Pay distribution $37,800 10th $38,610 25th $47,850 75th $58,560 90th
Half of Production Workers, All Other in the Billings metro area earn more than $40,510 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,610 and $47,850.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $37,800 $38,610 $40,510 $47,850 $58,560 Hourly $18.17 $18.56 $19.48 $23.01 $28.15
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 Billings metro areathis metro area
$40,510 median for Billings metro area; middle half earns $38,610 to $47,850
$41,990 median for Montana; middle half earns $38,330 to $52,420
$40,110 median for United States; middle half earns $36,030 to $49,010
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −4% vs Montana overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,960 $45,780 $69,600 $93,420 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $21,960 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,170 Mayaguez, PR — $23,600 Birmingham, AL — $24,290 Arecibo, PR — $24,450 Morgantown, WV — $28,830 Mansfield, OH — $29,160 Charleston, WV — $29,850 Ponce, PR — $29,870 El Paso, TX — $31,040 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200 Pittsfield, MA — $31,200 Alexandria, LA — $31,790 Monroe, MI — $32,210 Springfield, OH — $32,480 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $33,280 Owensboro, KY — $33,430 Johnstown, PA — $33,640 Joplin, MO-KS — $34,220 Lima, OH — $34,350 Abilene, TX — $34,360 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $34,440 Cheyenne, WY — $34,520 Farmington, NM — $34,630 Canton-Massillon, OH — $34,650 Jacksonville, NC — $34,650 Lubbock, TX — $34,830 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $34,970 Iowa City, IA — $35,040 Burlington, NC — $35,140 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,180 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $35,280 Jackson, MI — $35,290 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $35,300 Binghamton, NY — $35,620 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $35,620 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $35,930 Springfield, MA — $36,010 Laredo, TX — $36,050 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,090 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $36,100 Charlottesville, VA — $36,120 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $36,140 Flint, MI — $36,210 Bloomington, IL — $36,230 Fresno, CA — $36,280 Harrisonburg, VA — $36,280 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $36,290 Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,300 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $36,380 Albuquerque, NM — $36,440 Rochester, NY — $36,480 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,540 Chico, CA — $36,630 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $36,640 Saginaw, MI — $36,700 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $36,710 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,720 Gainesville, FL — $36,780 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $36,790 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $36,860 Las Cruces, NM — $36,950 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,030 Salinas, CA — $37,040 Springfield, MO — $37,080 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $37,090 Beckley, WV — $37,120 Evansville, IN — $37,130 Winchester, VA-WV — $37,340 Greenville, NC — $37,360 Jonesboro, AR — $37,360 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,370 Boise City, ID — $37,440 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $37,470 Sheboygan, WI — $37,480 Twin Falls, ID — $37,480 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,690 Salisbury, MD — $37,690 Wichita, KS — $37,810 Wilmington, NC — $37,940 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,950 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $37,960 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $37,970 Winston-Salem, NC — $37,980 Cleveland, TN — $38,010 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,100 Spartanburg, SC — $38,100 Rome, GA — $38,120 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $38,190 Richmond, VA — $38,220 Rockford, IL — $38,230 Dalton, GA — $38,240 Ocala, FL — $38,260 Albany, GA — $38,270 Jacksonville, FL — $38,270 York-Hanover, PA — $38,330 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,340 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,350 Toledo, OH — $38,380 Sherman-Denison, TX — $38,390 College Station-Bryan, TX — $38,400 Lincoln, NE — $38,400 Lafayette, LA — $38,470 Goldsboro, NC — $38,510 Jefferson City, MO — $38,530 Valdosta, GA — $38,650 Erie, PA — $38,670 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $38,720 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $38,740 Columbus, OH — $38,770 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,770 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $38,790 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $38,830 Great Falls, MT — $38,890 Amarillo, TX — $38,910 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $38,920 Logan, UT-ID — $38,940 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $38,970 Bloomington, IN — $39,040 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $39,070 Lancaster, PA — $39,090 Lebanon, PA — $39,130 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $39,130 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $39,130 Hammond, LA — $39,150 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $39,190 Rochester, MN — $39,210 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $39,220 Wichita Falls, TX — $39,220 Cedar Rapids, IA — $39,250 Monroe, LA — $39,280 Cleveland, OH — $39,330 Redding, CA — $39,370 Warner Robins, GA — $39,490 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,510 Gainesville, GA — $39,520 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $39,520 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $39,540 Knoxville, TN — $39,560 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $39,570 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $39,590 Columbia, SC — $39,600 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $39,690 Roanoke, VA — $39,770 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,870 Missoula, MT — $39,940 Williamsport, PA — $39,940 Vineland, NJ — $39,960 Tyler, TX — $39,990 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $40,070 Columbus, GA-AL — $40,080 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $40,110 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $40,130 Kansas City, MO-KS — $40,160 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $40,160 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $40,290 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $40,350 Pittsburgh, PA — $40,490 Billings, MT — $40,510 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $40,510 Fond du Lac, WI — $40,550 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $40,550 Anchorage, AK — $40,610 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $40,610 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $40,660 Eau