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Missoula, MT

294 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 33540.

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

BLS didn't publish the median for 1 occupation here because it is very high: Radiologists. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 294 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011600$72,9200.95
Administrative Services Managers 11-301240$105,8400.37
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301150$53,0501.28
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-301130$77,7900.54
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091270$29,2201.56
Animal Caretakers 39-2021150$33,7601.31
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101160$95,7001.40
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301170$68,7601.53
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904170$136,9700.73
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302140$48,7100.68
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023350$59,6501.16
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603160$41,6001.30
Bakers 51-3011150$37,0701.47
Bartenders 35-3011630$25,9901.93
Bill and Account Collectors 43-3011110$41,1301.66
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021230$46,5301.31
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-1029130$82,1405.21
Biological Technicians 19-402180$53,3302.70
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031760$47,4201.29
Budget Analysts 13-203170$62,5003.48
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051180$46,6501.02
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-305270$56,5701.05
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031140$61,3801.08
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199600$78,3701.28
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302190$43,4601.49
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020150$57,5400.71
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-701140$45,5401.13
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119490$49,2901.88
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) 43-501160$63,0101.50
Carpenters 47-2031400$57,1601.39
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 17-102160$60,7709.45
Cashiers 41-20111,630$35,6101.23
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051100$61,5501.10
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101180$57,1700.93
Chemists 19-203150Not available1.49
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101160$168,2000.74
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021140$50,2000.85
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011330$35,5101.45
Chiropractors 29-101140$49,5502.47
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302260$61,5301.87
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051290$84,4201.81
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031210$62,8501.48
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061170$35,9001.05
Clergy 21-201180$60,7303.11
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010130$63,5500.90
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022190$50,1401.79
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912450$45,9000.68
Commercial Pilots 53-201240$104,2601.91
Community Health Workers 21-109440$48,0901.53
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109980$46,9001.82
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041180$61,9101.01
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124130$95,0200.43
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-1231140$57,3902.23
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916130$54,0100.45
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129960$81,5300.32
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211180$83,8000.78
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232300$58,4600.98
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021160$133,0200.55
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 49-201150$48,8201.80
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103180$84,2507.16
Construction Laborers 47-2061510$49,9301.07
Construction Managers 11-9021240$99,8401.48
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011130$39,0800.46
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012200$37,2701.07
Cooks, Restaurant 35-20141,020$38,0801.68
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012110$79,7200.69
Cost Estimators 13-1051160$77,6401.67
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021180$45,0501.05
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031120$47,7001.60
Credit Analysts 13-204140$77,9301.26
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051700$44,6900.63
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205130$90,8500.30
Database Administrators 15-124230$82,6301.15
Dental Assistants 31-9091210$46,5501.26
Dental Hygienists 29-1292130$98,0501.31
Dentists, General 29-102150$172,6901.01
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302140$99,5600.83
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011180$23,6000.76
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 21-202190$37,3909.25
Dishwashers 35-9021300$30,4001.46
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503290$45,8200.98
Drafters, All Other 17-301930$72,5204.82
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031250$27,5601.40
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 47-208150$51,3101.38
Editors 27-304140$68,3000.90
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-903280$96,5000.59
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012100$50,8600.64
Electrical Engineers 17-207170$88,7700.84
Electricians 47-2111280$79,2500.86
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021490$58,2400.83
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061110$58,8701.59
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042120$38,1901.48
Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other 27-209940$18.69 an hour (hourly only)5.25
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204190$77,9402.30
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-601160$59,2900.30
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031250$45,1201.81
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301330$82,2400.49
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121570$324,8101.62
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209290$37,8600.80
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209340$36,6702.57
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,160$30,5101.30
File Clerks 43-407140$36,3301.24
Financial Clerks, All Other 43-309970Not available4.67
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031180$128,7400.51
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205130$83,6800.20
Firefighters 33-2011130$76,6200.88
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011490$74,6201.39
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101460$38,1801.39
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102150$107,0001.06
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012600$43,1601.13
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 39-101390$38,9507.80
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011100$47,7201.33
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101270$58,9301.32
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011230$76,0100.86
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-1012100$79,1301.03
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011490$63,0900.79
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102230$50,2900.69
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101250$113,9900.82
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011190$61,4600.67
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011810$49,1901.68
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047240$60,3700.90
Floral Designers 27-102330$36,8001.74
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021380$35,0200.99
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other 35-909950$27,2101.46
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-309930$37,4501.20
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041130$30,1201.01
Food Service Managers 11-9051140$66,3001.39
Forensic Science Technicians 19-409240$82,2004.86
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-4071330$58,99024.89
Fundraisers 13-1131160$61,7203.36
Gambling Service Workers, All Other 39-301990$23,18014.65
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners 39-3012120$22,58030.29
General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-1216100$288,8703.35
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,690$81,1201.12
Glaziers 47-212170$50,2902.83
Graphic Designers 27-102480$61,9300.93
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other 37-301930$47,4905.63
Health Education Specialists 21-109140$53,8401.41
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071170$126,3301.83
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209960$48,0600.82
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 29-909940$83,2302.42
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022160$57,8601.99
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-9099Not available$41,300
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021180$60,2401.04
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032920$58,5001.03
