State comparison · 2025
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers salary: California vs Montana
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers in Montana earn a median of $110,250. In California, $109,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 1%.
Nominal pay gap
-1%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $109,140
- p25
- $96,630
- p75
- $142,180
- p10
- $73,790
- p90
- $174,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
Montana
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $110,250
- p25
- $62,780
- p75
- $121,960
- p10
- $61,760
- p90
- $155,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.