Helena, MT

243 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 25740.

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
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	1,420
Retail Salespersons	1,130
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,060
Office Clerks, General	1,010
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	990
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	960
General and Operations Managers	940
Cashiers	940
Stockers and Order Fillers	770
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	750
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	650
Accountants and Auditors	580
Cooks, Restaurant	570
Waiters and Waitresses	520
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	480
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	450
Lawyers	410
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	400
Bartenders	390
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	390

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
Forest and Conservation Technicians	19.45	170
Budget Analysts	11.46	150
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations)	8.41	210
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	4.56	1,420
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	3.73	140
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	3.40	360
Operations Research Analysts	3.36	100
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	3.30	140
Public Relations Specialists	3.21	260
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	3.10	370
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	2.84	260
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	2.84	150
Computer Network Support Specialists	2.59	110
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2.42	100
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	2.26	200
Instructional Coordinators	2.19	140
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	2.15	100
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.04	150
Lawyers	1.92	410
Cost Estimators	1.89	120

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$375,340
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$316,530
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$173,880
Marketing Managers	$154,770
Pharmacists	$146,400
Sales Managers	$142,520
Nurse Practitioners	$136,420
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$134,030
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$133,360
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$133,010
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$130,230
Administrative Services Managers	$129,670
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$126,900
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$119,430
Medical and Health Services Managers	$115,920
Human Resources Managers	$111,780
Lawyers	$108,410
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)	$107,700
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$106,500
Electrical Engineers	$105,050

