Note: There are two tables of wages on this page. The first is by county or region, the second by metropolitan area.

WAGES FOR BUTCHERS & MEAT CUTTERS
1995-97





Areas for which
Data are Available
  Year   Entry Level:
No Experience
Experienced:
New to Firm
Experienced:
3 Years with Firm
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)





Kings  1997 $5.00- 8.00 ($6.40) $5.50-10.00 ($8.50) $5.50-14.00 ($11.00)
Mendocino
      Union  1995 $7.00-14.50 ($8.80) $7.00-15.00 ($11.90) $15.00-16.20 ($16.00)
      Non-Union  1995 $5.20- 8.70 ($7.50) $5.50-13.70 ($6.20) $7.50-16.20 ($7.30)
Merced  1997 $5.00-10.50 ($6.00) $6.00-15.90 ($9.50) $10.00-18.00 ($12.00)
San Joaquin
      Union  1996 $8.50- 9.00 ($8.80) $10.10-17.00 ($13.40) $15.80-17.00 ($15.90)
      Non-Union  1996 $4.70- 7.50 ($5.20) $5.00-13.70 ($7.50) $5.70-15.70 ($10.00)
Stanislaus
      Union  1996 $6.40- 9.00 ($7.00) $7.00-12.00 ($11.20) $15.80-17.00 ($16.00)
      Non-Union  1996 $4.20-10.00 ($5.00) $5.00-12.00 ($5.50) $6.50-17.70 ($10.00)





  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.

Source: California Cooperative Occupational Information System
Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


WAGES FOR BUTCHERS & MEAT CUTTERS
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Bakersfield (Kern) $10.29 $9.51 $6.15-14.58
Chico-Paradise (Butte) $13.77 $13.19 $11.66-16.67
Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$9.72 $8.24 $6.33-11.33
Modesto (Stanislaus) $11.64 $10.60 $7.58-16.50
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $14.69 $15.07 $13.53-16.98
Orange County $11.07 $10.26 $7.20-15.05
Redding (Shasta) $12.27 $12.21 $11.43-12.99
Riverside-San Bernardino
(Riverside & San Bernardino)
$12.19 $12.33 $8.57-16.51
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer &
Sacramento)
$15.42 $16.48 $14.02-17.89
Salinas (Monterey) $15.07 $16.38 $13.27-17.79
San Diego (San Diego) $12.35 $11.19 $9.56-16.14
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$13.11 $13.43 $9.59-16.61
San Jose (Santa Clara) $13.51 $14.77 $10.02-17.29
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles
(San Luis Obispo)
$13.77 $14.39 $9.51-17.54
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
(Santa Barbara)
$13.79 $15.39 $9.56-17.44
Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz) $12.34 $12.16 $7.65-16.98
Santa Rosa (Sonoma) $14.13 $14.36 $12.01-16.26
Stockton-Lodi (San Joaquin) $14.36 $16.21 $9.99-17.70
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa (Napa & Solano) $13.12 $12.81 $11.45-16.12
Ventura County $12.47 $10.98 $8.69-17.23
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville (Tulare) $9.14 $8.57 $5.94-10.72




  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.
** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


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