Claire, WI — $40,740 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $40,840 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $40,900 St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,900 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $40,970 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $41,030 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $41,080 New Haven, CT — $41,110 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $41,150 Akron, OH — $41,160 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $41,210 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $41,250 Niles, MI — $41,350 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $41,410 Traverse City, MI — $41,420 Green Bay, WI — $41,450 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $41,460 Utica-Rome, NY — $41,480 Corpus Christi, TX — $41,490 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $41,580 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,600 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $41,630 Duluth, MN-WI — $41,770 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $41,870 Ann Arbor, MI — $41,960 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $41,990 Fort Wayne, IN — $42,030 Salem, OR — $42,060 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $42,240 Johnson City, TN — $42,480 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $42,500 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $42,620 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $42,620 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $42,760 Asheville, NC — $42,810 Huntsville, AL — $42,890 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $43,160 Bangor, ME — $43,200 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $43,420 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $43,570 Syracuse, NY — $43,810 Battle Creek, MI — $43,850 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,890 Odessa, TX — $44,000 San Angelo, TX — $44,060 Kingston, NY — $44,100 Visalia, CA — $44,120 St. George, UT — $44,130 Appleton, WI — $44,200 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $44,230 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $44,260 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $44,450 Grand Junction, CO — $44,450 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $44,520 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $44,730 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,820 Reno, NV — $44,860 Fargo, ND-MN — $44,880 Santa Fe, NM — $44,880 Waco, TX — $44,940 St. Cloud, MN — $45,100 Morristown, TN — $45,130 Urban Honolulu, HI — $45,300 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $45,310 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $45,410 Omaha, NE-IA — $45,410 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $45,470 Jackson, TN — $45,500 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,530 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,570 Florence, SC — $45,650 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $45,670 Madison, WI — $45,690 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $45,810 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $45,820 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $45,850 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,920 Ogden, UT — $45,930 Worcester, MA — $45,980 Midland, TX — $46,060 Savannah, GA — $46,140 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,140 Wausau, WI — $46,180 Tulsa, OK — $46,270 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $46,340 Jackson, MS — $46,350 Rocky Mount, NC — $46,360 Baton Rouge, LA — $46,400 Kenosha, WI — $46,590 Lake Charles, LA — $46,590 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $46,610 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $46,710 State College, PA — $46,750 Greeley, CO — $46,810 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,840 Colorado Springs, CO — $46,860 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $46,860 Tallahassee, FL — $46,860 Sandusky, OH — $46,900 Vallejo, CA — $47,040 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $47,090 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,120 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,180 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,230 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $47,540 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,710 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $47,780 Kankakee, IL — $47,890 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,260 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $48,300 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $48,360 Grants Pass, OR — $48,480 Lexington Park, MD — $48,580 Killeen-Temple, TX — $48,600 Bend, OR — $48,710 Oklahoma City, OK — $48,740 Dubuque, IA — $48,750 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $48,790 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $49,090 Texarkana, TX-AR — $49,100 Clarksville, TN-KY — $49,120 Gettysburg, PA — $49,170 Boulder, CO — $49,180 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $49,450 Albany, OR — $49,480 Bismarck, ND — $49,600 Carson City, NV — $49,760 Tucson, AZ — $49,890 Bozeman, MT — $50,260 Napa, CA — $50,270 Glens Falls, NY — $50,870 Portland-South Portland, ME — $51,420 Medford, OR — $51,460 Hinesville, GA — $52,060 Modesto, CA — $52,430 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $52,550 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $52,920 Columbia, MO — $53,510 Longview, TX — $54,800 Chambersburg, PA — $56,170 Elmira, NY — $56,810 Lynchburg, VA — $60,080 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $63,070 Merced, CA — $63,550 Peoria, IL — $63,780 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $69,970 Ames, IA — $70,690 Lewiston, ID-WA — $93,420 Billings metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Billings metro area has the 154th-highest published median for this occupation among the 313 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Montana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for production workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Billings metro areathis page
$40,510 median for Billings metro area; middle half earns $38,610 to $47,850
$50,260 median for Bozeman metro area; middle half earns $43,300 to $60,000
$39,940 median for Missoula metro area; middle half earns $35,830 to $48,160
$38,890 median for Great Falls metro area; middle half earns $38,890 to $49,110
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:
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers $52,670 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $82,280 Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers $103,110 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators $45,340 Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers $36,170 Bakers $38,490 Highest-paying metro areas for production workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Billings Metro
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 .