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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers salary in Houston, TX

The median meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $32,430 a year, 15% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,353 a month.

10th percentile
$26,530
25th percentile
$28,510
Median percentile
$32,430
75th percentile
$37,690
90th percentile
$48,100

Based on 710 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

$28,238 take-home a year
Gross pay$32,430
Federal income tax−$1,712
Social Security + Medicare−$2,481
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,353
Every two weeks$1,086

Does it go far here?

$32,881Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
61%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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