Great Falls, MT

214 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 24500.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,340
Retail Salespersons	1,130
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	990
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	880
Stockers and Order Fillers	790
Cashiers	760
Office Clerks, General	720
General and Operations Managers	690
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	590
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	510
Cooks, Restaurant	490
Waiters and Waitresses	450
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	440
Bartenders	400
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	390
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	370
Carpenters	370
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	370
Nursing Assistants	360
Customer Service Representatives	360

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	5.51	170
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	3.25	110
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.65	160
Bill and Account Collectors	2.58	100
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	2.56	190
Carpenters	2.35	370
Parts Salespersons	2.32	150
Bartenders	2.27	400
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	2.15	240
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	2.15	100
Billing and Posting Clerks	2.11	200
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.99	240
Insurance Sales Agents	1.94	220
Nurse Practitioners	1.93	150
Driver/Sales Workers	1.82	170
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1.81	370
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1.69	180
Animal Caretakers	1.65	100
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1.61	150
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	1.56	110

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$449,840
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$217,910
Marketing Managers	$177,930
Dentists, General	$162,810
Pharmacists	$136,560
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	$136,120
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$133,670
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$132,740
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$131,470
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$131,420
Personal Financial Advisors	$131,270
Nurse Practitioners	$130,330
Sales Managers	$111,270
Lawyers	$106,450
Medical and Health Services Managers	$103,130
Construction Managers	$101,910
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$98,660
Management Analysts	$95,690
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$94,940
Dental Hygienists	$94,460

