How much do Slaughterers and Meat Packers make in Corpus Christi, TX?

Percentile spread

For Slaughterers and Meat Packers, the published 10th percentile is $28,360 and the 90th percentile is $63,020. The difference is $34,660, which is 70.1% 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 $38,030 to the 75th at $49,460, covers $11,430.

The mean annual wage is $46,470, which sits below the median of $49,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Corpus Christi, TX median is 23.2% higher than the national median of $40,130 for Slaughterers and Meat Packers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,372, which is 33% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.6% higher than the Texas median of $43,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Corpus Christi, TX is 92.671, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $49,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Slaughterers and Meat Packers at $53,372 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Slaughterers and Meat Packers. Corpus Christi, TX ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 129 miles away, with a median of $36,580 and employment of 90. That median is 26% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,621, against $53,372 here.
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 163 miles away, with a median of $45,220 and employment of 60. That median is 8.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,112, against $53,372 here.

Employment share

Slaughterers and Meat Packers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Corpus Christi, TX (50 of 192,580). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (69,950 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 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.