Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area

216 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 3000003.

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)	1,160
Cashiers	1,140
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	950
General and Operations Managers	850
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	770
Waiters and Waitresses	750
Cooks, Restaurant	740
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	710
Office Clerks, General	680
Retail Salespersons	670
Bartenders	650
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	630
Stockers and Order Fillers	590
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	570
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	550
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	500
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	440
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	440
Nursing Assistants	430
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	420

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
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	58.92	130
Forest and Conservation Technicians	29.44	230
Psychiatric Aides	27.96	250
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	19.79	160
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	15.69	100
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	3.85	100
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	3.69	440
Highway Maintenance Workers	3.65	140
Bartenders	3.44	650
Correctional Officers and Jailers	3.29	310
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	3.13	140
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2.91	630
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.50	110
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	2.30	260
Parts Salespersons	2.12	140
Cooks, Restaurant	2.10	740
Driver/Sales Workers	2.08	210
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1.90	250
Tellers	1.88	160
Carpenters	1.64	280

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Emergency Medicine Physicians	$486,350
Family Medicine Physicians	$361,480
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$201,230
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$146,770
Pharmacists	$143,280
Nurse Practitioners	$136,310
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$134,800
Marketing Managers	$132,210
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$128,010
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$124,600
Software Developers	$118,110
Human Resources Managers	$113,040
Construction Managers	$108,130
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations)	$104,050
Medical and Health Services Managers	$103,560
Lawyers	$102,540
Project Management Specialists	$102,060
Dental Hygienists	$98,310
Physical Therapists	$97,980
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$92,290

