SOC 47-5023 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas make in Billings, MT?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas in Billings, MT is $78,410. The 10th percentile is $63,680 and the 90th percentile is $132,370. Employment is 40.
Median annual wage
$78,410
- 10th percentile
- $63,680
- 25th percentile
- $73,940
- Median
- $78,410
- 75th percentile
- $80,570
- 90th percentile
- $132,370
- Mean
- $82,250
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $63,680 and the 90th percentile is $132,370. The difference is $68,690, which is 87.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $73,940 to the 75th at $80,570, covers $6,630.
The mean annual wage is $82,250, which sits above the median of $78,410. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Billings, MT median is 30.3% higher than the national median of $60,190 for Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,838, which is 39.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 9.7% higher than the Montana median of $71,470.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Billings, MT is 93.526, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas at $83,838 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Billings, MT (40 of 93,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (19,450 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.41 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Billings, MT · Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas make in Billings, MT?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas in Billings, MT is $78,410. The 10th percentile is $63,680 and the 90th percentile is $132,370. Employment is 40.
How does that compare with the national median for Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas?
The local median is 30.3% higher than the national median of $60,190.
What is Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas pay in Billings, MT after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Billings, MT is 93.526, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $78,410 is $83,838. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.