sits above the median of $45,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA median is 14.3% higher than the national median of $40,140 for Butchers and Meat Cutters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,517, which is 3.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.6% higher than the California median of $44,290.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 110.534, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Butchers and Meat Cutters at $41,517 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Butchers and Meat Cutters. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ranks 2nd of 11 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).).

• Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 53 miles away, with a median of $44,360 and employment of 220. That median is 3.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,773, against $41,517 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $42,400 and employment of 6,510. That median is 7.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,335, against $41,517 here.
• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 72 miles away, with a median of $42,400 and employment of 320. That median is 7.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,028, against $41,517 here.

Employment share

Butchers and Meat Cutters accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA (310 of 323,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (136,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.09 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.