State comparison · 2025
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers salary: Minnesota vs Montana
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers in Montana earn a median of $110,250. In Minnesota, $65,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.7% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Minnesota vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-42.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $65,900
- p25
- $64,930
- p75
- $78,000
- p10
- $60,940
- p90
- $104,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.