BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Bozeman, MT was 102.5, or 2.5% above the national price level. Its housing index was 139.2.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published File Clerks median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 43-4071 and BLS area 14580.
Questions, answered
File Clerks pay in Bozeman, MT: common questions
What is the median wage for File Clerks in Bozeman, MT?
BLS did not publish a median for File Clerks in Bozeman, MT in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is File Clerks pay higher in Bozeman, MT than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Bozeman, MT with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Bozeman, MT?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many File Clerks jobs does BLS estimate in Bozeman, MT?
BLS published an employment estimate of 50 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
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A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
BLS did not publish an exact median for File Clerks in Bozeman, MT in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 43-4071 and BLS area 14580.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Bozeman, MT's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-4071 and area 14580. SOC 43-4071 names File Clerks. Area 14580 names Bozeman, MT. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 43-4071/14580 row reports 50 wage and salary jobs, 0.63 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.34 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 43-4071/14580, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
43-4071/14580 10th percentile: Not published.
43-4071/14580 25th percentile: Not published.
43-4071/14580 median: Not published.
43-4071/14580 75th percentile: Not published.
43-4071/14580 90th percentile: Not published.
43-4071/14580 employment RSE: 15.1%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
43-4071/14580 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
Area 14580 reports 72,210 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $65,670. Its annual median is $54,830. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-4071 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Bozeman, MT runs from $33,510 at the 10th percentile to $105,500 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $41,410. The median is $54,830. The 75th percentile is $77,160. This is a place check, not a pay range for File Clerks.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 14580. They do not show related skills or a path into File Clerks.
1. Area 14580, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 2,270 jobs, $38,350 annual median, 31.44 jobs per 1,000, and 1.25 location quotient.
2. Area 14580, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 1,990 jobs, $103,210 annual median, 27.57 jobs per 1,000, and 1.22 location quotient.
3. Area 14580, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 1,870 jobs, $31,840 annual median, 25.84 jobs per 1,000, and 1.04 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Bozeman, MT wage ladder for File Clerks
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Bozeman, MT has a annual median of Not published. Montana has $38,370 per year. The U.S. row has $43,600 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Bozeman, MT cannot be compared with Montana on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. Bozeman, MT cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Bozeman, MT has no exact published median that can enter this File Clerks pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other metro areas may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Bozeman, MT without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 43-4071. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
The rows below use the same SOC 43-4071, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $60,840 per year. Bozeman, MT sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common File Clerks is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a File Clerks median of $60,840 per year, or not available. BLS lists 540 jobs there, compared with 50 in Bozeman, MT. The location quotient is 1.01.
2. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a File Clerks median of $60,530 per year, or not available. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 50 in Bozeman, MT. The location quotient is 1.38.
3. Salinas, CA has a File Clerks median of $59,040 per year, or not available. BLS lists 80 jobs there, compared with 50 in Bozeman, MT. The location quotient is 0.91.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most File Clerks jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has the largest published metro job estimate for File Clerks in this same-source set, at 3,930 jobs. Bozeman, MT has 50. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 3,930 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 3,880 jobs from Bozeman, MT. Its median is $48,450 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.33.
2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 3,260 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 3,210 jobs from Bozeman, MT. Its median is $44,710 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.73.
Local-share leaders
Where File Clerks takes the largest share of local jobs
Laredo, TX has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 4.57. Bozeman, MT has 1.34. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where File Clerks is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Laredo, TX has a location quotient of 4.57, a gap of 3.23 from Bozeman, MT. BLS lists 240 File Clerks jobs and a median of $34,270 per year, or not available.
2. Eagle Pass, TX has a location quotient of 4.16, a gap of 2.82 from Bozeman, MT. BLS lists 40 File Clerks jobs and a median of $35,770 per year, or not available.
3. Lawton, OK has a location quotient of 2.91, a gap of 1.57 from Bozeman, MT. BLS lists 60 File Clerks jobs and a median of $41,710 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common File Clerks is in Bozeman, MT
BLS lists 50 File Clerks jobs in Bozeman, MT. It also lists 0.63 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.34. A value of 1 means File Clerks has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
The all-occupations median in Bozeman, MT is $54,830 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact File Clerks median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Bozeman, MT still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for File Clerks from another role's number.
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Bozeman, MT table, at 2,270 jobs. File Clerks has 50 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 72,210. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep File Clerks's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Retail Salespersons has 2,270 jobs in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 2,220 from File Clerks. Its median is $38,350 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.25.
2. General and Operations Managers has 1,990 jobs in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1,940 from File Clerks. Its median is $103,210 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.22.
3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 1,870 jobs in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1,820 from File Clerks. Its median is $31,840 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.04.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Bozeman, MT
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Bozeman, MT role table, at $103,210 per year. File Clerks has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $54,830 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $103,210 per year in Bozeman, MT, or not available. BLS lists 1,990 jobs, compared with 50 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.22.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $99,310 per year in Bozeman, MT, or not available. BLS lists 1,070 jobs, compared with 50 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 0.68.
3. Project Management Specialists has a median of $99,090 per year in Bozeman, MT, or not available. BLS lists 670 jobs, compared with 50 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.35.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Bozeman, MT
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks has the highest location quotient in the bounded Bozeman, MT role table, at 4.78. File Clerks has 1.34. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare File Clerks with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks has a location quotient of 4.78 in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 3.44 from File Clerks. BLS lists 580 jobs and a median of $37,450 per year, or not available.
