Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southwest 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 (1 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 215 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$486,350	$233.82	30
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$361,480	$173.79	70
3	Chief Executives	$201,230	$96.74	50
4	Physician Assistants	$146,770	$70.56	40
5	Pharmacists	$143,280	$68.89	80
6	Nurse Practitioners	$136,310	$65.53	110
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$134,800	$64.81	60
8	Marketing Managers	$132,210	$63.56	50
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$128,010	$61.54	30
10	Financial Managers	$124,600	$59.90	90
11	Software Developers	$118,110	$56.78	80
12	Human Resources Managers	$113,040	$54.35	40
13	Construction Managers	$108,130	$51.99	130
14	Surveyors	$104,050	$50.02	30
15	Medical and Health Services Managers	$103,560	$49.79	170
16	Lawyers	$102,540	$49.30	130
17	Project Management Specialists	$102,060	$49.07	160
18	Dental Hygienists	$98,310	$47.26	50
19	Physical Therapists	$97,980	$47.11	100
20	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$92,290	Not published	80
21	Occupational Therapists	$91,480	$43.98	40
22	Electrical Engineers	$89,520	$43.04	50
23	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$88,860	$42.72	30
24	Registered Nurses	$86,470	$41.57	770
25	Facilities Managers	$86,280	$41.48	30

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Southwest 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.