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Butcher
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Key facts
+2.4%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +2.4% (BLS).
The job
Cuts, prepares and sells meat and advises customers.
60 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- abbatoir worker
- animal butcher
- animal slaughterer
- animal slaughterhouse worker
- butcher
- butchery expert
- butchery worker
- deboner
- fish boner
- fish counter salesperson
- fish counter worker
- fish gutter
- fish preparation operator
- fish preparation worker
- fish processing operator
- fish processor
- fish seller
- fish shop worker
- fish stall worker
- fish trimmer
- fishmonger
- fresh fish preparation operator
- fresh fish processing operator
- halal butcher
- halal meat boner
- halal meat butcher
- halal meat slicer
- halal method slaughterer
- halal slaughterer
- halal slaughterman
- halal slaughterperson
- halal slaughterwoman
- Jewish butcher
- kosher butcher
- kosher meat boner
- kosher meat butcher
- kosher meat slicer
- kosher method slaughterer
- kosher slaughterer
- kosher slaughterman
- kosher slaughterperson
- kosher slaughterwoman
- meat boner
- meat cutter
- meat preparations operator
- meat processing operators
- meat processing worker
- meat trimmers
- meat worker
- meatcutter
- meatworker
- Muslim butcher
- seafood preparation operator
- seafood seller
- shellfish preparation operator
- slaughter worker
- slaughterer
- slaughterer following halal method
- slaughterer following kosher method
- trimmer
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Butchers and meat cutters)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayLowBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $40,140
EntryVery quickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.