SOC 13-2061 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Financial Examiners make in Billings, MT?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Financial Examiners in Billings, MT is $97,430. The 10th percentile is $59,630 and the 90th percentile is $167,270. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$97,430

10th percentile
$59,630
25th percentile
$76,640
Median
$97,430
75th percentile
$127,750
90th percentile
$167,270
Mean
$107,320

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Financial Examiners, the published 10th percentile is $59,630 and the 90th percentile is $167,270. The difference is $107,640, which is 110.5% 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 $76,640 to the 75th at $127,750, covers $51,110.

The mean annual wage is $107,320, which sits above the median of $97,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Billings, MT median is 3.5% higher than the national median of $94,160 for Financial Examiners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $104,174, which is 10.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.3% higher than the Montana median of $80,970.

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 $97,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Financial Examiners at $104,174 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Financial Examiners. Billings, MT ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Helena, MT is 175 miles away, with a median of $80,170 and employment of 40. That median is 17.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,794, against $104,174 here.

Employment share

Financial Examiners accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Billings, MT (50 of 93,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (67,830 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.22 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 · Financial Examiners 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 Financial Examiners make in Billings, MT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Financial Examiners in Billings, MT is $97,430. The 10th percentile is $59,630 and the 90th percentile is $167,270. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Financial Examiners?

The local median is 3.5% higher than the national median of $94,160.

What is Financial Examiners 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 $97,430 is $104,174. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Billings, MT compare with nearby metros for Financial Examiners?

Helena, MT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 175 miles away, at $80,170. Billings, MT ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.