Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 3000003 · Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #362/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 215 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $486K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Kingsport-Bristo…
- BOOK-MOST 213 rows · May 2025
Read with Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (+$0 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Southwest Montana nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Registered Nurses and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 770 jobs · $86,470
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 170 jobs · $103,560
- 3. Project Management Specialists 160 jobs · $102,060
- 4. Construction Managers 130 jobs · $108,130
- 5. Lawyers 130 jobs · $102,540
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $136,310
- 7. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $97,980
- 8. Financial Managers 90 jobs · $124,600
- 9. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $143,280
- 10. Software Developers 80 jobs · $118,110
- 11. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 80 jobs · $92,290
- 12. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $361,480
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $134,800
- 14. Chief Executives 50 jobs · $201,230
- 15. Marketing Managers 50 jobs · $132,210
- 16. Dental Hygienists 50 jobs · $98,310
- 17. Electrical Engineers 50 jobs · $89,520
- 18. Physician Assistants 40 jobs · $146,770
Occupations Tracked
215
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,948
employment-weighted, 213 complete rows
Top Salary
$486,350
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurses | $86,470 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $103,560 |
| 3 | Project Management Specialists | $102,060 |
| 4 | Construction Managers | $108,130 |
| 5 | Lawyers | $102,540 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $136,310 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $97,980 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $124,600 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $143,280 |
| 10 | Software Developers | $118,110 |
| 11 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $92,290 |
| 12 | Family Medicine Physicians | $361,480 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $134,800 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $201,230 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $132,210 |
| 16 | Dental Hygienists | $98,310 |
| 17 | Electrical Engineers | $89,520 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $146,770 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers | $113,040 |
| 20 | Occupational Therapists | $91,480 |
| 21 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $486,350 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $128,010 |
| 23 | Surveyors | $104,050 |
| 24 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $88,860 |
| 25 | Facilities Managers | $86,280 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners | $21,980 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,760 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $23,000 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,020 |
| Bartenders | $27,250 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $28,050 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,670 |
| Dishwashers | $29,200 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $29,980 |
| Cashiers | $30,120 |
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 ($54,948 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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