Back to our original question, how much money can a pig butcher make? The answer is no money. Helping kill pigs is easy. Pig killers usually do not ask for payment. But everyone who knows a few rules knows to give the butcher a piece of pork shank as a thank you. So it doesn't look profitable, but the leg of pork is worth hundreds of years, so the butcher can take it and it's better for everyone.
What about killing pigs at home in rural areas? Strictly speaking, if you kill pigs yourself, you need to report it, because China is a big pork consumer and the quarantine of pork is very strict. Whether you consume it yourself or import it to the market, without quarantine, it is easy to cause an epidemic, which is often difficult to control.
Pig killing is a technical job. When I was a child, during the Spring Festival, I saw the adults in my family killing pigs. Four strong rural men dragged a pig weighing several hundred kilograms out of the pig pen. Before the pig was firmly tied, my second brother suddenly bumped into me. My second uncle hit the wall. Such a big man couldn't stand up for a while. In the end, tying it up wasn't easy. I thought I could see the big scene of pig killing, but I only saw them finding a tricycle and struggling to lift the pigs. Then grandpa rode a tricycle. My father and two uncles were pushed in the back towards the only red meat shop in our village.
So if you look carefully, you will find that in rural areas, specialized pig slaughtering craftsmen are usually invited to do this work. On the one hand, pig slaughtering artisans have formal slaughtering licenses. On the other hand, although pigs look very simple, if they actually work together, ordinary people cannot fight them. If they are not experienced pig slaughtering craftsmen, they may suffer some injuries.