Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · SOC 25-2021
Elementary School Teacher 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.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $58,740 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,440 at the 10th percentile to $80,920 at the 90th. BLS estimates 350 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $58,740 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,500 and $75,560.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,440 | $46,500 | $58,740 | $75,560 | $80,920 |
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$58,740 median for Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $46,500 to $75,560
- Montanastate$57,530 median for Montana; middle half earns $46,830 to $65,190
- United Statesnational$63,970 median for United States; middle half earns $57,710 to $81,450
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 −8% 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 elementary school teachers, except special education, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan areathis page$58,740 median for Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $46,500 to $75,560
- $62,390 median for Billings metro area; middle half earns $49,070 to $78,370
- $60,740 median for Bozeman metro area; middle half earns $47,290 to $64,300
- $58,240 median for Missoula metro area; middle half earns $47,200 to $72,780
- $57,980 median for Helena metro area; middle half earns $47,630 to $75,380
- $48,320 median for Great Falls metro area; middle half earns $46,450 to $62,120
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 elementary school teachers · 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.