State comparison · 2025
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers salary: Kentucky vs Montana
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers in Montana earn a median of $110,250. In Kentucky, $74,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.3%
Kentucky vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-29%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $74,640
- p25
- $67,140
- p75
- $98,910
- p10
- $58,350
- p90
- $129,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.