The 100 Highest Paying Jobs In Montana For 2026

Curious about the highest earners in Montana? Or perhaps you’re wondering just how much your dentist makes while alleviating your pain?

We share that same curiosity about the top-paying professions in Montana. If you haven’t guessed it yet, we might be a bit of what you’d call data enthusiasts.

After conducting an exhaustive analysis, our data science team found that Hospitalist Physicians are the highest earners in Montana.

Here’s a snapshot of the top ten highest paying jobs in Montana:

How We Determined the Highest Paying Jobs in Montana for 2026

To generate our salary estimates, Zippia utilizes data from publicly available resources, including the latest data released in March 2026 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Our data science team continually scans millions of job postings daily to compile published salaries. We align these salaries with data on companies, locations, and job titles from various datasets. The final step involves calculating a weighted average of these inputs to estimate salaries for specific job titles in Montana.

In total, we analyzed salary data for over 1,100 job titles in Montana to identify those with the highest compensation.

Detailed List of Highest Paying Jobs in Montana

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary	# Of People
1	Hospitalist Physician	$243,933	$201,000	127
2	Primary Care Pediatrician	$235,305	$188,000	219
3	Staff Psychiatrist	$232,227	$183,000	120
4	Consultant And Sales Representative	$229,338	$183,000	419
5	Physician-Pediatrician	$225,119	$174,000	129
6	Clinical Psychiatrist	$209,445	$153,000	124
7	MD Physician-Dermatologist	$208,580	$151,000	113
8	Pulmonary Physician	$203,669	$146,000	115
9	Senior Vice President, Engineering	$202,171	$149,000	155
10	Resident Physician In Radiology	$199,092	$140,000	114
11	Acute Care Physician	$198,653	$141,000	293
12	Family Medicine Physician	$198,360	$142,000	136
13	Finance Services Director	$198,322	$152,000	186
14	Allergy Physician	$196,380	$138,000	117
15	Family Physician	$195,649	$138,000	127
16	Physician, Ophthalmologist	$195,032	$136,000	114
17	Internal Medicine Physician	$194,948	$138,000	141
18	Interventional Pain Physician	$194,316	$135,000	113
19	Hospitalist Medical Director	$191,549	$131,000	164
20	Operator And Truck Driver	$191,541	$134,000	546
21	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hospitalist	$190,072	$130,000	181
22	Family Practice Physician	$189,828	$134,000	144
23	Associate Professor, Physician	$189,570	$130,000	136
24	Geriatric Physician	$188,494	$129,000	120
25	Pain Medicine Physician	$187,283	$128,000	120
26	Staff Physician	$182,685	$125,000	187
27	Business Services Vice President	$181,478	$134,000	273
28	Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist	$180,820	$123,000	838
29	Physician-Internist	$180,704	$121,000	115
30	Primary Care Physician	$179,750	$121,000	285
31	President/chief Executive Officer	$179,249	$120,000	202
32	Senior Vice President Of Marketing	$178,220	$123,000	212
33	Medical Staff Physician	$178,133	$118,000	204
34	Vice President-Project Management	$176,811	$123,000	131
35	Physician	$176,600	$118,000	142
36	Physician Liaison	$175,440	$116,000	124
37	Director, Product Engineering	$175,340	$130,000	224
38	Obstetrics Gynecology Physician	$174,734	$113,000	119
39	Pain Management Physician	$174,544	$113,000	118
40	Vice President, Product Management	$174,495	$125,000	220
41	Physician Extender	$173,879	$112,000	169
42	Anesthesiologist/physician	$173,289	$114,000	116
43	Vice President, Corporate Development	$172,957	$118,000	202
44	General Surgery Physician Assistant	$172,809	$111,000	143
45	Senior Director Of Engineering	$172,110	$118,000	181
46	Orthopaedic Physician Assistant	$171,944	$112,000	112
47	Attending Physician	$171,866	$114,000	124
48	Nuclear Medicine Physician	$171,593	$112,000	139
49	Sports Medicine Physician	$169,845	$110,000	130
50	Vice President, Field Operations	$169,758	$110,000	274
51	Chief Administrative Officer	$169,706	$115,000	118
52	Owner/operator	$169,625	$121,000	291
53	Executive Director, Information Technology	$169,388	$115,000	308
54	Ob/gyn Physician	$168,872	$109,000	119
55	Director Of Manufacturing Engineering	$167,427	$121,000	155
56	Director, Hardware Engineering	$167,421	$126,000	133
57	Senior Physician	$167,296	$109,000	112
58	Vice President Of Sales & Operations	$165,927	$117,000	240
59	Director Information Technology Infrastructure	$165,667	$119,000	167
60	Human Resources Vice President	$165,648	$117,000	100
61	Public Health Physician	$165,603	$105,000	146
62	Occupational Medicine Physician	$163,099	$103,000	155
63	Vice President Of Operations And Engineering	$161,842	$115,000	307
64	Physical Medicine Physician	$161,562	$102,000	171
65	Chiropractic Physician	$161,245	$102,000	156
66	Executive Vice President Of Sales	$160,735	$115,000	226
67	Executive Vice President Marketing	$160,089	$103,000	243
68	Director Of Account Management	$159,988	$109,000	204
69	New Product Development Manager	$159,376	$111,000	305
70	Vice President Of Research And Development	$158,816	$109,000	114
71	In-House Physician	$158,168	$98,000	158
72	Global Director	$157,784	$107,000	126
73	Executive Vice President	$157,625	$100,000	211
74	Global Supply Chain Director	$156,305	$110,000	121
75	President & Chief Technology Officer	$156,141	$105,000	164
76	President Of Operations	$155,226	$97,000	195
77	Vice President-Products	$154,653	$101,000	170
78	Emergency Medicine, Physician Assistant	$154,192	$98,000	154
79	Pediatric Physician Assistant	$153,906	$98,000	145
80	Director Of Applications Engineering	$152,458	$105,000	145
81	Naturopathic Physician	$152,285	$93,000	118
82	President & Chief Operating Officer	$151,829	$94,000	105
83	Product Management Director	$151,467	$112,000	233
84	Vice President, Products & Marketing	$151,333	$107,000	143
85	Senior Director, Product	$150,749	$113,000	203
86	Senior Clinical Scientist	$150,538	$118,000	190
87	Supply Chain Vice President	$150,220	$105,000	100
88	Senior Vice President-Operations	$150,186	$95,000	216
89	Vice President Of Marketing & Communications	$149,485	$97,000	235
90	Clinical Scientist	$148,560	$115,000	191
91	Vice President Information Systems	$148,413	$96,000	202
92	Director Of Systems Engineering	$148,161	$101,000	238
93	Process Development Director	$147,965	$107,000	182
94	General Internal Medicine Physician	$147,237	$88,000	131
95	Vice President, Marketing & Development	$146,757	$95,000	254
96	Director, Applications	$146,719	$112,000	113
97	Director, Global Marketing	$146,606	$100,000	121
98	Regional Sales Vice President	$146,574	$97,000	123
99	Lead Portfolio Manager	$146,175	$95,000	188
100	Surgical Physician Assistant	$146,155	$92,000	159

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2026. This marks our sixth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Montana.

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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