All 216 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	320	$74,320	0.87
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	Not available	0.58
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	160	$31,200	1.59
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	90	$33,920	1.40
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$63,070	1.27
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	30	$128,010	0.60
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$56,510	1.01
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	210	$53,390	1.21
Bakers `51-3011`	70	$36,510	1.10
Bartenders `35-3011`	650	$27,250	3.44
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	40	$49,920	1.04
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	140	$46,040	1.41
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	550	$45,760	1.60
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	130	$43,540	1.24
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$58,370	1.19
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	320	$65,170	1.17
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	80	$41,600	2.46
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	70	$58,180	0.60
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	60	$62,100	2.14
Carpenters `47-2031`	280	$58,480	1.64
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,140	$30,120	1.47
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	60	$56,460	1.29
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	$201,230	1.00
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	80	$58,570	0.82
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	120	$81,590	1.32
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	90	$36,700	0.96
Clergy `21-2011`	50	$44,410	3.46
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	80	$79,530	0.99
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	60	$51,700	0.89
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	30	$48,260	1.23
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	110	$63,950	1.09
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$59,290	1.21
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	70	$54,280	0.39
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$134,800	0.36
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	60	$73,920	8.43
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	310	$48,540	1.13
Construction Managers `11-9021`	130	$108,130	1.35
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	260	$36,680	2.30
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	740	$37,460	2.10
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	310	$51,010	3.29
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$69,590	1.21
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	100	$38,850	0.99
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$45,140	1.46
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9021`	100	$60,110	15.69
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	360	$44,130	0.55
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	80	$44,090	0.81
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	50	$98,310	0.89
Dishwashers `35-9021`	200	$29,200	1.63
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	30	$43,440	0.64
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	210	$23,000	2.08
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	80	$92,290	0.94
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	60	$60,470	0.65
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$89,520	1.10
Electricians `47-2111`	200	$70,200	1.07
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	350	$58,740	1.00
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$58,900	1.28
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	110	$32,910	2.50
Emergency Medicine Physicians `29-1214`	30	$486,350	3.86
Environmental Engineers `17-2081`	40	$83,230	3.95
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	30	$76,180	1.39
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$51,910	0.42
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	90	$43,940	1.13
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$86,280	0.76
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	70	$361,480	2.64
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	30	$41,360	0.49
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	160	$36,550	19.79
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,160	$28,670	1.20
Fence Erectors `47-4031`	60	$46,880	9.18
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	90	$124,600	0.45
Firefighters `33-2011`	110	$47,770	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	270	$73,860	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	80	$74,630	6.33
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	100	$80,350	3.85
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	40	$55,840	6.29
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	420	$41,550	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$46,410	1.52
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$59,460	1.46
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	190	$80,020	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$68,150	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	290	$61,780	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$80,420	1.24
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	170	$64,670	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	440	$45,740	1.57
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	110	$60,760	0.69
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	220	$34,360	0.96
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	50	$38,520	2.33
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	70	$29,980	0.95
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$73,130	1.35
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	230	$51,630	29.44
Fundraisers `13-1131`	60	$50,870	2.01
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners `39-3012`	130	$21,980	58.92
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	850	$79,180	0.97
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers `19-2042`	30	$83,740	5.41
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers `47-4041`	30	$48,800	2.48
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$59,820	1.22
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$40,780	1.97
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	710	$59,880	1.37
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	140	$60,480	3.65
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	950	$36,670	0.88
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	90	$27,020	0.86
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$113,040	0.68
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	140	$62,600	0.60
Hydrologists `19-2043`	50	$84,300	34.70
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	60	$60,230	0.55
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	60	$44,590	0.33
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	70	$44,950	1.96
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$44,760	1.46
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$55,560	0.86
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	100	$75,690	0.80
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	50	$40,560	1.43
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	570	$36,000	1.02
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$60,650	1.49
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	220	$41,170	0.29
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	250	$38,670	1.03
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$36,320	1.55
Lawyers `23-1011`	130	$102,540	0.68
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	Not available	$42,460
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$64,660	1.21
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	140	$62,800	0.88
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	190	$37,380	0.78
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	30	$46,890	0.84
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$68,250	1.01
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	60	$53,420	11.13
Machinists `51-4041`	50	$60,920	0.66
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	630	$33,560	2.91
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	500	$45,870	1.30
Management Analysts `13-1111`	110	$48,890	0.50
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	90	$85,750	0.57
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	80	$75,870	0.34
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$132,210	0.49
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	140	$46,470	0.68
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$49,710	1.37
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	300	$42,840	1.25
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$103,560	1.11
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	50	$47,120	1.60
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	140	$62,330	0.92
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	80	$38,040	0.23
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	140	$64,020	3.13
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	30	$31,270	2.66
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$76,540	0.56
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	40	$43,660	4.21
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$136,310	1.35
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	430	$45,850	1.17
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	70	$78,620	1.86
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$91,480	0.92
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	680	$45,870	1.10
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	440	$59,370	3.69
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	40	$42,690	0.38
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$31,740	0.59
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$57,260	0.87
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	40	$59,070	0.36
Paramedics `29-2043`	40	$45,760	1.53
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	140	$39,510	2.12
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$59,530	0.87
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation `37-3012`	30	$43,600	5.07
Pharmacists `29-1051`	80	$143,280	1.04
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	90	$50,120	0.77
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	30	$45,000	0.94
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	100	$97,980	1.45
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$146,770	1.10
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$79,890	1.11
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	130	$62,620	0.77
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	60	$57,090	3.24
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	90	$57,700	1.04
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	90	$35,330	0.79
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	70	$57,690	3.16
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	50	$46,850	0.51
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	160	$102,060	0.60
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	70	$59,340	0.84
Psychiatric Aides `31-1133`	250	$46,340	27.96
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$60,240	0.94
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	60	$47,480	2.25
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	70	$73,880	1.29
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	Not available	$73,940
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	80	$36,130	0.37
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	80	$37,810	0.96
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	770	$86,470	0.90
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	30	$42,670	1.30
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks `43-4181`	40	$39,180	1.42
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	60	$46,130	2.84
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	670	$35,790	0.68
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	70	$58,640	0.23
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	170	$61,640	0.55
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	30	$88,860	0.44
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	330	$61,190	1.23
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	420	$46,060	0.97
Security Guards `33-9032`	180	$48,230	0.57
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	70	$46,730	0.79
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	30	$55,460	2.27
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	90	$42,840	0.46
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	70	$34,740	1.15
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	60	$51,120	3.62
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	80	$72,440	1.49
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	160	$38,950	1.47
Software Developers `15-1252`	80	$118,110	0.19
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	50	$62,750	0.75
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$60,530	0.98
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	30	$74,480	0.75
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	590	$40,410	0.83
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	160	$60,350	1.31
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	250	$28,050	1.90
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	$60,360	1.19
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	30	$104,050	2.50
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	270	$32,920	0.74
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	50	$78,240	1.40
Tellers `43-3071`	160	$37,550	1.88
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	50	$45,990	1.98
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	90	$38,620	7.04
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	60	$63,070	0.50
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$73,590	2.07
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$37,780	1.19
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	750	$22,760	1.32
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	80	$55,810	2.42
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	100	$48,700	0.97
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	40	$48,850	2.75
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists `19-1023`	30	$81,980	7.16