How much do Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers make in Cleveland, TN?

Percentile spread

For Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, the published 10th percentile is $22,360 and the 90th percentile is $38,970. The difference is $16,610, which is 55.1% 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 $27,980 to the 75th at $35,670, covers $7,690.

The mean annual wage is $31,460, which sits above the median of $30,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cleveland, TN median is 21.3% lower than the national median of $38,300 for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,242, which is 10.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.8% lower than the Tennessee median of $37,590.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, TN is 88.080, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $30,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers at $34,242 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. Cleveland, TN ranks 12th of 14 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).).

• Chattanooga, TN-GA is 40 miles away, with a median of $39,790 and employment of 320. That median is 31.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,503, against $34,242 here.
• Knoxville, TN is 69 miles away, with a median of $30,520 and employment of 330. That median is 1.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,970, against $34,242 here.
• Gainesville, GA is 74 miles away, with a median of $39,420 and employment of 3,210. That median is 30.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,737, against $34,242 here.

Employment share

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Cleveland, TN (30 of 43,010). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (145,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 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.