Great Falls Employment

Employment and Industries in the Great Falls, Montana Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Great Falls than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Great Falls.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Great Falls.
A list of any large public companies in Great Falls.

Most Popular Jobs in Great Falls, Montana Metro Area (2006 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Elementary school teachers, except special education	390	33,560	$19,650 - 50,320	14%	95%
2	Accountants and auditors	310	52,380	$29,670 - 85,760	18%	79%
3	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	300	37,000	$21,440 - 54,180	6%	96%
4	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	200	60,240	$25,440 - 114,610	8%	51%
5	Lawyers	140	68,510	$39,880 - 106,500	11%	99%
6	Personal financial advisors	130	67,590	$22,550 - 0	41%	81%
7	Pharmacists	110	84,820	$76,080 - 98,200	22%	97%
8	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	90	60,000	$26,240 - 103,930	12%	51%
9	Social and human service assistants	80	21,560	$17,540 - 25,130	34%	58%
10	Advertising sales agents	80	30,750	$15,490 - 54,230	20%	56%
11	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	80	37,490	$26,480 - 56,090	5%	58%
12	Child, family, and school social workers	70	30,390	$20,640 - 40,080	19%	77%
13	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	70	32,940	$12,600 - 55,880	13%	73%
14	Clergy	60	33,090	$11,950 - 58,530	19%	75%
15	Managers, all other	60	52,100	$20,960 - 86,300	7%	55%
16	Social and community service managers	50	42,130	$29,240 - 57,600	25%	72%
17	Financial managers	50	79,630	$28,690 - 0	13%	60%
18	Network and computer systems administrators	50	45,040	$30,940 - 62,250	27%	50%
19	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	50	29,910	$14,190 - 39,820	18%	56%
20	Graphic designers	40	33,570	$20,840 - 45,820	10%	55%
21	Sales managers	40	69,910	$29,150 - 112,200	10%	69%
22	Public relations specialists	40	38,580	$25,260 - 66,890	18%	81%
23	Librarians	40	36,890	$30,350 - 48,940	4%	85%
24	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	40	29,520	$19,150 - 48,920	15%	51%
25	Dentists, general	30	113,710	$97,000 - 0	9%	100%
26	Coaches and scouts	30	22,400	$12,500 - 37,340	15%	60%
27	Chief executives	30	85,370	$25,770 - 0	2%	65%
28	Medical and health services managers	30	62,990	$28,090 - 98,740	16%	57%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	1,640	23,320	$12,720 - 37,350	12%	25%
2	Cashiers	1,240	16,740	$12,090 - 23,350	-2%	10%
3	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	850	27,580	$16,370 - 39,580	13%	16%
4	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	830	20,330	$12,830 - 28,350	15%	4%
5	General and operations managers	770	69,110	$30,170 - 135,910	2%	48%
6	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	740	22,950	$14,480 - 32,340	1%	18%
7	Bartenders	660	15,360	$11,840 - 20,400	11%	17%
8	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	620	15,030	$11,790 - 18,570	18%	5%
9	Child care workers	610	15,530	$11,690 - 22,920	18%	15%
10	Waiters and waitresses	590	15,870	$11,550 - 25,990	11%	14%
11	Stock clerks and order fillers	490	22,340	$13,720 - 31,580	-7%	8%
12	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	460	20,380	$16,010 - 25,480	18%	7%
13	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	420	29,050	$19,170 - 42,200	15%	18%
14	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	380	30,360	$21,100 - 38,900	10%	4%
15	Office clerks, general	380	17,570	$12,310 - 23,710	13%	19%
16	Receptionists and information clerks	350	19,650	$15,150 - 24,650	17%	13%
17	Carpenters	340	30,480	$18,840 - 43,010	10%	6%
18	Cooks, fast food	310	15,480	$11,660 - 21,670	8%	5%
19	Teacher assistants	300	16,310	$12,200 - 20,970	10%	18%
20	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	300	21,770	$14,580 - 30,130	2%	5%
21	Cooks, restaurant	300	16,290	$11,950 - 22,340	12%	5%
22	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	290	16,930	$12,130 - 22,790	13%	5%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	280	32,650	$18,730 - 46,550	4%	25%
24	Home health aides	270	17,550	$15,050 - 21,570	49%	7%
25	Food preparation workers	250	15,900	$12,050 - 19,660	15%	7%
26	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	250	31,520	$25,510 - 37,180	14%	7%
27	Maintenance and repair workers, general	230	28,380	$14,590 - 42,760	10%	6%
28	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	230	38,520	$24,400 - 59,020	6%	29%
