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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers salary in Philadelphia, PA

The median meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD earns $38,150 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,639 a month.

10th percentile
$32,220
25th percentile
$36,050
Median percentile
$38,150
75th percentile
$42,330
90th percentile
$43,800

Based on 920 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

$31,662 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,150
Federal income tax−$2,398
Social Security + Medicare−$2,918
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,171
Monthly take-home$2,639
Every two weeks$1,218

Does it go far here?

$37,200Median pay in Philadelphia, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.6 vs 100).
56%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,480 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Philadelphia, PA

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$452,940
Family Medicine Physicians$294,430
Chief Executives$292,770
Psychiatrists$279,410
Physicians, All Other$245,810
Nurse Anesthetists$238,540
Pediatricians, General$226,440
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$180,330

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