Billings, MT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Billings, MT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Billings, MT moved from $47,640 in May 2024 to $49,060 in May 2025 (+3.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Billings, MT sits -0.1 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Billings, MT
Registered Nurses publishes $82,300 here versus $97,550 nationally (-15.6%; 2,550metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $96,980 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-8.3%).
- Registered Nurses$82,300 in Billings, MT sits 15.6% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,550 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$96,980 in Billings, MT sits 8.3% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,030 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$29,130 in Billings, MT sits 6.6% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,310 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$35,760 in Billings, MT sits 1.0% above the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,900 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Billings, MT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 13740 · Billings, MT $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #197/528
- RPP-LOW 93.5
- OCC-MID 336 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $294K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-INLINE -0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Western Wyoming…
- BOOK-FULL 325 rows · May 2025
Read with Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area ($3 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Billings, MT
Employment scale inside Billings, MT's top-pay list
Managers, All Other and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Billings, MT's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 320 jobs · $132,300
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 300 jobs · $107,750
- 3. Pharmacists 240 jobs · $142,080
- 4. Sales Managers 240 jobs · $117,970
- 5. Financial Managers 210 jobs · $137,240
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 210 jobs · $129,280
- 7. Marketing Managers 160 jobs · $212,760
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 160 jobs · $139,050
- 9. Physician Assistants 150 jobs · $141,470
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 130 jobs · $163,110
- 11. Mechanical Engineers 120 jobs · $107,930
- 12. Industrial Engineers 110 jobs · $139,420
- 13. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $227,000
- 14. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 90 jobs · $104,460
- 15. Facilities Managers 80 jobs · $105,520
- 16. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 70 jobs · $108,200
- 17. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $203,330
- 18. Industrial Production Managers 50 jobs · $128,810
Occupations Tracked
336
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,988
employment-weighted, 325 complete rows
Top Salary
$294,040
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
93.5
6% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Billings, MT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $294,040 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $227,000 |
| 3 | Marketing Managers | $212,760 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $203,330 |
| 5 | Administrative Services Managers | $169,820 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $163,110 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $142,080 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $141,470 |
| 9 | Industrial Engineers | $139,420 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $139,050 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | $137,240 |
| 12 | Managers, All Other | $132,300 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $129,280 |
| 14 | Industrial Production Managers | $128,810 |
| 15 | Purchasing Managers | $128,160 |
| 16 | Sales Managers | $117,970 |
| 17 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $117,160 |
| 18 | Environmental Engineers | $115,550 |
| 19 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $108,200 |
| 20 | Mechanical Engineers | $107,930 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $107,750 |
| 22 | Diagnostic Medical Sonographers | $107,340 |
| 23 | Commercial Pilots | $105,830 |
| 24 | Facilities Managers | $105,520 |
| 25 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $104,460 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Billings, MT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,940 |
| Gambling Service Workers, All Other | $23,400 |
| Bartenders | $23,550 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $24,300 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,180 |
| Coaches and Scouts | $28,090 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,190 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $28,320 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,130 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,180 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in MT
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside MT. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($59,988 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.