Butchers and Meat Cutters in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,697
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$7,973
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,251
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$51,670
Kept after tax
$43,697
Worth in national money
$40,251
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays butchers and meat cutters a middle wage of $51,670, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 28.72% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Washington, this one sits low: 375 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $51,670 the take-home is $43,697; in national-average money that behaves like $40,251. The average comes to $52,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington's median for butchers and meat cutters is $51,670, about 28.72% above the national figure and 1 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Butchers and meat cutters occupies position 375 of 493 in Washington's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for butchers and meat cutters in Washington, on $51,670, is $43,697; deflated by the state's price level, $40,251. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $52,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Butchers and Meat Cutters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,440 |
| This salary | $51,670 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Washington | $43,697 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,697 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,717 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $51,670 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,704 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,670 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,560 and the ninetieth is $63,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $43,697, worked from $51,670. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 375 of 493.
- Two cautions on $40,251, the adjusted value of that $51,670 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 375 of 493 locally.
- The Washington median of $51,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,560 to $63,440. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Washington take-home of $43,697, on $51,670 for work ranking 375 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 375 of 493 in the state.
- This $40,251 adjusted figure, worked from $51,670, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 375 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 375 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,560 at the tenth percentile, $63,440 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $40,251 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $43,697 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,560 to $63,440) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $40,251 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $43,697 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.