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Food Scientists and Technologists in Montana
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 0.1 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.72).
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $46.87
- AK, Alaska, not published
- AZ, Arizona, median $43.49
- AR, Arkansas, median $40.54
- CA, California, median $45.17
- CO, Colorado, median $47.87
- CT, Connecticut, not published
- DE, Delaware, not published
- DC, District of Columbia, not published
- FL, Florida, median $48.64
- GA, Georgia, median $41.37
- HI, Hawaii, not published
- ID, Idaho, median $37.23
- IL, Illinois, median $45.35
- IN, Indiana, median $33.34
- IA, Iowa, median $39.43
- KS, Kansas, median $40.93
- KY, Kentucky, median $47.46
- LA, Louisiana, not published
- ME, Maine, median $43.02
- MD, Maryland, median $44.87
- MA, Massachusetts, median $49.80
- MI, Michigan, median $36.99
- MN, Minnesota, median $47.73
- MS, Mississippi, not published
- MO, Missouri, median $50.93
- MT, Montana, median $25.11
- NE, Nebraska, median $34.72
- NV, Nevada, median $38.74
- NH, New Hampshire, not published
- NJ, New Jersey, median $50.16
- NM, New Mexico, median $38.04
- NY, New York, median $45.23
- NC, North Carolina, median $38.38
- ND, North Dakota, not published
- OH, Ohio, median $36.92
- OK, Oklahoma, median $40.74
- OR, Oregon, median $39.26
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $40.09
- RI, Rhode Island, median $42.29
- SC, South Carolina, median $52.24
- SD, South Dakota, median $34.29
- TN, Tennessee, median $39.31
- TX, Texas, median $43.56
- UT, Utah, median $35.23
- VT, Vermont, not published
- VA, Virginia, median $44.99
- WA, Washington, median $45.67
- WV, West Virginia, not published
- WI, Wisconsin, median $39.91
- WY, Wyoming, not published
- PR, Puerto Rico, not published
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