All 214 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	280	$72,510	0.81
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	50	$60,930	1.65
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	90	$27,990	0.94
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$31,910	1.65
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$61,790	1.48
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	30	$52,160	0.95
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	210	$59,110	1.25
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$35,450	1.51
Bakers `51-3011`	90	$35,850	1.53
Bartenders `35-3011`	400	$25,310	2.27
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	100	$46,110	2.58
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	200	$44,640	2.11
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	440	$45,890	1.37
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	120	$41,910	1.27
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	70	$55,420	0.99
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	290	$75,360	1.12
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$39,510	1.70
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$66,040	0.84
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	30	$45,630	1.80
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) `43-5011`	50	$60,810	2.00
Carpenters `47-2031`	370	$58,790	2.35
Cashiers `41-2011`	760	$31,320	1.05
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	50	$57,680	0.96
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$217,910	0.75
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	120	$58,810	1.34
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	240	$31,320	1.99
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	110	$80,980	1.32
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	190	$48,330	2.56
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	130	$35,630	1.46
Clergy `21-2011`	40	$59,130	3.15
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	90	$59,320	1.15
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	40	$50,840	0.61
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$39,000	1.56
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$66,660	0.83
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	80	$84,450	0.75
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	Not available	$78,330
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$52,790	0.67
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$133,670	0.42
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	350	$49,300	1.38
Construction Managers `11-9021`	140	$101,910	1.54
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	30	$71,280	0.99
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	180	$35,770	1.69
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	490	$36,610	1.47
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	Not available	$32,370
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	90	$68,740	1.67
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	110	$39,170	1.17
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	40	$38,480	1.06
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9021`	40	$45,440	5.93
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	360	$42,270	0.60
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	30	$39,140	1.03
Database Administrators `15-1242`	30	$80,470	1.83
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$46,360	1.27
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	90	$94,460	1.67
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$162,810	1.37
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	40	$136,120	1.34
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	100	$22,990	0.78
Directors, Religious Activities and Education `21-2021`	60	$39,750	11.09
Dishwashers `35-9021`	140	$28,940	1.21
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	30	$51,240	0.67
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	170	$31,580	1.82
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	60	$94,940	0.80
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	30	$45,700	1.20
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	80	$61,110	0.96
Electricians `47-2111`	170	$76,960	0.94
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	310	$48,320	0.96
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$59,960	1.58
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	30	$98,660	0.83
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	60	$42,810	0.84
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	30	$449,840	1.25
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	40	$64,490	5.04
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,340	$28,200	1.48
File Clerks `43-4071`	40	$35,470	2.41
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	90	$131,420	0.48
Firefighters `33-2011`	70	$60,080	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	250	$77,900	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	40	$81,410	1.89
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	390	$42,320	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$45,920	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$60,430	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	170	$78,410	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$72,800	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	290	$62,090	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	130	$69,120	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	350	$48,650	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	160	$57,420	1.07
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	250	$30,490	1.18
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	30	$26,500	1.53
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	110	$37,530	1.56
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$69,130	1.42
Fundraisers `13-1131`	30	$62,400	1.34
Gambling Service Workers, All Other `39-3019`	60	$23,090	16.75
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	690	$88,780	0.84
Glaziers `47-2121`	50	$39,470	3.63
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$49,150	0.76
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	60	$42,450	0.86
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$57,430	1.69
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	150	$60,670	1.61
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	510	$54,460	1.05
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$62,700	1.21
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	990	$34,540	0.98
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	70	$29,550	0.67
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	160	$34,160	2.65
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	170	$62,740	0.79
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	90	$82,620	0.91
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	70	$43,240	0.40
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	30	Not available	0.68
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	170	$47,900	5.51
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	40	$59,900	0.25
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	70	$48,360	1.62
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$55,380	0.89
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	220	$60,350	1.94
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	110	$46,280	3.25
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	590	$35,920	1.14
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	30	$46,230	1.26
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	310	$39,810	0.45
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	260	$41,350	1.18
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	100	$36,610	2.15
Lawyers `23-1011`	140	$106,450	0.81
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	60	$37,040	1.61
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$59,800	1.32
Library Technicians `25-4031`	30	$38,220	1.91
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	130	$60,020	0.86
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	180	$45,790	0.80
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$46,170	0.96
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$63,460	1.02
Lodging Managers `11-9081`	50	$61,760	4.65
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$93,640	0.61
Machinists `51-4041`	40	$59,340	0.52
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	370	$36,130	1.81
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	370	$48,250	1.02
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$95,690	0.28
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	60	$131,470	0.39
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	80	$60,440	0.38
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	Not available	$177,930
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	210	$46,840	1.08
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$50,650	1.16
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	340	$44,880	1.50
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$103,130	1.22
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	50	$45,160	1.46
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	70	$39,730	1.73
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	110	$59,290	0.77
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	50	$44,400	0.15
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	80	$71,750	2.01
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	30	$33,780	3.06
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$69,130	0.61
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	30	$42,080	3.65
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	150	$130,330	1.93
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	360	$39,330	1.05
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$82,670	1.36
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$80,390	1.06
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	720	$44,400	1.24
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	170	$62,090	1.54
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	50	$48,140	3.23
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$47,120	2.55
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	30	$38,360	0.39
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$29,860	0.64
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	70	$58,260	1.28
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	70	$57,090	0.72
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	150	$46,060	2.32
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$55,280	0.93
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	60	$131,270	0.92
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation `37-3012`	40	$36,290	6.12
Pharmacists `29-1051`	90	$136,560	1.21
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	120	$49,110	1.12
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	30	$61,900	1.25
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	70	$81,960	1.19
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	60	$132,740	1.55
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	240	$77,100	2.15
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	130	$78,870	0.85
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	90	$58,300	1.14
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators `43-5053`	30	$60,010	1.38
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	120	$35,270	1.09
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$60,120	1.97
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	30	$38,890	0.57
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	60	$52,630	0.63
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	160	$83,580	0.64
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$54,920	0.80
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	80	$50,190	1.24
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	60	$71,270	1.18
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	100	$36,580	0.47
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	40	$38,990	0.56
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	880	$78,290	1.11
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	40	$48,610	2.16
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,130	$35,000	1.23
Roofers `47-2181`	40	$49,920	1.25
Sales Managers `11-2022`	50	$111,270	0.35
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	100	$53,870	0.34
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	240	$59,410	0.83
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$79,070	0.54
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	350	$60,850	1.40
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	300	$43,400	0.76
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$77,310	0.54
Security Guards `33-9032`	260	$41,950	0.86
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$41,620	0.71
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	70	$57,480	2.34
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	110	$40,220	0.60
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$37,260	0.88
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$59,570	2.59
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$72,420	1.31
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	150	$36,800	1.48
Software Developers `15-1252`	70	Not available	0.18
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	70	$62,310	1.92
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$80,110	0.83
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	790	$36,760	1.19
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	160	$57,850	1.37
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	150	$26,730	1.22
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	300	$34,830	0.89
Tellers `43-3071`	110	$36,100	1.44
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	50	$46,150	1.80
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	50	$59,750	0.49
Tutors `25-3041`	40	$33,940	0.90
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	450	$22,270	0.84
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	30	$56,900	1.07
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	120	$55,720	1.20