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Meat Processed from Carcasses

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in processing or preserving meat and meat byproducts (except poultry and small game) from purchased meats. This industry includes establishments primarily engaged in assembly cutting and packing of meats (i.e., boxed meats) from purchased meats. It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Manufacturing schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.

Baseline
Manufacturing v2
Inherited from
Manufacturing
Companies mapped
0 of 0
Primitives
57 in 8 parts
Last updated
Nov 2, 2026

The numbers for this industry

United States · 2023 · NAICS 311612
Establishments
1,703
Employees
146,308
Annual payroll
$8.1B
Payroll per employee
$55.7K
Establishments by number of employees
  • 1-4435
  • 5-9290
  • 10-19250
  • 1000+13
  • 20-49249
  • 50-99147
  • 100-249155
  • 250-49994
  • 500-99970

Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (national file), employees as of mid-March 2023, payroll for the year; published 2025-06-26. Coded on NAICS 2017. Withheld cells read as not published.

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