Missoula, MT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Missoula, MT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Missoula, MT moved from $46,660 in May 2024 to $47,830 in May 2025 (+2.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Missoula, MT sits -0.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Missoula, MT
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $30,510 here versus $31,200 nationally (-2.2%; 2,160metro-area jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$30,510 in Missoula, MT sits 2.2% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,160 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Missoula, MT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 33540 · Missoula, MT $58K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #268/528
- RPP-MID 96.4
- OCC-MID 288 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $334K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE -0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northwest Minnes…
- BOOK-MOST 284 rows · May 2025
Read with Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area (+$19 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 Missoula, MT
Employment scale inside Missoula, MT's top-pay list
Lawyers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Missoula, MT's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 490 jobs · $100,490
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 240 jobs · $121,040
- 3. Construction Managers 240 jobs · $99,840
- 4. Pharmacists 220 jobs · $137,220
- 5. Financial Managers 180 jobs · $128,740
- 6. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 170 jobs · $126,330
- 7. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $121,680
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $133,020
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 140 jobs · $131,650
- 10. Managers, All Other 120 jobs · $111,860
- 11. General Internal Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $288,870
- 12. Natural Sciences Managers 100 jobs · $122,930
- 13. Physician Assistants 90 jobs · $134,990
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $324,810
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 70 jobs · $136,970
- 16. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $168,200
- 17. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $123,660
- 18. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $172,690
Occupations Tracked
288
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,785
employment-weighted, 284 complete rows
Top Salary
$334,110
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
96.4
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Missoula, MT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $334,110 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $324,810 |
| 3 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $288,870 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $172,690 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $168,200 |
| 6 | Marketing Managers | $139,630 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $137,220 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $136,970 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $134,990 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $133,020 |
| 11 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,650 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $128,740 |
| 13 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $126,330 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $123,660 |
| 15 | Natural Sciences Managers | $122,930 |
| 16 | Sales Managers | $121,680 |
| 17 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $121,040 |
| 18 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $113,990 |
| 19 | Managers, All Other | $111,860 |
| 20 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $107,000 |
| 21 | Administrative Services Managers | $105,840 |
| 22 | Commercial Pilots | $104,260 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $103,380 |
| 24 | Lawyers | $100,490 |
| 25 | Construction Managers | $99,840 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Missoula, MT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners | $22,580 |
| Gambling Service Workers, All Other | $23,180 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,210 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $23,600 |
| Bartenders | $25,990 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $27,210 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $27,560 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,470 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,220 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $29,310 |
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 ($57,785 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.