JobAfterNext

East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area

262 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 3000006.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Family Medicine Physicians$469,580
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$299,750
Sales Managers$169,200
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$153,570
Marketing Managers$151,930
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$147,700
Pharmacists$144,900
Nurse Practitioners$143,450
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$129,640
Computer and Information Systems Managers$120,900
Human Resources Managers$119,690
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations)$111,400
Electrical Engineers$111,400
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)$109,660
Medical and Health Services Managers$108,410
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$106,890
Construction Managers$106,810
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)$106,330
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations)$106,040
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$101,900
All 262 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011420$74,5000.74
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209170$52,2706.27
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 53-3011Not available$43,170
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091160$29,1201.03
Animal Caretakers 39-202160$29,4400.56
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904140$153,5700.43
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302160$58,3801.00
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023420$48,1801.56
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603140$40,2401.09
Bakers 51-3011110$34,3201.17
Bartenders 35-3011830$26,9202.84
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021200$45,1901.30
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031940$46,3401.77
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 27-301140$31,9905.17
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051390$44,8802.52
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-3052120$39,4801.99
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031200$52,0401.75
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199390$69,2400.93
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021140$37,1802.73
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020120$57,2600.64
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119440$51,9800.96
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203270$55,1901.74
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) 43-501140$50,4000.94
Carpenters 47-2031280$58,1601.08
Cashiers 41-20111,920$29,3301.60
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101180$56,4601.00
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101190$93,3501.19
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021180$58,0101.21
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011240$35,3101.22
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302260$48,0802.38
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205190$84,7800.64
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061140$35,2300.95
Clergy 21-2011130$43,6505.72
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010160$74,5601.28
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022140$40,3001.46
Community Health Workers 21-109490$47,1903.88
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109950$40,6401.19
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041260$73,9201.59
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123160$73,9300.98
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129950$67,8500.28
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121140$111,4000.21
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232120$59,9800.44
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021100$120,9000.40
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-1031150$75,36014.92
Construction Laborers 47-2061500$48,6401.18
Construction Managers 11-9021140$106,8100.96
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401140$64,4800.78
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 53-701180$46,3108.71
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011120$26,2600.49
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012520$36,8303.05
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014680$37,0101.24
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012430$48,7002.94
Cost Estimators 13-105160$68,0800.68
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021110$45,7000.70
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031440$45,6206.32
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051290$44,5800.29
Dental Assistants 31-9091100$45,8200.70
Dental Hygienists 29-129270$97,7400.83
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-3021150$106,3303.41
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103130$72,5901.11
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 21-202160$39,3006.44
Dishwashers 35-9021200$29,2601.08
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032120$54,8701.51
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031240$27,5401.54
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032250$93,8101.94
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903130$46,8301.19
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-909950$41,9601.05
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012150$57,9501.08
Electrical Engineers 17-207130$111,4000.43
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051210$101,9004.18
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 49-209540$98,7004.65
Electricians 47-2111240$77,2600.84
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,280$50,6902.37
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061100$59,2401.60
Emergency Management Directors 11-916140$56,0507.66
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042Not available$39,940
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-601180$55,3000.45
Extraction Workers, All Other 47-5099Not available$59,440
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301340$90,5300.70
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121560$469,5801.52
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-3041170$60,69011.55
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209370$36,0305.48
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,400$28,8000.94
Fence Erectors 47-403170$47,0007.73
File Clerks 43-407150$39,6401.86
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031160$106,8900.50
Firefighters 33-2011210$47,7701.58
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011550$76,2701.75
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-101170$73,6803.46
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101470$37,5901.69
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012540$39,1601.13
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 39-1013150$48,30014.78
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101190$46,6501.27
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-1012110$58,0502.09
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011440$82,4601.85
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101240$74,8200.44
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011510$61,3000.92
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102230$49,3000.75
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012100$76,4601.59
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011170$71,8800.66
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011680$46,1001.58
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047250$61,3301.03
Floral Designers 27-102340$29,8402.45
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021360$31,0001.04
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other 35-909950$28,2701.39
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041120$29,1901.07
Food Service Managers 11-905160$66,9900.61
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-4071200$52,42016.76
Fundraisers 13-113140$54,9700.93
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers 41-201280$34,66010.18
Gambling Service Workers, All Other 39-3019100$25,31018.21
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners 39-3012190$21,94054.04
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators 53-707190$83,75063.21
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,090$89,8300.80
Graphic Designers 27-102440$43,6400.52
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 47-404160$56,1002.75
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102260$57,1100.85
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909970$48,3801.74
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-902160$47,8600.39
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,130$58,3901.42
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909890$35,3902.38
