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What butchers make
Median
$42,000
Lower end
$32,000
Upper end
$58,000
Job Bank's national median is $20 an hour, about $42,000 a year full time. The low is $15.25 and the high is $28 an hour. Unionized grocery chains often add a pension. Owners of a butcher shop earn whatever the business makes, with the risks of a small business.