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Slaughterers and Meat Packers pay in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and Trenton-Princeton, NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Slaughterers and Meat Packers is $46,380 per year in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA. It is $52,180 per year in Trenton-Princeton, NJ. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 11.1% below Trenton-Princeton, NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-3023 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 200 wage and salary jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and 40 in Trenton-Princeton, NJ. 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.