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909830$36,9500.77
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051110$61,2301.72
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,950$38,0501.05
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031170$28,4700.92
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081330$35,3802.90
Human Resources Managers 11-312160$123,6600.68
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071280$62,3800.71
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-904160$58,0400.32
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-705180$48,0900.23
Information Security Analysts 15-1212Not available$76,360
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-4199200$46,5503.37
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-906190$53,5600.33
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099140$47,3301.79
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031120$61,8601.23
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904150$52,1900.56
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021230$61,2001.09
Insurance Underwriters 13-205340$62,8900.89
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111100$43,1001.50
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,170$37,7301.22
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201240$47,4100.81
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062460$42,9000.36
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011490$44,4601.20
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011130$36,7301.50
Lawyers 23-1011490$100,4901.51
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012110$38,5601.67
Legal Support Workers, All Other 23-209950$54,5202.69
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402270$58,5701.18
Library Technicians 25-403160$37,5501.97
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061170$63,1300.61
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409940$52,2601.33
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033460$46,2701.08
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413170$47,0801.03
Loan Officers 13-2072190$72,5501.59
Lodging Managers 11-908180$62,1904.25
Machinists 51-404150$60,0600.41
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012650$36,0601.74
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071590$47,4900.89
Management Analysts 13-1111260$46,3500.68
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199120$111,8600.46
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161280$65,3500.73
Marketing Managers 11-2021Not available$139,630
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214180$89,7300.62
Medical Assistants 31-9092400$46,5201.15
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909350$46,0801.44
Medical Records Specialists 29-207290$52,5301.06
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-104280$66,1901.07
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013650$44,3101.57
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111240$121,0400.94
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112170$51,6601.20
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-1023140$46,3602.37
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102680$41,7001.15
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022180$62,0300.67
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090210$39,6600.34
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042140$71,6101.84
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309980$36,1904.20
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-9121100$122,9302.20
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244100$77,6500.71
New Accounts Clerks 43-414150$41,8802.96
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 27-302350$55,0103.13
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171140$131,6501.02
Nursing Assistants 31-1131440$38,5500.71
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501190$69,3001.42
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112240$87,3000.60
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,240$45,6001.17
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-919970$52,8900.79
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073310$64,0501.51
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-2057100$49,4303.32
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208150$48,0501.72
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064220$39,5200.92
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214190$57,0600.91
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011270$50,6701.62
Parts Salespersons 41-2022240$43,9602.05
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305160$53,5900.94
Personal Financial Advisors 13-2052100$76,2300.89
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-301260$38,2605.37
Pharmacists 29-1051220$137,2201.59
Pharmacy Aides 31-909530$36,7801.77
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052230$48,5701.13
Physical Therapists 29-1123210$83,9701.82
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107190$134,9901.26
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122940$334,1100.25
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152290$79,7501.44
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051170$77,6100.59
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052100$64,2500.71
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 43-505370$59,4901.48
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011130$36,0400.63
Printing Press Operators 51-511240$43,1600.57
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-2012100$51,9701.67
Production Workers, All Other 51-919930$39,9400.29
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061120$49,8900.72
Project Management Specialists 13-1082360$84,2500.77
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141180$57,5101.36
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031280$61,6202.26
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034120$73,7401.21
Radiologists 29-122440Not published (very high)3.23
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022Not available$74,870
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171170$36,6100.42
Recreation Workers 39-9032200$32,1501.40
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians 49-309240$46,7505.13
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,570$82,1601.07
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101530$58,0000.81
Residential Advisors 39-904140$53,2501.08
Respiratory Therapists 29-112670$82,5801.17
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,990$35,4301.18
Roofers 47-218160$62,3100.95
Sales Managers 11-2022170$121,6800.64
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091260$59,9700.48
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012450$61,0000.84
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401180$89,9900.66
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909940$41,2601.05
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031350$61,3200.77
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014480$42,5000.65
Security Guards 33-9032220$36,7500.41
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021180$36,9501.29
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901250$49,9201.89
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603130$38,4900.69
Sheet Metal Workers 47-2211120$61,4202.38
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071250$42,0700.71
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305330$35,9800.29
Skincare Specialists 39-509470$53,3202.16
Social Workers, All Other 21-1029110$47,2404.02
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151130$73,5101.43
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093240$38,9701.25
Software Developers 15-1252390Not available0.53
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-101330$81,3504.44
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205260$44,4200.51
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205850$62,5600.78
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112770$74,1600.92
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,320$36,9601.08
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018280$59,4801.32
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031230$29,3101.00
Surgical Technologists 29-205570$64,0301.34
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-3031100$58,0803.90
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102250$81,9402.19
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045430$35,7100.70
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202270$75,8601.12
Tellers 43-3071210$37,7201.46
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309370$46,4201.57
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209340$60,3201.91
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151130$61,4900.65
Transportation Security Screeners 33-909360$61,1102.72
Veterinarians 29-113150$103,3801.28
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909660$38,5201.08
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205640$43,5100.72
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031930$23,2100.95
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803160$66,5501.02
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121160$47,7200.89
Writers and Authors (2 O*NET occupations) 27-304330Not available1.55
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102370$73,9209.26