These Are The 10 Best Cities For Butchers

Whether you’re just starting out your career, or looking to make a move, it can be important to know what part of the country offers the best chance for your long term career prospects. And for a very common profession like Butchers, the regional differences can have a big impact on your salary and career options.

To help you make the best decision possible, we at Zippia wanted to look at the cities that offer butchers the most for their career. These are the cities across the US where butchers get paid well, relative to the cost of living, and jobs are plentiful.

So we did what we do best and dove into the numbers from the BLS to figure out which cities have the best opportunities for butchers.The result is this list of the best cities butchers:

1. Bellingham, WA
2. Bremerton, WA
3. St. Joseph, MO
4. Gadsden, AL
5. Harrisburg, PA
6. Hanford, CA
7. Morristown, TN
8. Springfield, OH
9. Longview, WA
10. Fond Du Lac, WI

So there you have it — Bellingham is the best city when it comes to being a butcher.

And where should you consider avoiding if you’re a butcher? That would be Brownsville.

Read on to see how we completed our research on the best cities for butchers and for more on the top ten cities.

How we determined the best cities to be a butchers?

Here at Zippia, we talk to a lot of people of all different backgrounds looking for jobs. Our research has concluded that there are two common things people want in a job:

• Availability of jobs
• Pay

So in order to find out the best cities for butchers in America we needed to figure out where the jobs are and how well butchers get paid. This led to the following criteria taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s Occupational Employment Statistics for 2015:

• Location quotient. A measure of how common a job is a given city.
• Average annual salary.
• Average annual salary for entry level work.

To make all the salary numbers more apples to apples across cities, we compared the salary data relative to the state’s cost of living.

This left us with enough data for 338 metro areas across the country. We then took the primary area of the metro and labeled that the ‘city’ for this analysis. So, for example, “Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division” became simply Boston.

In order to develop an overall ranking, we ranked each city for each criteria from 1 to 338 where 1 was the best.

We then averaged all the rankings for a city into a Job Score with the city having the lowest overall Job Score earning the distinction of being the best city for butchers in America.

So without further ado, let’s get into just what made each city so great for butchers.

1. Bellingham, WA

Total Jobs: 140
Average Annual Salary: $40,790
Average Entry Level Salary: $28,180
Location Quotient: 1.73

2. Bremerton, WA

Total Jobs: 160
Average Annual Salary: $44,160
Average Entry Level Salary: $24,080
Location Quotient: 1.92

3. St. Joseph, MO

Total Jobs: 120
Average Annual Salary: $31,450
Average Entry Level Salary: $26,010
Location Quotient: 2.25

4. Gadsden, AL

Total Jobs: 50
Average Annual Salary: $33,160
Average Entry Level Salary: $25,250
Location Quotient: 1.47

5. Harrisburg, PA

Total Jobs: 440
Average Annual Salary: $34,680
Average Entry Level Salary: $29,000
Location Quotient: 1.41

6. Hanford, CA

Total Jobs: 70
Average Annual Salary: $42,310
Average Entry Level Salary: $25,800
Location Quotient: 1.75

7. Morristown, TN

Total Jobs: 90
Average Annual Salary: $31,680
Average Entry Level Salary: $21,990
Location Quotient: 2.09

8. Springfield, OH

Total Jobs: 60
Average Annual Salary: $33,870
Average Entry Level Salary: $22,710
Location Quotient: 1.26

9. Longview, WA

Total Jobs: 100
Average Annual Salary: $37,100
Average Entry Level Salary: $21,720
Location Quotient: 2.85

10. Fond Du Lac, WI

Total Jobs: 60
Average Annual Salary: $39,160
Average Entry Level Salary: $24,540
Location Quotient: 1.24

And that’s our list of the best cities for butchers

If you’re looking to start out your career as a butcher these are the cities that should be at the top of your list. You’ll find high pay, available jobs, and chances for career advancement.

If you’re curious, here are the worst cities to be a butcher in America:

