Health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Montana

What health specialties teachers, postsecondary actually earn in Montana

The full published wage distribution (May 2025), not one averaged figure. Pay inside a single occupation varies more by experience, employer and setting than most salary pages admit.

10th percentile

$49,310

25th percentile

$68,450

Median

$101,220

75th percentile

$165,220

90th percentile

$297,190

How Montana compares

• Against the rest of the country. $101,220 in Montana against $107,310 nationally for the same occupation, which puts Montana 28th of the 50 jurisdictions that released an estimate. Neither figure is adjusted for cost of living, so a higher median does not by itself mean more money left over.
• Against other work in Montana. $101,220 against $48,740, the median across every occupation in the state — 108% above it.
• How much of this work is here. The occupation is less concentrated here than nationally (0.51× the national share of employment), 41st of 49 for concentration. Concentration describes where the work is, not how easy it is to be hired.

Where health specialties teachers, postsecondary are paid most

The highest published medians for this occupation (May 2025). Before reading it as a place to move, note that these are not cost-of-living adjusted and that the states paying most are often the ones where everything costs most.

How people get into this work

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as typical for entry nationally. Typical is a measurement of the people already doing the work, not a rule: some enter with less and some with more.

What people study to get here, and where in Montana

Fields the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk associates with this occupation, ordered by how many credentials U.S. colleges conferred in each — a measure of how many people take a route, never of how good it is. Studying any of these does not lead only here, and this occupation is entered from other fields too.

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.