2. Carpenters has a location quotient of 2.9 in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1.56 from File Clerks. BLS lists 900 jobs and a median of $62,450 per year, or not available.
3. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 2.76 in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1.42 from File Clerks. BLS lists 1,100 jobs and a median of $37,130 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Bozeman, MT
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for File Clerks in Bozeman, MT because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 102.5 for Bozeman, MT. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 43-4071.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this File Clerks row is 15.1%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 50 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to File Clerks. It uses a Bozeman, MT place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the File Clerks row for Bozeman, MT does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 50 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.34 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 102.5 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 43-4071 in BLS area 14580. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 14580, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 1,460 jobs, $38,130 annual median, 20.17 jobs per 1,000, and 1.02 location quotient.
5. Area 14580, SOC 43-9061, Office Clerks, General: 1,390 jobs, $50,800 annual median, 19.2 jobs per 1,000, and 1.21 location quotient.
6. Area 14580, SOC 35-2014, Cooks, Restaurant: 1,370 jobs, $42,430 annual median, 18.92 jobs per 1,000, and 2.09 location quotient.
4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has a File Clerks median of $58,320 per year, or not available. BLS lists 2,640 jobs there, compared with 50 in Bozeman, MT. The location quotient is 1.24.
5. Vallejo, CA has a File Clerks median of $56,750 per year, or not available. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 50 in Bozeman, MT. The location quotient is 0.9.
6. Napa, CA has a File Clerks median of $55,980 per year, or not available. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 50 in Bozeman, MT. The location quotient is 1.07.
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a File Clerks median of $54,910 per year, or not available. BLS lists 890 jobs there, compared with 50 in Bozeman, MT. The location quotient is 0.8.
8. Carson City, NV has a File Clerks median of $54,820 per year, or not available. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 50 in Bozeman, MT. The location quotient is 2.79.
3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 3,170 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 3,120 jobs from Bozeman, MT. Its median is $42,850 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.66.
4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 2,640 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 2,590 jobs from Bozeman, MT. Its median is $58,320 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.24.
5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 2,580 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 2,530 jobs from Bozeman, MT. Its median is $41,400 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.66.
6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 1,920 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 1,870 jobs from Bozeman, MT. Its median is $45,760 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.44.
7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 1,700 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 1,650 jobs from Bozeman, MT. Its median is $43,270 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.15.
8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 1,640 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 1,590 jobs from Bozeman, MT. Its median is $46,700 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.2.
4. Helena, MT has a location quotient of 2.87, a gap of 1.53 from Bozeman, MT. BLS lists 60 File Clerks jobs and a median of $39,980 per year, or not available.
5. Tallahassee, FL has a location quotient of 2.87, a gap of 1.53 from Bozeman, MT. BLS lists 250 File Clerks jobs and a median of $37,040 per year, or not available.
6. Carson City, NV has a location quotient of 2.79, a gap of 1.45 from Bozeman, MT. BLS lists 40 File Clerks jobs and a median of $54,820 per year, or not available.
7. Dover, DE has a location quotient of 2.77, a gap of 1.43 from Bozeman, MT. BLS lists 90 File Clerks jobs and a median of $39,940 per year, or not available.
8. Jackson, TN has a location quotient of 2.76, a gap of 1.42 from Bozeman, MT. BLS lists 110 File Clerks jobs and a median of $39,030 per year, or not available.
4. Cashiers has 1,460 jobs in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1,410 from File Clerks. Its median is $38,130 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.02.
5. Office Clerks, General has 1,390 jobs in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1,340 from File Clerks. Its median is $50,800 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.21.
6. Cooks, Restaurant has 1,370 jobs in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1,320 from File Clerks. Its median is $42,430 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.09.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 1,340 jobs in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1,290 from File Clerks. Its median is $45,520 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.02.
8. Waiters and Waitresses has 1,200 jobs in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1,150 from File Clerks. Its median is $26,380 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.13.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers has a median of $79,500 per year in Bozeman, MT, or not available. BLS lists 920 jobs, compared with 50 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 2.44.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $77,400 per year in Bozeman, MT, or not available. BLS lists 800 jobs, compared with 50 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.19.
6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $68,620 per year in Bozeman, MT, or not available. BLS lists 530 jobs, compared with 50 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 0.79.
7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $62,980 per year in Bozeman, MT, or not available. BLS lists 600 jobs, compared with 50 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.04.
8. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $62,800 per year in Bozeman, MT, or not available. BLS lists 620 jobs, compared with 50 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.22.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers has a location quotient of 2.44 in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 1.10 from File Clerks. BLS lists 920 jobs and a median of $79,500 per year, or not available.
5. Bartenders has a location quotient of 2.11 in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 0.77 from File Clerks. BLS lists 740 jobs and a median of $27,040 per year, or not available.
6. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 2.09 in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 0.75 from File Clerks. BLS lists 1,370 jobs and a median of $42,430 per year, or not available.
7. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 2.07 in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 0.73 from File Clerks. BLS lists 910 jobs and a median of $47,320 per year, or not available.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 1.84 in Bozeman, MT, a gap of 0.50 from File Clerks. BLS lists 960 jobs and a median of $53,750 per year, or not available.