29	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	230	25,430	$15,890 - 35,480	11%	14%
30	Tellers	210	21,400	$17,010 - 26,190	14%	16%
31	Construction laborers	200	29,640	$19,100 - 40,860	11%	5%
32	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	200	23,910	$15,100 - 32,490	18%	6%
33	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	190	28,970	$14,990 - 47,730	14%	4%
34	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	190	29,750	$21,120 - 45,660	9%	47%
35	Business operations specialists, all other	180	51,160	$34,060 - 72,690	21%	49%
36	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	170	39,310	$26,510 - 51,970	11%	4%
37	Insurance sales agents	160	33,290	$20,070 - 58,740	13%	45%
38	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	150	25,930	$19,320 - 34,990	4%	15%
39	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	150	50,860	$32,580 - 70,980	9%	10%
40	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	150	13,830	$11,510 - 16,890	12%	6%
41	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	140	34,470	$24,640 - 46,470	8%	3%
42	Packers and packagers, hand	140	20,870	$12,010 - 33,790	-11%	3%
43	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	130	40,020	$30,450 - 49,380	11%	33%
44	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	130	18,680	$14,330 - 25,390	11%	5%
45	Medical records and health information technicians	120	24,140	$15,980 - 35,850	18%	12%
46	Electricians	120	47,820	$37,770 - 59,700	7%	7%
47	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	110	54,310	$33,710 - 75,430	7%	13%
48	Medical assistants	110	23,770	$18,750 - 30,040	35%	10%
49	Preschool teachers, except special education	110	20,290	$14,180 - 27,000	26%	43%
50	Loan interviewers and clerks	100	23,100	$18,000 - 28,770	0%	24%
51	Industrial truck and tractor operators	100	25,590	$16,500 - 34,800	-1%	2%
52	Computer support specialists	100	28,810	$20,090 - 40,990	13%	43%
53	Postal service mail carriers	100	43,740	$36,240 - 50,140	1%	11%
54	Dishwashers	100	13,740	$11,520 - 17,540	10%	3%
55	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	90	22,210	$13,330 - 28,320	12%	0%
56	Loan officers	90	37,980	$24,470 - 57,130	12%	49%
57	Cost estimators	90	48,230	$21,060 - 72,330	19%	32%
58	Parts salespersons	80	26,270	$17,520 - 36,490	-1%	6%
59	Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	80	50,880	$32,770 - 64,120	11%	11%
60	Painters, construction and maintenance	80	31,670	$20,360 - 45,080	12%	6%
61	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	80	47,480	$31,290 - 60,560	9%	3%
62	Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	80	19,540	$14,690 - 26,200	16%	10%
63	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	80	15,720	$11,940 - 20,050	17%	14%
64	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	70	24,390	$14,490 - 36,360	4%	6%
65	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	70	25,080	$12,480 - 37,570	13%	11%
66	Automotive body and related repairers	70	29,510	$16,930 - 44,670	12%	3%
67	Dental assistants	70	30,860	$23,060 - 41,390	29%	9%
68	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	70	14,910	$11,600 - 20,390	14%	3%
69	Helpers--carpenters	70	16,840	$12,720 - 22,420	12%	3%
70	Fire fighters	70	39,620	$30,630 - 48,910	12%	18%
71	Telecommunications line installers and repairers	70	37,410	$25,530 - 53,180	5%	8%
72	Paralegals and legal assistants	70	33,460	$25,160 - 51,290	22%	45%
73	Conveyor operators and tenders	70	31,720	$20,310 - 50,890	-6%	0%
74	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	70	47,090	$28,200 - 66,670	-4%	15%
75	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	60	48,270	$28,010 - 80,470	0%	36%
76	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	60	36,790	$21,580 - 48,880	-7%	12%
77	Driver/sales workers	60	30,770	$17,090 - 43,750	-4%	4%
78	Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	60	29,560	$21,000 - 40,450	3%	25%
79	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	60	23,710	$15,310 - 35,030	-4%	5%
80	Construction managers	60	50,740	$26,170 - 95,550	16%	29%
81	Nonfarm animal caretakers	60	16,610	$12,210 - 20,800	18%	16%
82	Bill and account collectors	60	30,560	$17,850 - 50,180	23%	13%
83	Pharmacy technicians	60	26,970	$23,610 - 30,950	32%	16%
84	File clerks	50	19,240	$12,230 - 28,710	-40%	20%
85	Bakers	50	20,800	$14,170 - 27,270	10%	8%
86	Recreation workers	50	26,870	$15,410 - 52,630	13%	47%
87	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	50	36,370	$24,520 - 56,760	12%	3%
88	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	50	23,000	$19,020 - 28,950	0%	22%
