How much do elevator mechanics make an hour in Montana?

The median hourly wage is $43.45. The middle half earn between $29.40 and $47.29 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice elevator mechanics make in Montana?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $29.03 an hour ($60,380 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $29.40.

Do elevator mechanics in Montana earn more than the national average?

The Montana median of $90,370 is 18% less than the U.S. median of $109,910. Prices in Montana run 5% below the national average (BEA), so the median buys about what $95,480 would nationally.

Elevator mechanic salary in Montana

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Elevator mechanics in Montana earn a median of $90,370 a year, or $43.45 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $100,350. Nationally the median is $109,910, so Montana pays 18% less than the U.S. overall and ranks 30th of 37.

Median yearly pay$90,370

Bottom 10% under$60,380Top 10% over$100,350

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $29.03/hr
Jobs in Montana: 40
After cost of living: $95,480
Median hourly pay: $43.45/hr
vs U.S. median: −18%
Rank among states: 30th of 37

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30). Excludes self-employed elevator mechanics. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Apprentice to top elevator mechanic pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$60,380–$61,150$29.03–$29.40/hr
Mechanic	$90,370$43.45/hr
Top earners	$98,360–$100,350$47.29–$48.25/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Montana compares

Elevator mechanics are less concentrated in Montana than nationally: 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.46 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $100,350, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $60,380: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other trades in Montana

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Questions

How much do elevator mechanics make in Montana?: Elevator mechanics in Montana earn a median of $90,370 a year, or $43.45 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $100,350.
How much do elevator mechanics make an hour in Montana?: The median hourly wage is $43.45. The middle half earn between $29.40 and $47.29 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice elevator mechanics make in Montana?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $29.03 an hour ($60,380 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $29.40.
Do elevator mechanics in Montana earn more than the national average?: The Montana median of $90,370 is 18% less than the U.S. median of $109,910. Prices in Montana run 5% below the national average (BEA), so the median buys about what $95,480 would nationally.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-4021 (Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers), area code 30. BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed elevator mechanics and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (94.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures