East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (2 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 260 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$469,580	$225.76	60
2	Physicians, All Other	$299,750	$144.11	40
3	Sales Managers	$169,200	$81.35	80
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$153,570	$73.83	40
5	Marketing Managers	$151,930	$73.05	50
6	Physician Assistants	$147,700	$71.01	60
7	Pharmacists	$144,900	$69.66	150
8	Nurse Practitioners	$143,450	$68.97	140
9	Natural Sciences Managers	$129,640	$62.33	40
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$120,900	$58.13	100
11	Human Resources Managers	$119,690	$57.54	50
12	Computer Systems Analysts	$111,400	$53.56	40
13	Electrical Engineers	$111,400	$53.56	30
14	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$109,660	$52.72	50
15	Medical and Health Services Managers	$108,410	$52.12	280
16	Financial Managers	$106,890	$51.39	160
17	Construction Managers	$106,810	$51.35	140
18	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$106,330	$51.12	150
19	Power Plant Operators	$106,040	$50.98	Not published
20	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$101,900	$48.99	210
21	Physical Therapists	$100,640	$48.38	90
22	Lawyers	$100,390	$48.27	210
23	Surveyors	$100,270	$48.21	40
24	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$98,700	$47.45	40
25	Dental Hygienists	$97,740	$46.99	70

The full list of every published occupation here is on the East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan 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.