Kennel Attendant Salary in Montana

Montana trails the national figures at every point in the distribution, but not by a uniform amount.

The 10th percentile, $26,170, sits 4% below the national $27,250 — the widest gap in percentage terms.

One step up, the 25th percentile is nearly level, 1% below the national $29,820.

The median is $1,150 or 3% lower; the 75th percentile, $39,130, and the 90th, $49,080, are each 2% below their national benchmarks of $40,050 and $50,060.

Holding an offer against the national figures alone would overstate Montana pay modestly at every level.

Half of Montana's animal caretakers earned between $29,600 and $39,130 — a middle band $9,530 wide, against $10,230 nationally.

The full span from the 10th to the 90th percentile is $22,910, fractionally wider than the national $22,810, because the distance from the 10th to the 25th percentile stretches to $3,430 against $2,570 nationally.

The median sits $4,610 above the 25th percentile and $4,920 below the 75th, so more than half of the middle band lies above it; the national median sits the other way, $5,540 above its 25th percentile and $4,690 below its 75th.

OEWS does not publish why a distribution takes this shape, and this row spans every industry, so this page does not assign it a cause.

The Montana hourly median is $16.45, against $17.00 nationally — a 3% gap, matching the annual median.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

BLS estimates 1,200 animal caretakers were employed in Montana across all industries, 42nd among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median for the occupation.

The workforce ranks near the bottom of the table on size while the median wage sits 22nd — two different rankings of two different things.

The estimate is a headcount of people in jobs during the survey period, not a count of openings, and BLS publishes no state split of it by industry or setting.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Montana have a median of $41,170 — $6,960, or 20%, more than the all-industry animal caretaker median on this page, or 1.2 times as much.

The comparison sets a veterinary occupation against one that spans all industries, so it is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a measure of what kennel work pays and not a raise anyone should expect.