What Montana plant jobs ask for, and what moves pay
Findings from 14 live postings on manufacturers' own careers sites in Montana, week of October 19, 2026. Each one shows how many postings it rests on; anything with too few is left out.
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The highest posted ranges for engineering-level plant roles in Montana.
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- Operations and Customer Quality Engineer · Applied Materials · Kalispell, MT · $108k–$149k
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Source and method
- Source
- ShopFloorJobs analysis of 14 live plant job postings from 7 manufacturers' own careers sites (Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, iCIMS, Greenhouse and others), not job boards.
- Collected
- Week of October 19, 2026. Postings are re-checked daily; closed roles drop out.
- Method
- Pay is the middle of each posting's listed range for engineer and senior engineer levels, compared within the same team so a different mix of teams can't create a gap. Rates count postings that state the item. Correlation, not cause; findings with too few postings are left out.
Cite this report
ShopFloorJobs, "What Montana plant jobs ask for, and what moves pay," Week of October 19, 2026. https://shopfloorjobs.com/reports/insights?state=montana
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