As of June 2026, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers has an AI-exposure score of 49/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

49/100
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More exposed than 31% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$38,300. About 18,400 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).

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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (100%).

Augmentable
  • Obtain and distribute specified meat or carcass.
  • Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents.
  • Separate meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.
  • Remove parts, such as skin, feathers, scales or bones, from carcass.
  • Clean and salt hides.
  • Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming.
  • Cut and trim meat to prepare for packing.
  • Process primal parts into cuts that are ready for retail use.
  • Prepare ready-to-heat foods by filleting meat or fish or cutting it into bite-sized pieces, preparing and adding vegetables or applying sauces or breading.
  • Clean, trim, slice, and section carcasses for future processing.
  • Produce hamburger meat and meat trimmings.
  • Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat.
Durable

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (100%).

Safer adjacent roles

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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 49
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