Bakers · SOC 51-3011
Bakers Salary in the 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.
Bakers in the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $36,510 per year ($17.55 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $24,440 at the 10th percentile to $49,390 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Bakers in the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $36,510 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,000 and $46,250.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $24,440 | $30,000 | $36,510 | $46,250 | $49,390 |
| Hourly | $11.75 | $14.42 | $17.55 | $22.24 | $23.75 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,510 median for Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,000 to $46,250
- Montanastate$37,200 median for Montana; middle half earns $31,420 to $42,950
- United Statesnational$37,160 median for United States; middle half earns $32,660 to $44,360
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −2% vs Montana overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Montana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for bakers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan areathis page$36,510 median for Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,000 to $46,250
- $41,600 median for Bozeman metro area; middle half earns $38,500 to $47,470
- $38,490 median for Billings metro area; middle half earns $35,520 to $45,500
- $37,070 median for Missoula metro area; middle half earns $30,380 to $43,440
- $36,890 median for Helena metro area; middle half earns $35,970 to $39,100
- $35,850 median for Great Falls metro area; middle half earns $35,830 to $37,740
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for bakerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.