Butchers and Meat Cutters Salary in Bend, OR

Butchers and Meat Cutters pay range in Bend

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,700 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,150 or more. The middle half of butchers and meat cutters in Bend earn between $46,280 and $57,200.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Butchers and Meat Cutters pay in Bend vs. Oregon and the U.S.

Butchers and meat cutters in Bend earn 4% more than the Oregon average ($49,610) and 21% more than the U.S. average ($42,380). At the median the gap is +29% against the U.S. median of $40,140.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Butchers and Meat Cutters salary after taxes in Bend

On the average salary of $51,380, a single filer in Bend takes home about $39,874 a year, or $3,323 a month and $1,534 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Portland-area Metro and Multnomah County taxes and the 0.1% statewide transit tax are not included.

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Is Bend a good place for butchers and meat cutters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Bend area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.6), so the average $51,380 buys what about $49,591 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Bend ($54,570). A typical home costs $672,286, or 13.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Butchers and Meat Cutters salary in other Oregon cities

Bend ranks 2nd of 7 Oregon metro areas for this job; Portland pays the most ($51,810).

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Highest-paying cities for butchers and meat cutters

Fairbanks, AK pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($62,010).

Butchers and Meat Cutters salary by city

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