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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Billings, MT wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Billings, MT at $294,040/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,988 adjusts to about $64,140 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 93.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MT before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.