1. Brownsville, TX
2. San Luis Obispo, CA
3. Fort Worth, TX

Detailed List Of The Best Cities For Butchers

Rank	State	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary	# Of People
1	Bellingham, WA	$40,790	$28,180	140
2	Bremerton, WA	$44,160	$24,080	160
3	St. Joseph, MO	$31,450	$26,010	120
4	Gadsden, AL	$33,160	$25,250	50
5	Harrisburg, PA	$34,680	$29,000	440
6	Hanford, CA	$42,310	$25,800	70
7	Morristown, TN	$31,680	$21,990	90
8	Springfield, OH	$33,870	$22,710	60
9	Longview, WA	$37,100	$21,720	100
10	Fond du Lac, WI	$39,160	$24,540	60
11	Florence, SC	$34,540	$19,340	160
12	Green Bay, WI	$37,900	$26,190	190
13	Fairbanks, AK	$49,130	$29,520	40
14	Gettysburg, PA	$34,250	$26,980	40
15	Duluth, MN	$34,760	$25,460	160
16	Cleveland, OH	$34,130	$19,270	1,320
17	Tacoma, WA	$38,010	$20,870	420
18	Cincinnati, OH	$32,790	$22,090	1,110
19	Boise City, ID	$33,450	$25,240	250
20	Elizabethtown, KY	$30,670	$20,570	60
21	Stockton, CA	$37,360	$25,370	370
22	Weirton, WV	$28,050	$22,090	70
23	Philadelphia, PA	$36,500	$20,870	1,090
24	Jacksonville, NC	$32,880	$22,750	60
25	Akron, OH	$34,400	$24,330	270
26	Missoula, MT	$31,250	$25,010	60
27	Scranton, PA	$33,240	$22,930	320
28	Cape Coral, FL	$32,400	$24,730	410
29	Vallejo, CA	$37,900	$25,190	180
30	Anchorage, AK	$41,940	$27,060	150
31	Muncie, IN	$31,400	$22,870	50
32	Fargo, ND	$30,820	$25,270	140
33	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY	$32,530	$22,680	490
34	Salem, OR	$34,890	$25,630	160
35	Grand Forks, ND	$38,910	$25,290	40
36	Owensboro, KY	$29,440	$20,990	50
37	South Bend, IN	$31,480	$24,860	120
38	Canton, OH	$29,330	$18,900	460
39	Portland, OR	$37,700	$25,820	860
40	Sheboygan, WI	$36,730	$26,100	50
41	Kansas City, MO	$34,970	$22,460	790
42	Johnson City, TN	$30,780	$21,840	80
43	Olympia, WA	$34,620	$20,990	130
44	Youngstown, OH	$31,330	$19,540	250
45	St. George, UT	$28,870	$22,200	90
46	Lebanon, PA	$30,300	$21,450	150
47	Toledo, OH	$32,210	$21,040	270
48	Rapid City, SD	$28,610	$20,990	80
49	Gainesville, GA	$29,380	$21,420	130
50	Lewiston, ID	$29,120	$19,350	40
51	Vineland, NJ	$45,930	$37,950	30
52	Mansfield, OH	$29,280	$18,830	80
53	Huntsville, AL	$31,500	$23,180	170
54	Madison, WI	$36,010	$25,380	280
55	Gary, IN	$31,600	$20,070	290
56	Yakima, WA	$32,370	$20,500	250
57	Wausau, WI	$38,230	$26,170	50
58	Mount Vernon, WA	$32,960	$20,120	120
59	Racine, WI	$43,020	$27,830	40
60	Naples, FL	$32,930	$21,910	190
61	Haverhill, MA	$40,520	$24,180	80
62	Appleton, WI	$40,780	$31,760	60
63	Dayton, OH	$32,660	$19,540	330
64	Hilton Head Island, SC	$29,610	$18,380	130
65	Hot Springs, AR	$28,370	$18,100	60
66	Kingsport, TN	$28,500	$19,490	210
67	Kahului, HI	$39,680	$29,610	60
68	Idaho Falls, ID	$33,150	$20,780	40
69	Decatur, AL	$27,410	$20,620	80
70	Silver Spring, MD	$42,460	$32,880	300
71	Jefferson City, MO	$30,520	$20,550	70
72	Reno, NV	$35,960	$21,460	220
73	Barnstable Town, MA	$41,140	$23,190	120
74	Watertown, NY	$35,910	$31,870	40
75	Grants Pass, OR	$34,140	$19,910	40
76	Wheeling, WV	$31,570	$20,220	50
77	Dothan, AL	$28,240	$20,240	70
78	Bridgeport, CT	$46,710	$30,660	150
79	Brockton, MA	$38,980	$22,830	120
80	Omaha, NE	$29,890	$19,970	630
81	Topeka, KS	$30,900	$25,300	90
82	Erie, PA	$35,440	$21,840	100
83	Camden, NJ	$39,410	$24,760	380
84	Peabody, MA	$41,150	$23,200	110
85	Danbury, CT	$42,520	$24,880	60
86	Fort Lauderdale, FL	$32,260	$21,690	1,020
87	Dover, NH	$37,310	$24,240	40
88	New Bedford, MA	$45,650	$26,800	40
89	Nashville, TN	$30,910	$20,020	810
90	Bend, OR	$33,000	$19,720	120
91	Ann Arbor, MI	$36,230	$23,860	70
92	Lawrence, MA	$43,360	$27,410	40
93	Great Falls, MT	$29,000	$18,980	50
94	St. Cloud, MN	$33,500	$20,530	130
95	Santa Cruz, CA	$35,890	$21,770	190
96	Waterbury, CT	$42,250	$29,400	30
97	Goldsboro, NC	$28,930	$20,860	60
98	Spokane, WA	$35,500	$20,160	220
99	Warner Robins, GA	$31,540	$17,700	100
100	Billings, MT	$30,510	$19,650	80