How much do Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers make in Greensboro-High Point, NC?

Percentile spread

For Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, the published 10th percentile is $28,420 and the 90th percentile is $43,340. The difference is $14,920, which is 40.7% 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 $30,650 to the 75th at $36,670, covers $6,020.

The mean annual wage is $34,310, which sits below the median of $36,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Greensboro-High Point, NC median is 4.3% lower than the national median of $38,300 for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,487, which is 3.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.4% lower than the North Carolina median of $39,170.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greensboro-High Point, NC is 92.865, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers at $39,487 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. Greensboro-High Point, NC ranks 4th of 10 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).).

• Winston-Salem, NC is 31 miles away, with a median of $44,020 and employment of 110. That median is 20% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,825, against $39,487 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 77 miles away, with a median of $36,470. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,155, against $39,487 here.
• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 82 miles away, with a median of $40,640 and employment of 530. That median is 10.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,747, against $39,487 here.

Employment share

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Greensboro-High Point, NC (60 of 365,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (145,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.18 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.