Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Montana

720 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Montana for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Quality Control Analysts	$52,260	130	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$52,260	130	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$52,260	130	View salary detail
Food Scientists and Technologists	$52,230	30	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$52,160	60	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$51,910	40	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$51,880	240	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$51,650	540	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$51,620	310	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$51,620	310	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$51,620	310	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$51,620	310	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,540	100	View salary detail
Music Directors and Composers	$51,530	110	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$51,370	150	View salary detail
Extraction Workers, All Other	$51,200	160	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$51,200	240	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$51,110	40	View salary detail
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	$51,060	—	View salary detail
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film	$50,910	110	View salary detail
Paramedics	$50,890	300	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$50,890	360	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$50,800	830	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$50,710	280	View salary detail
Animal Control Workers	$50,530	50	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$50,460	—	View salary detail
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	$50,370	30	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$50,190	820	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$50,070	140	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$49,920	430	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$49,920	40	View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants	$49,860	30	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$49,830	4,590	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$49,780	330	View salary detail
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	$49,580	210	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$49,560	150	View salary detail
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	$49,560	—	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$49,420	370	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$49,400	1,340	View salary detail
Glaziers	$49,360	410	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$49,300	5,830	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$49,180	1,430	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$49,090	280	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$49,000	350	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$48,890	420	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$48,820	160	View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	$48,710	130	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,490	130	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$48,460	640	View salary detail
Brokerage Clerks	$48,360	110	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.