Librarians and Media Collections Specialists · SOC 25-4022
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Salary in the Montana
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Montana
Figures describe the state of Montana as a whole.
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in the Montana earned a median of $63,870 per year ($30.71 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,750 at the 10th percentile to $84,440 at the 90th. BLS estimates 640 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in the Montana earn more than $63,870 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,180 and $78,550.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $40,750 | $50,180 | $63,870 | $78,550 | $84,440 |
| Hourly | $19.59 | $24.13 | $30.71 | $37.76 | $40.60 |
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
- Montana$63,870 median for Montana; middle half earns $50,180 to $78,550
- United Statesnational$68,270 median for United States; middle half earns $56,310 to $84,480
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Montana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for librarians and media collections specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Montanathis page$63,870 median for Montana; middle half earns $50,180 to $78,550
- $78,160 median for Bozeman metro area; middle half earns $61,830 to $91,280
- $67,760 median for Billings metro area; middle half earns $57,360 to $81,320
- $65,870 median for Helena metro area; middle half earns $59,910 to $78,270
- $59,800 median for Great Falls metro area; middle half earns $48,180 to $76,800
- $58,570 median for Missoula metro area; middle half earns $52,440 to $74,890
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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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.