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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers salary in Rochester, MN

The median meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Rochester, MN earns $36,050 a year, 6% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,391 a month.

10th percentile
$30,620
25th percentile
$35,530
Median percentile
$36,050
75th percentile
$43,480
90th percentile
$46,510

Based on 60 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

$28,695 take-home a year
Gross pay$36,050
Federal income tax−$2,146
Social Security + Medicare−$2,758
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$2,451
Monthly take-home$2,391
Every two weeks$1,104

Does it go far here?

$39,693Median pay in Rochester, MN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.8 vs 100).
53%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,276 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Rochester, MN

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$239,200
Software Developers$134,450
Medical and Health Services Managers$131,110
Nurse Practitioners$126,270
Management Analysts$108,560
Registered Nurses$101,660
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$99,530
General and Operations Managers$85,650

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