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Stonemasons pay in Bozeman, MT and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Stonemasons is $61,550 per year in Bozeman, MT. It is $94,420 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Bozeman, MT is 34.8% below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2022 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 70 wage and salary jobs in Bozeman, MT and Not published in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings