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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers salary in Colorado

The median meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Colorado earns $50,390 a year, 32% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,371 a month.

10th percentile
$47,520
25th percentile
$49,320
Median percentile
$50,390
75th percentile
$57,280
90th percentile
$57,280

Based on 2,470 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$40,451 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,390
Federal income tax−$3,867
Social Security + Medicare−$3,855
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$2,217
Monthly take-home$3,371
Every two weeks$1,556

Does it go far here?

$48,898Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
52%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,761 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Colorado

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$344,270
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,490
Physicians, All Other$298,320
Family Medicine Physicians$265,560
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$199,420
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$198,790
Pediatricians, General$196,440

All meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado