Tower Hand Salary in Montana

How much does a Tower Hand make in Montana?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Tower Hand in Montana is $79,173 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $38.

However, a Tower Hand's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $92,698
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $68,362 to $86,253
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $58,519

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Tower Hand Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$86,253	$7,188	$1,659	$41
Average	$79,173	$6,598	$1,523	$38
25th Percentile	$68,362	$5,697	$1,315	$33

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Key Factors That Influence Tower Hand Salaries

A Tower Hand's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Tower Hand Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Tower Hands. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $92,850.
California: $92,498.
Massachusetts: $91,265.

District of Columbia $92,850 California $92,498 Massachusetts $91,265 Washington $90,930 New Jersey $90,896 Alaska $90,779 Connecticut $89,622 New York $89,152

Hawaii $87,651 Rhode Island $86,946 Maryland $86,468 Minnesota $85,814 Colorado $85,563 Illinois $85,479 Oregon $85,160 Delaware $84,925

New Hampshire $84,778 Virginia $84,447 Pennsylvania $83,483 Nevada $82,997 North Dakota $82,837 Michigan $82,586 Wisconsin $82,493 Vermont $82,309

Texas $81,797 Maine $81,764 Arizona $81,713 Ohio $81,655 Georgia $80,883 Indiana $80,498 Wyoming $80,422 Utah $80,305

Iowa $80,254 Kansas $79,852 Louisiana $79,734 North Carolina $79,692 Missouri $79,676 Florida $79,349 Montana $79,173 Nebraska $79,005

Kentucky $78,913 South Carolina $78,577 Tennessee $78,367 Idaho $78,284 New Mexico $77,671 Oklahoma $77,537 Alabama $77,042 South Dakota $76,212

Arkansas $75,759 West Virginia $75,516 Mississippi $74,787

Top Paying Cities for Tower Hands

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Absarokee: $78,690
Acton: $80,596
Ashland: $78,630

Absarokee, MT $78,690 Acton, MT $80,596 Ashland, MT $78,630 Ballantine, MT $80,472 Bearcreek, MT $78,679 Belfry, MT $78,759 Bighorn, MT $78,501 Big Timber, MT $78,625

Birney, MT $78,575 Boyd, MT $79,399 Bridger, MT $79,091 Broadview, MT $80,149 Busby, MT $78,663 Clyde Park, MT $78,639 Columbus, MT $79,286 Cooke City, MT $78,486

Crow Agency, MT $78,731 Custer, MT $78,752 Decker, MT $78,649 Edgar, MT $80,296 Emigrant, MT $78,632 Fishtail, MT $78,565 Fromberg, MT $79,979 Gardiner, MT $78,635

Garryowen, MT $78,700 Grass Range, MT $78,554 Greycliff, MT $78,630 Hardin, MT $79,385 Fort Smith, MT $79,138 Harlowton, MT $78,597 Huntley, MT $80,869 Hysham, MT $78,541

Ingomar, MT $78,392 Joliet, MT $79,988 Lame Deer, MT $78,710 Laurel, MT $80,846 Lavina, MT $78,817 Livingston, MT $78,726 Lodge Grass, MT $78,744 Mc Leod, MT $78,461

Martinsdale, MT $78,512 Melstone, MT $78,541 Melville, MT $78,482 Molt, MT $80,369 Mosby, MT $78,433 Musselshell, MT $78,514 Nye, MT $78,556 Otter, MT $78,632

Park City, MT $80,290 Pompeys Pillar, MT $79,973 Pray, MT $78,592 Pryor, MT $80,018 Rapelje, MT $79,093 Red Lodge, MT $78,696 Reed Point, MT $78,598 Roberts, MT $79,028

Roscoe, MT $78,540 Roundup, MT $78,689 Ryegate, MT $78,527 Saint Xavier, MT $79,067 Sanders, MT $78,637 Sand Springs, MT $78,441 Shawmut, MT $78,502 Shepherd, MT $80,515

Silver Gate, MT $78,697 Springdale, MT $78,580 Sumatra, MT $78,441 Teigen, MT $78,555 Two Dot, MT $78,493 Wilsall, MT $78,563 Winnett, MT $78,499 Worden, MT $79,874

Wyola, MT $78,778 Billings, MT $80,939 Baker, MT $78,903 Wolf Point, MT $78,633 Antelope, MT $78,729 Bainville, MT $79,000 Brockton, MT $78,594 Brockway, MT $78,485

Circle, MT $78,544 Crane, MT $79,054 Culbertson, MT $78,767 Dagmar, MT $78,804 Fairview, MT $79,032 Flaxville, MT $78,533 Fort Peck, MT $78,495 Frazer, MT $78,585

Froid, MT $78,661 Glasgow, MT $78,627 Saint Marie, MT $78,961 Glentana, MT $78,496 Hinsdale, MT $78,478 Homestead, MT $78,661 Lambert, MT $78,613 Larslan, MT $78,484

Medicine Lake, MT $78,650 Nashua, MT $78,586 Opheim, MT $78,472 Outlook, MT $78,591 Peerless, MT $78,487 Plentywood, MT $78,715 Poplar, MT $78,648 Raymond, MT $78,656

Redstone, MT $78,490 Reserve, MT $78,567 Richey, MT $78,522 Richland, MT $78,478 Saco, MT $78,523 Savage, MT $78,756 Scobey, MT $78,594 Sidney, MT $79,052

Vandalia, MT $78,515 Vida, MT $78,540 Westby, MT $78,788 Whitetail, MT $78,476 Miles City, MT $78,640 Alzada, MT $78,572 Angela, MT $78,430 Alberton, MT $78,547

Arlee, MT $78,576 Bonner, MT $78,550 Charlo, MT $78,599 Clinton, MT $78,603 Condon, MT $78,462 Conner, MT $78,617 Corvallis, MT $78,721 Darby, MT $78,466

De Borgia, MT $78,304 Dixon, MT $78,529 Drummond, MT $78,572 Florence, MT $78,703 Frenchtown, MT $78,671 Grantsdale, MT $78,679 Hall, MT $78,556 Hamilton, MT $78,681

Pinesdale, MT $78,861 Haugan, MT $78,285 Helmville, MT $78,403 Heron, MT $78,315 Hot Springs, MT $78,457 Huson, MT $78,567 Lolo, MT $78,656 Lonepine, MT $78,486

Milltown, MT $78,855 Noxon, MT $78,283 Ovando, MT $78,394 Pablo, MT $78,880 Paradise, MT $78,575 Philipsburg, MT $78,556 Plains, MT $78,512 Polson, MT $78,635

Ravalli, MT $78,585 Ronan, MT $78,645 Saint Ignatius, MT $78,626 Saint Regis, MT $78,458 Saltese, MT $78,253 Seeley Lake, MT $78,594 Stevensville, MT $78,719 Sula, MT $78,439

Superior, MT $78,515 Thompson Falls, MT $78,404 Trout Creek, MT $78,331 Victor, MT $78,670 Kalispell, MT $78,703 Big Arm, MT $78,599 Bigfork, MT $78,596 Columbia Falls, MT $78,695

Coram, MT $78,594 Dayton, MT $78,610 Elmo, MT $78,518 Essex, MT $78,466 Eureka, MT $78,617 Fortine, MT $78,540 Hungry Horse, MT $78,786 Kila, MT $78,532

Lake Mc Donald, MT $78,603 Lakeside, MT $78,661 Libby, MT $78,499 Marion, MT $78,488 Martin City, MT $78,658 Olney, MT $78,476 Polebridge, MT $78,339 Proctor, MT $78,495

Rexford, MT $78,554 Rollins, MT $78,543 Somers, MT $78,651 Stryker, MT $78,462 Trego, MT $78,521 Troy, MT $78,283 West Glacier, MT $78,363 Whitefish, MT $78,656

Bloomfield, MT $78,565 Boyes, MT $78,590 Broadus, MT $78,613 Brusett, MT $78,487 Capitol, MT $78,425 Cohagen, MT $78,458 Colstrip, MT $78,778 Ekalaka, MT $78,595

Fallon, MT $78,678 Forsyth, MT $78,574 Glendive, MT $78,834 Hammond, MT $78,540 Hathaway, MT $78,627 Ismay, MT $78,565 Jordan, MT $78,504 Kinsey, MT $78,598

Lindsay, MT $78,499 Mildred, MT $78,677 Olive, MT $78,515 Plevna, MT $78,745 Powderville, MT $78,438 Rosebud, MT $78,476 Terry, MT $78,528 Volborg, MT $78,478

Wibaux, MT $78,803 Willard, MT $78,771 Great Falls, MT $75,248 Malmstrom A F B, MT $75,248 Augusta, MT $78,475 Babb, MT $78,503 Belt, MT $76,171 Black Eagle, MT $75,248

Brady, MT $77,729 Browning, MT $78,609 Buffalo, MT $78,549 Bynum, MT $78,539 Carter, MT $76,554 Cascade, MT $77,613 Choteau, MT $78,540 Coffee Creek, MT $78,546

Conrad, MT $78,611 Cut Bank, MT $78,559 Denton, MT $78,528 Dupuyer, MT $78,466 Dutton, MT $76,840 East Glacier Park, MT $78,433 Ethridge, MT $78,457 Fairfield, MT $77,920

Floweree, MT $75,406 Forest Grove, MT $78,516 Fort Benton, MT $77,975 Fort Shaw, MT $76,278 Galata, MT $78,478 Geraldine, MT $78,512 Geyser, MT $77,946 Heart Butte, MT $78,607

Highwood, MT $76,280 Hilger, MT $78,547 Hobson, MT $78,558 Judith Gap, MT $78,543 Kevin, MT $78,529 Ledger, MT $78,495 Lewistown, MT $78,685 Loma, MT $78,511

Lothair, MT $78,504 Moccasin, MT $78,563 Monarch, MT $77,693 Moore, MT $78,606 Neihart, MT $78,273 Oilmont, MT $78,489 Pendroy, MT $78,466 Power, MT $75,982

Raynesford, MT $77,603 Roy, MT $78,475 Sand Coulee, MT $75,248 Shelby, MT $78,613 Simms, MT $76,871 Stanford, MT $78,554 Stockett, MT $76,023 Sunburst, MT $78,558

Sun River, MT $75,883 Sweet Grass, MT $78,509 Biddle, MT $78,641 Ulm, MT $75,284 Valier, MT $78,546 Vaughn, MT $75,559 Winifred, MT $78,518 Havre, MT $78,667

Big Sandy, MT $78,534 Box Elder, MT $78,690 Chester, MT $78,545 Chinook, MT $78,559 Dodson, MT $78,530 Gildford, MT $78,517 Harlem, MT $78,625 Hays, MT $78,657

Hingham, MT $78,518 Hogeland, MT $78,504 Inverness, MT $78,498 Joplin, MT $78,518 Kremlin, MT $78,515 Lloyd, MT $78,400 Loring, MT $78,474 Malta, MT $78,572

Rudyard, MT $78,535 Turner, MT $78,523 Whitewater, MT $78,488 Whitlash, MT $78,434 Zortman, MT $78,580 Zurich, MT $78,472 Helena, MT $75,030 Basin, MT $76,669

Boulder, MT $77,509 Canyon Creek, MT $75,867 Clancy, MT $75,157 East Helena, MT $74,979 Fort Harrison, MT $74,979 Jefferson City, MT $75,696 Lincoln, MT $78,537 Marysville, MT $75,774

Radersburg, MT $77,633 Ringling, MT $78,449 Toston, MT $77,931 Townsend, MT $76,776 White Sulphur Springs, MT $78,219 Winston, MT $75,852 Wolf Creek, MT $77,453 Butte, MT $78,533

Alder, MT $78,507 Anaconda, MT $78,707 Avon, MT $76,614 Belgrade, MT $78,801 Bozeman, MT $78,851 Big Sky, MT $78,793 Cameron, MT $78,455 Cardwell, MT $78,625

Deer Lodge, MT $78,056 Dell, MT $78,240 Dillon, MT $78,567 Divide, MT $78,545 Elliston, MT $75,976 Ennis, MT $78,673 Gallatin Gateway, MT $78,627 Garrison, MT $77,671

Glen, MT $78,542 Gold Creek, MT $78,189 Harrison, MT $78,647 Jackson, MT $78,341 Lima, MT $78,296 Mc Allister, MT $78,658 Manhattan, MT $78,778 Melrose, MT $78,551

Norris, MT $78,550 Polaris, MT $78,456 Pony, MT $78,663 Ramsay, MT $78,705 Sheridan, MT $78,690 Silver Star, MT $78,689 Three Forks, MT $78,716 Twin Bridges, MT $78,623

Virginia City, MT $78,651 Warm Springs, MT $78,696 West Yellowstone, MT $78,607 Whitehall, MT $78,705 Willow Creek, MT $78,682 Wisdom, MT $78,360 Wise River, MT $78,497 Missoula, MT $78,974

Tower Hand Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Tower Hand roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 50% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Energy & Utilities and Business Services sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 30% above the average. In contrast, Tower Hand positions in Telecom or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Tower Hand as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Tower Hand

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Energy & Utilities	$102,924	$49.0	30%
Business Services	$95,007	$46.0	20%

Tower Hand Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Tower Hand's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$68,362

Average $79,173/year

$86,253

$5,697

Average $6,598/month

$7,188

$1,315

Average $1,523/week

$1,659

$33

Average $38/hour

$41

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$86,253	$7,188	$1,659	$41
Average	$79,173	$6,598	$1,523	$38
25th Percentile	$68,362	$5,697	$1,315	$33

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