Cutting workers

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2022 Workforce

64.1k

Average Age

41.9

Average Salary

$35,546

Average Male Salary

$38,029

Average Female Salary

$28,472

About

Cutting workers are most often employed by the Animal slaughtering & processing industry. The average yearly wage for Cutting workers was $35,546 in 2022.

The locations that employ the most Cutting workers are Catawba County--Hickory City PUMA, NC, Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (North Central)--Whitfield County PUMA, GA, and Outagamie County PUMA, WI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Cutting workers are Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (North Central)--Whitfield County PUMA, GA, Tuscarawas & Harrison Counties PUMA, OH, and Catawba County--Hickory City PUMA, NC.

Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment and salary information for the Cutting workers workforce. Cutting workers workforce in 2022 was 64,081 people, of which 26% were women and 74% were men. Cutting workers are paid most in St. Joseph & Branch Counties PUMA, MI but are relatively concentrated in Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (North Central)--Whitfield County PUMA, GA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

47,430

Male Workforce

± 5.35k

16,651

Female Workforce

± 3.17k

The Cutting workers workforce in 2022 was 64,081 people (26% women and 74% men). This implies an average annual growth of −8.6% between 2014 (70,108) and 2022 (64,081).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Cutting workers.

During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Iowa ($52,279), New York ($50,585), and Maine ($47,259).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$35,546

AVERAGE WAGE

#438 in the ranking (2022)

$64,683

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Cutting workers earned an average of $35,546, $29,137 less than the average national salary of $64,683

The graph shows the ranking of Cutting workers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2022.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.374

WAGE GINI

In 2022, Cutting workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.374, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Cutting workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Cutting workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Cutting workers and on wages for those in the field. Animal slaughtering & processing is the industry that employs the most Cutting workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Cutting workers, by average wage, is Navigational, measuring, electromedical, & control instruments manufacturing ($158,713).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

64.1k

2022 Workforce

± 6,214

−0.509%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 13.8%

This graphic shows the share of Cutting workers employed by various industries. Animal slaughtering & processing employs the largest share of Cutting workers at 38.4%, followed by Construction with 33.9% and Printing & related support activities with 27.7%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Cutting workers in the US. The workforce of Cutting workers in 2022 was 64,081 people, with 26% woman, and 74% men. The average age of male Cutting workers in the workforce is 41.7 and of female Cutting workers is 42.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Cutting workers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Cutting workers in 2022 was 64,081 people, with 26% woman, and 74% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (7,421 people), 55 to 59 years (7,348 people), and 45 to 49 years (7,305 people). Among them they concentrated 34.5% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2022, 27.5% of Cutting workers workers were Hispanic and 72.5% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (84.8%), Salvadoran (8.83)%, and Puerto Rican (6.35)%

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Races

In 2022, 62.2% of the Cutting workers workforce were White, of which 24.5% were women and 75.5% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (12.9%) and Other (11.5%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Cutting workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Cutting workers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2022 were Construction.

Among the necessary skills for Cutting workers, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Cutting workers need more than the average amount of Operation and Control.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Cutting workers in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (625 people), Education (272 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (231 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Cutting workers workers were High School or Equivalent (31,977 people), Some college (10,959 people), and Secondary Education (9,674 people).

The graphic shows the Cutting workers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Cutting workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cutting workers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management.