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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers salary in Portland, OR

The median meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA earns $37,780 a year, 1% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,444 a month.

10th percentile
$35,660
25th percentile
$36,070
Median percentile
$37,780
75th percentile
$44,610
90th percentile
$45,150

Based on 80 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

$29,325 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,780
Federal income tax−$2,354
Social Security + Medicare−$2,890
Oregon income tax (approx.)−$3,211
Monthly take-home$2,444
Every two weeks$1,128

Does it go far here?

$35,837Median pay in Portland, OR is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.4 vs 100).
71%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,724 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Portland, OR

JobMedian pay
Chief Executives$375,810
Physicians, All Other$333,860
Family Medicine Physicians$286,170
Dentists, General$209,440
Computer and Information Research Scientists$206,220
Computer and Information Systems Managers$183,720
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$173,190
Marketing Managers$172,610

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