AI exposure score

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers score 0 out of 100, which is low exposure to AI. That ranks #876 of 923 US occupations, where #1 is the most exposed. Of the 13 tasks in this job, AI could speed up 0 on its own and 0 more with extra software built on top of it. None of its tasks showed up in real AI use in April–May 2026.

0/ 100

Low

Rank: #876of 923 jobs
US workers: 145,700BLS, May 2025
Median pay: $38,300a year
In real AI use: 0 of 13tasks, April–May 2026

Task by task

Each task this job involves, as listed by O*NET, rated on whether a large language model like GPT-4 could cut the time it takes by at least half at the same quality. Tasks marked Seen in real AI use appeared in conversations with Claude in April–May 2026 (Anthropic Economic Index).

AI can speed this up on its own: 0 (0%)
AI can speed this up with extra software: 0 (0%)
Little or no AI speed-up: 13 (100%)

Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
Cut and trim meat to prepare for packing.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
Separate meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
Process primal parts into cuts that are ready for retail use.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
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.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
Clean, trim, slice, and section carcasses for future processing.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
Remove parts, such as skin, feathers, scales or bones, from carcass.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
Prepare sausages, luncheon meats, hot dogs, and other fabricated meat products, using meat trimmings and hamburger meat.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
Obtain and distribute specified meat or carcass.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
Produce hamburger meat and meat trimmings.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
Clean and salt hides.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task

Similar jobs, lower exposure

Related occupations that score at least 10 points lower.

This job is already among the least exposed in its field.

Other jobs in this field

Production occupations close to this one.

Questions about meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers and AI

Will AI replace meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers?

Unlikely. Most of the work is hard for today's AI to speed up. Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers score 0 out of 100 (low exposure), #876 of 923 US jobs. AI could speed up 0 of the job's 13 tasks, 0 of them on its own, while 13 see little or no speed-up. Exposure means the work is likely to change, not that the job will disappear.

Which meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers tasks are hardest for AI?

Tasks with little or no AI speed-up include "Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming"; "Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents"; "Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat".

Are people already using AI for this work?

Not much yet. None of the job's tasks showed up in real conversations with Claude in April–May 2026, according to the Anthropic Economic Index.

How many people work as meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers, and what do they earn?

About 145,700 people in the US, with median pay of $38,300 a year (BLS, May 2025).

How to read this score. Exposure measures how much of the work AI could speed up, not whether the job will disappear. A highly exposed job can change shape, with people spending less time on routine tasks and more on the rest. The score counts tasks AI can speed up on its own in full, and tasks that need extra software at half weight.

The ratings come from published research based on GPT-4 (2023). To show what's happening now, each task is also checked against the latest Anthropic Economic Index, which records which tasks people actually use AI for. That data is refreshed automatically when Anthropic publishes a new release. Read the full method.

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Task by task

Similar jobs, lower exposure

Other jobs in this field

Questions about meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers and AI

Know what's changing before it reaches your job.