Junior Scientist Salary in Billings, Montana

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As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Junior Scientist in Billings, MT is $109,131. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $99,211 to $121,604, with most professionals earning between $90,179 and $132,960.

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Support development efforts with standardized protocols to manipulate information captured in a fixed format to usable data, using non-traditional data sources like scraping data from social media, mining data from natural language texts, as well as vectorizing images to create analytical dataset to inform policy decisions.

October 29, 2022

Design, develop, test, validate, and deploy Predictive Analytics/Machine Learning (ML) /Statistical models as part of new product development and/or projects.

December 25, 2022

Prepares text and data figures for funding applications, written reports, manuscripts for submission to scientific journals, and patent applications.

December 26, 2022

Requires one year of relevant post-high school education or equivalent and one-two years of related experience.

March 13, 2023

Developing and implementing statistical, machine learning, and heuristic techniques to create descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics as well as to develop statistical tests to make data-driven recommendations and decisions.

March 22, 2023

Provide science and regulatory based guidance and recommendations to public and private clients, including governmental agencies, industries, businesses and the public, for the protection of water, soil and air resources.

March 28, 2023

Demonstrate efficiency in prioritizing assignments, as well as skill in proactively and independently resolving problems in the field and recommending and/or implementing continuous quality improvements.

May 03, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Junior Scientist in Billings, MT

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

99211

121604

109131

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

101705

125456

112780

What is the average salary for Junior Scientist in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Junior Scientist in Billings, MT. The base salary for Junior Scientist ranges from $99,211 to $121,604 with the average base salary of $109,131. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $101,705 to $125,456 with the average total cash compensation of $112,780.

View Average Salary for Junior Scientist as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$109,131	$99,211 - $121,604
Bonus	$3,650	$2,494 - $3,852
Total Pay	$112,780	$101,705 - $125,456

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Junior Scientist Salary Near Billings, MT

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Billings, MT
CITY, STATE Sheridan, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,059 - $118,966	COMPARE TO Billings, MT
CITY, STATE Cody, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,059 - $118,966	COMPARE TO Billings, MT
CITY, STATE Bozeman, MT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $86,553 - $106,089	COMPARE TO Billings, MT
CITY, STATE Belgrade, MT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $86,553 - $106,089	COMPARE TO Billings, MT
CITY, STATE Great Falls, MT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $90,263 - $110,637	COMPARE TO Billings, MT
CITY, STATE Gillette, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $91,601 - $112,276	COMPARE TO Billings, MT

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About Billings, Montana

Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population estimated at 109,642 as of 2017. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, which has a total a population of 170,498. It has a trade area of over 500,000. Billings was nicknamed the "Magic City" because of its rapid growth from its founding as a railroad town in March 1882. The city is named for Frederick H. Billings, a former president of the Northern Pacific Railroad. With one of the largest trade areas in the Uni...

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