OES Code: 650230 LOS ANGELES COUNTY


JOB KEY FOR BUTCHERS & MEAT CUTTERS


Butchers and Meatcutters cut, trim, and prepare carcasses and consumer-sized portions of meat for sale or for use in food service establishments. Does not include butchers working in slaughtering.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working
in this Occupation
---   Year   ---
1995       2002		 Percent
Change		 Increase/
Decrease		 Additional Openings
Due to People Chang-
ing Occupations
or Retiring 		Sum of
Increase/Decrease
and Additional
Openings
6,580 5,990 -9% -590 1,040 450


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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE BUTCHERS & MEAT CUTTERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY


The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.


Industry Code
(SIC) 		Industry Title          
5411 Grocery stores
5147 Meats & meat products, wholesale
5421 Meat & fish markets

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.


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