Butchers and Meat Cutters · SOC 51-3021
Butchers and Meat Cutters Salary in the West Montana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025West Montana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the West Montana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Butchers and Meat Cutters in the West Montana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $37,950 per year ($18.25 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,040 at the 10th percentile to $50,850 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Butchers and Meat Cutters in the West Montana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $37,950 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,540 and $45,530.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $27,040 | $35,540 | $37,950 | $45,530 | $50,850 |
| Hourly | $13.00 | $17.09 | $18.25 | $21.89 | $24.45 |
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
- West Montana nonmetropolitan area$37,950 median for West Montana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,540 to $45,530
- Montanastate$41,600 median for Montana; middle half earns $36,430 to $47,720
- United Statesnational$40,140 median for United States; middle half earns $35,510 to $48,050
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −9% vs Montana overall and −5% 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 butchers and meat cutters, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- West Montana nonmetropolitan areathis page$37,950 median for West Montana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,540 to $45,530
- $47,700 median for Bozeman metro area; middle half earns $42,850 to $49,610
- $44,790 median for Billings metro area; middle half earns $39,040 to $64,500
- $43,460 median for Missoula metro area; middle half earns $38,410 to $45,130
- $39,510 median for Great Falls metro area; middle half earns $36,700 to $43,640
- $38,940 median for Helena metro area; middle half earns $36,220 to $46,030
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 butchers and meat cutterss · Highest-paying occupations in West 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.