Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary job market in Montana
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Montana industry employment tracked close to the U.S. benchmark
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Montana.
Occupation pay
What Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary earn in Montana
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$57,270Montana- Middle 50% of published wages
- $47,690 – $76,300
- U.S. median annual wage
- $63,820
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Montana
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary, compared with the Montana median of $57,270.
Bozeman, MT$57,270Same as state at displayed precision
Missoula, MT$49,290−13.9% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Montana median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Montana’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 6,344 represented establishments, 94.99% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Montana
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.
The highest-paying metro has a smaller employment market
The OEWS May 2025 comparison for Montana shows a pay premium alongside a smaller employment estimate. Bozeman, MT's median annual pay of $57,270 is 16.2% higher than Missoula, MT's $49,290, while their employment estimates are 70 and 90, respectively. Among 2 metros with both usable measures, the former has the highest median pay and the latter the largest employment estimate. These counts describe existing jobs, not available vacancies.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSSome metro estimates cross state lines. Higher nominal pay does not establish better living standards or better chances of finding a job.
Private education and health services has the largest positive weighted contribution
The largest positive weighted contribution to the industry employment-growth proxy in Montana comes from Private education and health services in January to March 2026. Its share of positive weighted contributions is 99.8%, and its own year-over-year employment change is +2.0%. Each leading industry group is weighted using this occupation's national industry mix, of which the groups examined cover 99.3%. This is a proxy comparison, not a count of occupation jobs created.
January to March 2026 · BLS QCEWPublished median pay is below the U.S. median
OEWS May 2025 records a state median annual wage of $57,270 for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Montana. Against the national median of $63,820, that is 10.3% lower. A median describes the middle of the distribution and does not include a living-cost adjustment.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Montana industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Montana · 2026 Q1+1.9%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+2.1%
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| Quarter | Montana | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +2.0% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +2.0% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +2.3% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +1.8% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +1.9% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | +1.5% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | +0.5% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +1.9% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Montana’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- +2.1%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary Work
The occupation mix determines which Montana industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private education and health services | 94.3% | +2.0% | 6,344 | $1,246 |
| State and local | 4.7% | -1.5% | 1,397 | $1,102 |
| Other services | 0.3% | +1.4% | 4,626 | $889 |
Which industries are growing?
2 weighted industries are growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Montana employment change are listed.
- Private education and health services+2.0%
- Other services+1.4%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Current Montana context
Current Montana Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Montana. They are not Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Montana
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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View values: Indeed postings index
| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 128.77 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 126.91 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 124.98 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 123.87 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 122.97 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 121.72 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 121.06 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 125.08 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 125.71 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 125.66 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 126.91 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 127.46 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 129.33 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 129.48 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Statewide layoff notices
Statewide layoff-notice filings
Montana statewide0 notices in this source
Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.
What this means: No notices with notice dates in this period appear in this source for Montana. Other workforce changes may have happened without a notice in this source.
Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. Montana’s state tracking system also records smaller Rapid Response events that fall below federal WARN thresholds, so it is not a list of federal WARN filings only.
Montana Department of Labor and Industry About WARN data
Source last checked
Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Montana FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Montana?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Montana industries weighted to Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary changed +1.9% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +2.1% nationwide.
Are wages for Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary rising in Montana?
QCEW does not publish pay for Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +2.5% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Montana industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary
- SOC code
- 25-1194
- State
- Montana
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +1.9%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +2.1%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.3 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +5.0%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +2.5%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/career-technical-education-teachers-postsecondary/montana#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.