SOC 11-3061 · Management Occupations · May 2025

How much do Purchasing Managers make in Billings, MT?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Purchasing Managers in Billings, MT is $128,160. The 10th percentile is $89,120 and the 90th percentile is $191,320. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$128,160

10th percentile
$89,120
25th percentile
$107,140
Median
$128,160
75th percentile
$191,320
90th percentile
$191,320
Mean
$140,680

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Purchasing Managers, the published 10th percentile is $89,120 and the 90th percentile is $191,320. The difference is $102,200, which is 79.7% 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 $107,140 to the 75th at $191,320, covers $84,180.

The mean annual wage is $140,680, which sits above the median of $128,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Billings, MT median is 13.5% lower than the national median of $148,080 for Purchasing Managers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $137,031, which is 7.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.8% higher than the Montana median of $123,480.

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 $128,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Purchasing Managers at $137,031 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 Purchasing Managers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Billings, MT · Purchasing Managers 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 Purchasing Managers make in Billings, MT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Purchasing Managers in Billings, MT is $128,160. The 10th percentile is $89,120 and the 90th percentile is $191,320.

How does that compare with the national median for Purchasing Managers?

The local median is 13.5% lower than the national median of $148,080.

What is Purchasing Managers 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 $128,160 is $137,031. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.