89	All other information and record clerks	50	30,810	$21,120 - 39,580	-12%	21%
90	Cement masons and concrete finishers	50	28,130	$15,560 - 39,510	11%	2%
91	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	50	26,130	$19,520 - 36,040	3%	18%
92	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	50	14,330	$11,640 - 20,670	10%	17%
93	Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance	50	29,420	$21,210 - 42,540	2%	11%
94	Helpers--production workers	50	18,950	$14,040 - 23,350	0%	4%
95	Butchers and meat cutters	50	26,740	$19,200 - 37,330	2%	2%
96	Dental hygienists	40		$[?] - [?]	30%	33%
97	Legal secretaries	40	27,660	$21,100 - 34,420	12%	18%
98	Appraisers and assessors of real estate	40	46,600	$28,540 - 61,960	17%	44%
99	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	40	44,650	$23,990 - 73,120	13%	17%
100	Electrical power-line installers and repairers	40	51,240	$31,990 - 71,320	7%	6%

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Jobs More Common Near Great Falls Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Bartenders	15,360	660	7
Child care workers	15,530	610	5.4
Personal financial advisors	67,590	130	5.3
Medical records and health information technicians	24,140	120	3.8
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	29,750	190	3.3
Cooks, fast food	15,480	310	2.9
Insurance sales agents	33,290	160	2.7
Pharmacists	84,820	110	2.3
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	27,580	850	2.3
General and operations managers	69,110	770	2.3
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	22,950	740	2.2
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	18,680	130	2.1
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	34,470	140	2
Loan interviewers and clerks	23,100	100	2
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	20,330	830	2
Home health aides	17,550	270	1.9
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	39,310	170	1.9
Cooks, restaurant	16,290	300	1.9
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	31,520	250	1.9
Tellers	21,400	210	1.9
Retail salespersons	23,320	1,640	1.8
Cashiers	16,740	1,240	1.8
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	20,380	460	1.8
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	13,830	150	1.8
Carpenters	30,480	340	1.8
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,930	290	1.7
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	37,000	300	1.7
Receptionists and information clerks	19,650	350	1.5
Preschool teachers, except special education	20,290	110	1.5
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	25,430	230	1.5
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	28,970	190	1.5
Postal service mail carriers	43,740	100	1.5
Food preparation workers	15,900	250	1.5
Elementary school teachers, except special education	33,560	390	1.5
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,340	490	1.4
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,930	150	1.4
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	40,020	130	1.4
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	29,050	420	1.3
Teacher assistants	16,310	300	1.3
Accountants and auditors	52,380	310	1.3
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	50,860	150	1.3
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	15,030	620	1.3
Medical assistants	23,770	110	1.3
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	32,650	280	1.3
Waiters and waitresses	15,870	590	1.3
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	54,310	110	1.3
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	30,360	380	1.3
Lawyers	68,510	140	1.2
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	23,910	200	1.1
Dishwashers	13,740	100	1

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Great Falls, Montana Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	60,240	1.12	200
Packers and packagers, hand	20,870	1.1	140
Electricians	47,820	1.09	120
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	23,910	1.07	200
Construction laborers	29,640	1.03	200
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,340	1.01	490
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	54,310	1.01	110
Retail salespersons	23,320	1	1,640
Cooks, fast food	15,480	0.98	310
Waiters and waitresses	15,870	0.97	590
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	21,770	0.96	300
Tellers	21,400	0.96	210
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,930	0.96	290
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	20,330	0.96	830
