What State Employee Is The Highest Paid In Montana?

These State Employees Are The Highest Paid In Montana

These days it's hard to turn on the TV, open the newspaper, or get on social media without hearing about government waste.

With so much happening with the new administration and the DOGE team looking into and auditing every part of the government, it made me wonder, which state employee is being paid the most here in Montana?

Our Taxes Pay Their Salary

I'm sure most of you know that your taxes are what pay the salary of people like Governor Gianforte or Austin Knudsen, our Attorney General, but did you know just how much they were making?

According to Open The Books, a government watchdog agency that tracks and discloses all spending at every level of government, their salaries are $118,396.98 and $145,565.94, respectively. Shockingly, they aren't even the highest-paid state employees, and I'd wager unless you've dealt with or are REALLY plugged into the inner workings of the public sector, you have never heard of the highest-paid employees.

How Much Are These People Making Each Year In Montana?

A LOT!

I think we can all agree that a six-figure salary in Montana is good pay, even with the higher cost of living these days.

The people you'll see on the list below aren't really worrying about how to put food on the table each week, but that's also not to say they don't deserve their salary, as they have worked hard to reach their level of success.