SOC 51-3022 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers make in Boise City, ID?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Boise City, ID is $43,480. The 10th percentile is $31,480 and the 90th percentile is $56,750. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$43,480

10th percentile
$31,480
25th percentile
$37,630
Median
$43,480
75th percentile
$44,740
90th percentile
$56,750
Mean
$42,800

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, the published 10th percentile is $31,480 and the 90th percentile is $56,750. The difference is $25,270, which is 58.1% 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 $37,630 to the 75th at $44,740, covers $7,110.

The mean annual wage is $42,800, which sits below the median of $43,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boise City, ID median is 13.5% higher than the national median of $38,300 for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $44,191, which is 15.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.9% higher than the Idaho median of $39,200.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers at $44,191 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Boise City, ID (40 of 391,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (145,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.11 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers make in Boise City, ID?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Boise City, ID is $43,480. The 10th percentile is $31,480 and the 90th percentile is $56,750. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers?

The local median is 13.5% higher than the national median of $38,300.

What is Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers pay in Boise City, ID after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $43,480 is $44,191. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.