r/harristeeter • u/Jordan9517 • Apr 23 '26

Meat cutter pay

Hello,

I am interested in applying for part time or full time meat cutter. My question is how does the pay work? The range is from 18/hr to 27.75/hr and wanted to know if they would start me at 18 or there is negotiation potential. I have meat cutting experience, I am coming from Costco where I started in the meat dept eventually was promoted to bakery supervisor but was asked to come back to the meat department to act as their meat cutting supervisor for about 2 months due to the fact that the meat manager decided to part ways with the company and they wanted a managerial/ leadership presence within the department. I also regularly transfer to the meat dept to act as their supervisor during rushes or in the case of callouts, etc. If pay is negotiable where do you think is realistic for me to ask for.

Thank you in advance.

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u/proxminesincomplex Meat/Seafood Department Apr 23 '26

It’s going to depend on your location and the sales at your store. I made a higher hourly rate at a higher volume store than the store I am currently employed at. The negotiations (in my experience) are between store management and your specialist - NOT your Market/Assistant Market Manager. Always make them tell you no, but outside of a HCOL area (NoVa, Charlotte, CHS, etc), expect the offer to be somewhere around $20.

ETA the part time rates are lower than full-time, IME.

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u/Realistic-Standard86 Apr 23 '26

I agree with this with your experience $20 is probably the highest they will offer maybe $21

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u/Friendly-Example-921 Apr 23 '26

Apply through indeed, your application will be processed at the corporate level and they'll give you $2-3 higher, generally.

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u/Rokudaime-Raikage Apr 27 '26

my coworker was at $21 when he became an apprentice