Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,739
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$6,271
14.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,841
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
$43,010
Kept after tax
$36,739
Worth in national money
$33,841
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $43,010, ranking 13 of 50 states and sitting about 12.3% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations Washington publishes, this job lands at 460. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $43,010 the take-home is $36,739; in national-average money that behaves like $33,841. The average comes to $43,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington's median for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers is $43,010, about 12.3% above the national figure and 13 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Washington, this work ranks 460 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Washington, on $43,010, is $36,739; deflated by the state's price level, $33,841. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $43,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,470 |
| This salary | $43,010 |
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 | $36,739 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,739 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,966 |
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 | $43,010 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,796 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,010 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,600 and the ninetieth is $52,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $36,739 take-home in Washington comes from $43,010. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 460 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,841 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 460.
- The Washington median of $43,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,600 to $52,470. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $36,739, from $43,010, assumes a single Washington filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 460 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,841, worked from $43,010, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Washington address, on work sitting at 460 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,600 at the tenth percentile, $52,470 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $33,841 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $36,739 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,600 to $52,470) 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 $33,841 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 $36,739 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.