High paying production jobs in Missoula, MT

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Missoula, MT. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single production job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Missoula, MT run 3.6% below the national average (2024), so a Missoula, MT salary is worth about 1.04× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Missoula, MT · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$66,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,320 – $81,42060
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$61,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,940 – $85,000190
3Machinists$60,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,950 – $75,42050
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$54,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $61,77030
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$53,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,590 – $88,09090
6Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $59,49050
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,210 – $69,770160
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $60,08050
9Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,230 – $59,54040
10Butchers and Meat Cutters$43,460
No formal educational credential
$34,610 – $60,08090
11Printing Press Operators$43,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,160 – $51,54040
12Production Workers, All Other$39,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,930 – $55,19030
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $53,390210
14Sewing Machine Operators$38,490
No formal educational credential
$26,560 – $50,37030
15Food Processing Workers, All Other$37,450
No formal educational credential
$33,870 – $44,01030
16Bakers$37,070
No formal educational credential
$29,690 – $50,370150
17Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,730
No formal educational credential
$30,030 – $45,220130

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianMissoula, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,550	$49,320 – $81,420	60
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,460	$42,940 – $85,000	190
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,060	$41,950 – $75,420	50
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,010	$38,430 – $61,770	30
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,560	$40,590 – $88,090	90
6	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$38,650 – $59,490	50
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$39,210 – $69,770	160
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,900	$37,110 – $60,080	50
9	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$35,230 – $59,540	40
10	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$43,460	$34,610 – $60,080	90
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,160	$33,160 – $51,540	40
12	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,940	$29,930 – $55,190	30
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,660	$33,280 – $53,390	210
14	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$38,490	$26,560 – $50,370	30
15	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$37,450	$33,870 – $44,010	30
16	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,070	$29,690 – $50,370	150
17	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,730	$30,030 – $45,220	130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Missoula, MT. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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