# Counties in Montana by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 56 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/montana-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Yellowstone County | 5,981.8 |
| 2 | Gallatin County | 5,338.7 |
| 3 | Missoula County | 4,327 |
| 4 | Flathead County | 3,237.4 |
| 5 | Lewis and Clark County | 2,688.1 |
| 6 | Cascade County | 2,479.1 |
| 7 | Silver Bow County | 983.2 |
| 8 | Ravalli County | 799.3 |
| 9 | Lake County | 529.9 |
| 10 | Hill County | 424.4 |
| 11 | Park County | 414 |
| 12 | Richland County | 376.5 |
| 13 | Lincoln County | 325.9 |
| 14 | Custer County | 299.7 |
| 15 | Stillwater County | 269.7 |
| 16 | Rosebud County | 253.4 |
| 17 | Fergus County | 251.3 |
| 18 | Glacier County | 237.5 |
| 19 | Big Horn County | 227.3 |
| 20 | Beaverhead County | 220.6 |
| 21 | Dawson County | 198.6 |
| 22 | Madison County | 197.1 |
| 23 | Deer Lodge County | 194.5 |
| 24 | Roosevelt County | 183.7 |
| 25 | Valley County | 177.3 |
| 26 | Sanders County | 174.2 |
| 27 | Carbon County | 164.5 |
| 28 | Jefferson County | 162.2 |
| 29 | Powell County | 156.8 |
| 30 | Sweet Grass County | 120.8 |
| 31 | Toole County | 120.3 |
| 32 | Teton County | 90.4 |
| 33 | Musselshell County | 89.1 |
| 34 | Fallon County | 87.5 |
| 35 | Pondera County | 85.3 |
| 36 | Broadwater County | 77.4 |
| 37 | Blaine County | 73.6 |
| 38 | Chouteau County | 71.3 |
| 39 | Sheridan County | 71.1 |
| 40 | Phillips County | 58.8 |
| 41 | Mineral County | 58.1 |
| 42 | Granite County | 49.1 |
| 43 | Powder River County | 37.9 |
| 44 | McCone County | 35.2 |
| 45 | Daniels County | 34.7 |
| 46 | Meagher County | 33.4 |
| 47 | Liberty County | 32.3 |
| 48 | Wheatland County | 29.3 |
| 49 | Judith Basin County | 29.2 |
| 50 | Carter County | 20.5 |
| 51 | Prairie County | 18.1 |
| 52 | Garfield County | 16.3 |
| 53 | Golden Valley County | 14.4 |
| 54 | Wibaux County | 13.9 |
| 55 | Treasure County | 9.8 |
| 56 | Petroleum County | 6.2 |