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051370$60,3606.22
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-1120960$36,3400.58
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-903180$28,5500.47
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081310$33,3103.09
Human Resources Managers 11-312150$119,6900.58
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071210$61,8200.61
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041160$80,9400.96
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051120$50,7800.41
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-4199150$46,1002.81
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-906150$60,8200.23
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099100$44,5201.42
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031100$80,8701.12
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904180$44,2900.92
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021320$60,7501.75
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-411150$40,9200.91
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,220$35,9301.43
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012110$46,7702.68
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062370$37,3100.32
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011390$37,9201.07
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011110$35,7101.48
Lawyers 23-1011210$100,3900.71
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601290$47,0401.49
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022160$57,9603.16
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412170Not available2.16
Library Technicians 25-4031100$35,0203.91
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061260$63,7801.05
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033280$46,5100.74
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131100$46,7101.61
Loan Officers 13-2072160$68,2501.55
Lodging Managers 11-908190$60,9105.22
Machinists 51-404130$60,6000.31
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012610$30,9901.83
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071910$45,4501.54
Management Analysts 13-111150$83,7800.13
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199340$93,5001.41
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-116160$76,3300.18
Marketing Managers 11-202150$151,9300.34
Material Moving Workers, All Other 53-719940$57,2604.50
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141Not available$81,010
Medical Assistants 31-9092190$43,4200.59
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072110$53,1001.48
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013390$40,2001.04
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111280$108,4101.20
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022470$59,4301.95
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-209090$36,2400.17
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042200$75,9302.92
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309980$48,6404.62
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912140$129,6400.86
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124490$75,1400.77
New Accounts Clerks 43-4141100$42,8407.24
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171140$143,4501.08
Nursing Assistants 31-1131760$39,5801.36
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011100$80,5101.88
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112230$90,4200.54
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,310$45,0601.37
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073810$58,2804.36
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205740$40,9101.31
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-911150$46,0500.31
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064150$28,7300.70
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011100$48,4700.64
Parts Salespersons 41-2022240$39,6702.33
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305190$55,1201.56
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-3012160$44,17014.92
Pharmacists 29-1051150$144,9001.19
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052160$47,8400.89
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202140$61,3000.87
Physical Therapists 29-112390$100,6400.86
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107160$147,7001.02
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122940$299,7500.28
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-215290$91,3900.52
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051610$60,9502.36
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051200$56,7406.87
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052110$53,2900.84
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 11-913180$73,80015.35
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-1199130$79,6802.29
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) 51-8013Not available$106,040
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011100$35,6900.56
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109250$58,9001.36
Procurement Clerks 43-306130$49,7301.56
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506190$43,7600.57
Project Management Specialists 13-1082130$79,9200.32
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141100$57,6400.82
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909980$49,7302.61
Public Relations Specialists 27-303190$52,7200.78
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031210$46,2405.38
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034110$76,1701.26
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902260$73,9200.75
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171170$37,4400.48
Recreation Workers 39-9032110$37,1600.82
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081100$49,4201.77
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,260$83,9600.96
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101540$39,0800.98
Residential Advisors 39-904130$45,8401.01
Respiratory Therapists 29-112630$88,6000.61
Retail Salespersons 41-2031950$35,8300.63
Roofers 47-218140$60,1500.69
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 47-5071130$58,2407.70
Sales Managers 11-202280$169,2000.30
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-309170$62,2300.14
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012220$62,7700.46
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401150$109,6600.42
School Psychologists 19-303440$80,0101.61
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031820$51,3602.00
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014740$40,0601.11
Security Guards 33-9032Not available$36,820
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302130$44,8400.26
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5013190$77,43011.54
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-507170$40,4100.23
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053170$36,6801.80
Social Workers, All Other 21-102970$45,2203.02
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151100$63,8401.22
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093120$37,4200.70
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-101340$73,9206.62
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052130$55,1101.25
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205730$60,2300.88
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205880$50,1801.23
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112740$76,9700.59
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-7065840$35,8000.76
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018150$57,1000.80
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031560$27,3402.75
Surgical Technologists 29-205530$59,6100.76
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102240$100,2702.06
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045930$34,2101.69
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-2022120$77,9002.24
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052130$77,2003.34
Tellers 43-3071260$37,0302.06
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309350$39,5501.29
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-7010100$29,0404.66
Training and Development Specialists 13-115140$63,4200.21
Tutors 25-3041130$37,1401.90
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305150$75,5402.91
Veterinarians 29-113160Not available1.81
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909670$29,9001.43
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205640$34,9500.74
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031710$22,8800.81
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031180$55,8103.65
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511140$39,4801.91
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121220$60,2301.39
Wellhead Pumpers 53-707370$59,9709.87
Wind Turbine Service Technicians 49-908140$62,36011.14
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102350$76,4007.42