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Butchers and Meat Cutters pay in District of Columbia and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Butchers and Meat Cutters is $48,760 per year in District of Columbia. It is $51,670 per year in Washington. District of Columbia is 5.6% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-3021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 150 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 2,660 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.