Bozeman, MT metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Bozeman Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Bozeman, MT metro area

Figures describe the Bozeman, MT metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Bozeman city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (6 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 288 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Bozeman, MT metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$366,600	$176.25	50
2	Chief Executives	$199,920	$96.12	90
3	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$162,680	$78.21	200
4	Pharmacists	$159,500	$76.69	120
5	Physician Assistants	$141,800	$68.17	80
6	Nurse Practitioners	$139,990	$67.30	100
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$137,500	$66.11	110
8	Commercial Pilots	$137,430	Not published	40
9	Financial Managers	$136,990	$65.86	210
10	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$127,590	$61.34	50
11	Software Developers	$126,110	$60.63	510
12	Managers, All Other	$124,490	$59.85	200
13	Industrial Production Managers	$124,020	$59.62	50
14	Sales Managers	$123,750	$59.50	280
15	Natural Sciences Managers	$122,930	$59.10	70
16	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$121,260	$58.30	30
17	Marketing Managers	$120,960	$58.16	140
18	Human Resources Managers	$120,850	$58.10	90
19	Medical and Health Services Managers	$120,680	$58.02	190
20	Data Scientists	$120,500	$57.93	50
21	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$119,680	$57.54	40
22	Management Analysts	$115,130	$55.35	300
23	Financial and Investment Analysts	$109,320	$52.56	70
24	Construction Managers	$106,840	$51.37	460
25	Lawyers	$106,760	$51.33	200

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Bozeman metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.