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	15,030	0.96	620
Cashiers	16,740	0.95	1,240
Accountants and auditors	52,380	0.95	310
Business operations specialists, all other	51,160	0.94	180
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	50,860	0.93	150
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,930	0.92	150
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	27,580	0.92	850
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	20,380	0.91	460
Pharmacists	84,820	0.91	110
Medical assistants	23,770	0.91	110
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	40,020	0.9	130
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	39,310	0.9	170
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	25,430	0.89	230
Home health aides	17,550	0.89	270
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	13,830	0.89	150
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	38,520	0.89	230
Personal financial advisors	67,590	0.89	130
Food preparation workers	15,900	0.89	250
Receptionists and information clerks	19,650	0.88	350
Bartenders	15,360	0.87	660
Maintenance and repair workers, general	28,380	0.87	230
Child care workers	15,530	0.87	610
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	32,650	0.87	280
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	34,470	0.86	140
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	30,360	0.86	380
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	31,520	0.86	250
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	18,680	0.86	130
Preschool teachers, except special education	20,290	0.85	110
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	22,950	0.84	740
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	28,970	0.83	190
Carpenters	30,480	0.83	340
Medical records and health information technicians	24,140	0.83	120
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	29,050	0.8	420
Cooks, restaurant	16,290	0.8	300
Teacher assistants	16,310	0.78	300
General and operations managers	69,110	0.77	770

Highest Paying Jobs in Great Falls, Montana Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Dentists, general	113,710	30
Chief executives	85,370	30
Pharmacists	84,820	110
Financial managers	79,630	50
Sales managers	69,910	40
General and operations managers	69,110	770
Lawyers	68,510	140
Personal financial advisors	67,590	130
Medical and health services managers	62,990	30
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	60,240	200
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	60,000	90
Civil engineers	58,130
Logisticians	55,330	30
Sales representatives, services, all other	54,710
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	54,310	110
Brickmasons and blockmasons	53,110	30
Accountants and auditors	52,380	310
Managers, all other	52,100	60
Industrial machinery mechanics	51,910
Network systems and data communications analysts	51,250
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	51,240	40
Business operations specialists, all other	51,160	180
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	50,940	40
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	50,880	80
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	50,860	150
Construction managers	50,740	60
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	49,690
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	48,270	60
Cost estimators	48,230	90
Electricians	47,820	120
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	47,480	80
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	47,090	70
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	46,600	40
Sheet metal workers	45,570
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	45,420	30
Network and computer systems administrators	45,040	50
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	44,650	40
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products	43,920
Postal service mail carriers	43,740	100
Social and community service managers	42,130	50
Construction and building inspectors	41,420	40
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	40,020	130
Fire fighters	39,620	70
Office and administrative support workers, all other	39,380	40
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	39,310	170
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	38,760	30
Public relations specialists	38,580	40
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	38,520	230
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	38,350	40
Loan officers	37,980	90

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