All 243 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	580	$76,700	1.39
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	110	$129,670	1.51
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	50	$80,870	1.23
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	130	$28,950	1.12
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	50	$83,670	1.75
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	90	$77,320	2.92
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	90	$126,900	1.35
Audio and Video Technicians `27-4011`	30	$39,110	1.59
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$35,980	1.21
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	220	$57,820	1.11
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$37,210	1.59
Bakers `51-3011`	110	$36,890	1.56
Bartenders `35-3011`	390	$26,210	1.81
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	80	$49,050	1.70
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$47,080	1.11
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `19-1029`	50	$103,380	3.01
Biological Technicians `19-4021`	60	$50,430	2.77
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	650	$45,870	1.65
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	150	$79,700	11.46
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	120	$56,760	1.07
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	60	$64,110	0.77
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	1,420	$80,410	4.56
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$38,940	1.17
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	120	$63,600	0.87
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	70	$47,950	2.95
Carpenters `47-2031`	310	$58,490	1.63
Cashiers `41-2011`	940	$34,750	1.07
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	80	$59,260	1.42
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$57,510	0.66
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	90	$173,880	1.49
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	130	$60,280	1.15
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	150	$35,500	1.03
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	50	$76,890	2.63
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	360	$100,710	3.40
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	260	$81,080	2.84
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	110	$36,160	1.00
Clergy `21-2011`	60	$61,520	3.95
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	80	$74,840	0.89
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	60	$52,510	0.77
Commercial Pilots `53-2012`	50	$100,940	3.31
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$39,540	1.37
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	40	$61,250	1.14
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	370	$63,740	3.10
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	50	$107,700	0.88
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	110	$62,440	2.59
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	150	$86,940	1.24
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	150	$79,700	1.03
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	190	$63,250	0.94
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	140	$130,230	0.75
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	50	$69,240	6.42
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	320	$48,930	1.01
Construction Managers `11-9021`	120	$101,180	1.08
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	60	$80,830	1.45
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	130	$37,190	1.03
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	570	$38,030	1.42
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	60	$52,140	0.57
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	120	$83,760	1.89
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$41,260	0.77
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	150	$48,010	2.84
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	380	$46,680	0.52
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	90	$49,850	2.40
Database Administrators `15-1242`	60	$83,120	3.14
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	130	$46,870	1.17
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$98,200	1.23
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	70	$73,950	2.02
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	90	$23,150	0.56
Directors, Religious Activities and Education `21-2021`	90	$45,170	14.19
Dishwashers `35-9021`	160	$29,750	1.16
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$48,690	0.76
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	140	$30,900	1.23
Economists (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3011`	30	$89,340	5.90
Editors `27-3041`	30	$66,770	1.27
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	70	$103,530	0.71
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$69,040	0.72
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$105,050	0.93
Electricians `47-2111`	240	$78,760	1.11
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	350	$57,980	0.89
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	40	$79,750	0.97
Environmental Engineers `17-2081`	90	$100,140	8.65
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	210	$81,940	8.41
Epidemiologists `19-1041`	30	$84,290	8.97
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$63,420	0.39
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	140	$41,840	1.48
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$375,340	1.31
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	60	$46,610	0.77
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,060	$28,330	0.96
Fence Erectors `47-4031`	40	$48,170	5.45
File Clerks `43-4071`	60	$39,980	2.87
Financial Clerks, All Other `43-3099`	40	Not available	3.66
Financial Examiners `13-2061`	40	$80,170	1.94
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$133,360	0.64
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	70	$81,500	1.96
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	60	$103,350	0.61
Firefighters `33-2011`	80	$54,260	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	330	$76,340	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	320	$45,090	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers `39-1013`	60	$39,320	8.14
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$48,720	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	200	$80,280	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$77,260	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	320	$63,710	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	30	$50,920	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$97,850	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	100	$65,730	0.50
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	450	$49,460	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	120	$62,320	0.70
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	210	$34,960	0.84
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	170	$54,160	19.45
Fundraisers `13-1131`	70	$58,120	2.17
Gambling Service Workers, All Other `39-3019`	60	$25,510	14.06
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners `39-3012`	80	$22,300	31.94
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	940	$101,510	0.94
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$63,690	0.55
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$38,160	0.75
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	60	$80,300	5.94
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$50,410	1.35
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	30	$46,880	1.04
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	100	$62,670	0.86
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	400	$56,800	0.68
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$60,000	1.80
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	960	$36,570	0.78
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	150	$34,730	2.04
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	70	$111,780	1.09
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	280	$78,020	1.07
Hydrologists `19-2043`	50	$86,260	29.09
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	40	Not available	0.35
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	60	$81,290	0.46
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	30	$133,010	0.45
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	40	$46,450	0.17
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	Not available	$81,950
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	140	$49,140	3.73
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	50	$60,290	0.30
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	90	$49,950	1.88
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	140	$60,920	2.19
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall `47-2131`	60	$47,330	5.04
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	40	$57,260	0.70
Insurance Underwriters `13-2053`	40	$81,080	1.20
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	140	$40,670	3.30
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	750	$36,990	1.18
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	40	$62,680	2.07
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	270	$40,980	0.32
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	300	$45,640	1.09
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	60	$35,620	1.07
Lawyers `23-1011`	410	$108,410	1.92
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	100	$48,460	2.15
Legal Support Workers, All Other `23-2099`	30	$60,330	2.46
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$65,870	1.32
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	120	$63,690	0.63
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	190	$47,380	0.66
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$49,270	0.82
Loan Officers `13-2072`	140	$64,740	1.83
Lodging Managers `11-9081`	40	$61,140	3.46
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$83,570	0.75
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	290	$36,520	1.19
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service `43-9051`	40	$37,750	2.28
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	390	$46,430	0.90
Management Analysts `13-1111`	200	$103,140	0.76
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	280	$106,500	1.55
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	130	$65,820	0.50
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	40	$154,770	0.33
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	160	$45,760	0.67
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$48,410	1.12
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	340	$43,590	1.24
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	210	$115,920	1.24
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	90	$59,850	2.27
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$39,640	1.30
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	170	$64,760	0.95
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	140	$53,710	0.34
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$70,340	0.93
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	30	$36,410	2.38
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	30	$119,430	1.06
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	200	$82,240	2.26
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$136,420	1.23
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	290	$42,520	0.71
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	100	$82,740	2.42
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,010	$46,450	1.43
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	220	$62,570	1.59
Operations Research Analysts `15-2031`	100	$80,400	3.36
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	90	$35,360	0.54
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$60,110	0.73
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	170	$64,210	1.52
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$40,520	1.22
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	120	$97,450	1.52
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$146,400	1.13
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	110	$49,910	0.79
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	100	$84,390	1.34
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	70	$134,030	1.46
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	60	$316,530	0.58
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	200	$75,430	1.04
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	60	$57,700	0.63
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	70	$35,440	0.51
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	30	$43,770	0.81
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	70	$56,160	0.65
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	340	$102,970	1.13
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	40	$64,920	2.21
Psychiatric Aides `31-1133`	30	$47,930	3.08
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	260	$63,230	3.21
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$53,540	1.66
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	70	$77,570	1.12
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	30	$79,100	0.56
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	100	$38,320	0.39
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	50	$33,790	0.53
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$52,800	0.97
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	990	$98,690	1.02
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	40	$39,280	1.44
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,130	$35,990	1.01
Sales Managers `11-2022`	60	$142,520	0.36
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	160	$60,150	0.45
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	150	$61,830	0.43
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$90,530	0.50
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	70	$38,260	2.46
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	250	$60,520	0.84
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	480	$47,670	0.98
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	40	$74,030	0.26
Security Guards `33-9032`	90	$37,920	0.25
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	90	$43,550	1.00
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	110	$43,600	0.48
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	30	$34,870	0.43
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3099`	90	$82,380	8.40
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	70	$60,190	3.67
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	100	$84,040	1.59
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$37,160	0.76
Software Developers `15-1252`	310	$99,370	0.64
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$79,410	0.84
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	770	$39,760	0.95
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	160	$63,060	1.14
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	110	$27,700	0.76
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	$62,910	1.10
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	40	$79,230	2.80
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	80	$63,610	5.13
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	30	$59,170	1.40
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	Not available	$46,990
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	250	$35,210	0.62
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$61,800	1.46
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$38,500	1.22
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	90	$38,910	3.01
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	50	$45,140	3.34
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$64,270	1.06
Tutors `25-3041`	50	$45,210	0.91
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	40	$82,690	2.93
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	520	$23,020	0.80
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$57,410	1.67
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists `19-1023`	70	$84,230	12.55