How much do First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers make in Billings, MT?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $46,210 and the 90th percentile is $115,480. The difference is $69,270, which is 84.2% 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 $60,300 to the 75th at $108,800, covers $48,500.

The mean annual wage is $84,940, which sits above the median of $82,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Billings, MT median is 10.5% higher than the national median of $74,450 for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,976, which is 18.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.7% higher than the Montana median of $68,760.

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 $82,280 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $87,976 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Billings, MT ranks 1st of 4 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).).

• Bozeman, MT is 113 miles away, with a median of $66,710 and employment of 270. That median is 18.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,077, against $87,976 here.
• Great Falls, MT is 167 miles away, with a median of $69,120 and employment of 130. That median is 16% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,372, against $87,976 here.
• Helena, MT is 175 miles away, with a median of $65,730 and employment of 100. That median is 20.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,701, against $87,976 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers accounts for 0.44% of wage-and-salary employment in Billings, MT (410 of 93,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (673,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.01 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.