Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area

The top 100 highest paying jobs in Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area (ranked by annual average salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid workers) and the number of employment of each job in Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area are also shown. We note from the table that the highest paying profession in Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area is other physicians and surgeons with an average annual salary of $201,940. The second highest paying job is petroleum engineer (average salary $118,940). The salary and the employment information in Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2018 [1].

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl i
1	Other Physicians and Surgeons	$201,940	$104,130	40
2	Petroleum Engineers	$118,940	$89,930	40
3	Medical and Health Services Managers	$84,720	$40,570	90
4	General and Operations Managers	$84,230	$38,470	300
5	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	$84,160	$36,750	50
6	Electrical Engineers	$83,100	$52,780	80
7	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$78,760	$63,040	0
8	Chief Executives	$78,730	$26,210	50
9	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$76,130	$42,500	110
10	Power Plant Operators	$74,810	$50,760	60
11	Civil Engineers	$73,650	$53,100	60
12	Financial Managers	$73,450	$41,780	40
13	Crane and Tower Operators	$72,240	$57,860	30
14	Soil and Plant Scientists	$70,250	$40,550	40
15	Construction Managers	$67,750	$44,810	30
16	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$66,760	$46,410	50
17	Administrative Services Managers	$65,390	$37,790	30
18	Conservation Scientists	$64,700	$46,810	70
19	First-line supervisors of transportation moving workers	$64,360	$20,240	150
20	Compliance Officers	$62,710	$19,410	80
21	Other Engineering Technicians	$62,000	$43,830	40
22	Other Biological Scientists	$61,910	$41,750	30
23	Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	$61,080	$52,290	40
24	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	$59,740	$36,970	170
25	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	$59,310	$46,080	80
26	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$57,760	$34,310	40
27	Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$57,500	$27,290	80
28	Accountants and Auditors	$56,290	$18,660	160
29	Other Plant and System Operators	$55,840	$38,240	0
30	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$55,440	$41,580	50
31	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians	$54,980	$28,890	30
32	Surveyors	$54,490	$18,400	30
33	Loan Officers	$54,410	$34,410	130
34	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$54,330	$46,500	0
35	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	$52,490	$30,580	70
36	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	$52,470	$30,960	50
37	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	$52,030	$25,790	50
38	Other Business Operations Specialists	$51,540	$26,650	230
39	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$51,500	$39,190	30
40	All Other Managers	$51,360	$18,430	150
41	Social and Community Service Managers	$50,260	$34,380	40
42	Legislators	$48,810	$19,060	40
43	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$48,560	$36,140	30
44	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$48,440	$19,540	90
45	Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$47,090	$32,780	40
46	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$47,080	$42,070	30
47	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$47,000	$39,870	30
48	Human Resources Specialists	$45,100	$37,160	80
49	Civil Engineering Technicians	$44,850	$33,990	50
50	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$43,290	$32,440	30
51	Mental Health Counselors	$42,400	$27,580	50
52	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$42,290	$32,510	50
53	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators	$42,280	$23,130	30
54	Commercial Pilots	$42,060	$27,990	0
55	Computer User Support Specialists	$42,050	$26,300	100
56	Directors, Religious Activities and Education	$41,530	$18,080	50
57	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$39,160	$24,660	30
58	Architectural and Civil Drafters	$38,850	$32,340	0
59	Healthcare Social Workers	$38,450	$25,880	30
60	Cost Estimators	$38,130	$21,290	30
61	Roofers	$38,090	$30,070	30
62	Middle School Special Education Teachers	$37,030	$27,800	0
63	Rehabilitation Counselors	$36,710	$29,850	30
64	Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHelpers	$36,310	$32,710	0
65	Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$35,710	$19,030	40
66	All Occupations	$35,690	$19,670	32,850
67	Cargo and Freight Agents	$35,330	$31,300	0
68	Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$34,990	$18,100	0
69	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators	$34,990	$22,610	40
70	Other Community and Social Service Specialists	$34,820	$18,490	40
71	Biological Technicians	$32,860	$23,970	70
72	Forest and Conservation Technicians	$32,860	$26,150	150
73	Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$31,540	$26,590	60
74	Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$30,760	$21,640	30
75	Data Entry Keyers	$29,990	$18,490	40
76	Extraction Workers Helpers	$29,530	$25,520	40
77	New Accounts Clerks	$28,710	$25,280	50
78	Medical Transcriptionists	$27,470	$21,120	30
79	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$27,370	$18,740	50
80	Bakers	$27,240	$21,320	50
81	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Helpers	$26,370	$18,620	40
82	Protective Service Workers, All Other	$25,930	$19,120	0
83	Library Assistants, Clerical	$25,740	$18,400	30
84	Floral Designers	$25,670	$18,110	30
85	All Other Teachers and Instructors Except Substitute Teachers	$25,490	$20,930	30
86	All other assemblers and fabricators	$25,470	$19,870	0
87	Team Assemblers	$23,000	$20,690	30
88	Amusement and Recreation Attendants	$22,920	$20,180	40
89	Fast Food Cooks	$22,350	$18,770	140
90	Packers and Packagers	$22,330	$19,120	70
91	Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$21,570	$18,750	40
92	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$19,770	$17,400	40
93	Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	$19,290	$17,720	0
94	Property, Real Estate Managers	$19,000	$17,460	40

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