What are the main factors that influence an Agriculture Extension Agent's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change An Agriculture Extension Agent's salary?

An Agriculture Extension Agent's salary grows with experience: starting around $58,463 for beginners, reaching about $61,115 at mid-level, and approach $61,773 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Agriculture Extension Agent?

Agriculture Extension Agent salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Agriculture Extension Agent roles are District of Columbia $70,999, California $70,730, Massachusetts $69,787. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Agriculture Extension Agent roles make?

Salaries for Agriculture Extension Agent level roles vary by specialization: 4-H and Adult Agriculture Extension Educator: $113,111; Agriculture Extension Officer: $96,992; Extension Agent: $81,262; Eyelash Extension Technician: $58,854; Extension Specialist: $58,269.

Agriculture Extension Agent Salary in Montana

How much does an Agriculture Extension Agent make in Montana? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Agriculture Extension Agent in Montana is $60,540 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $29.

However, an Agriculture Extension Agent's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $71,844
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $55,857 to $66,457
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $51,594

10% $51,594

50% (Median) $60,540

90% $71,844

Agriculture Extension Agent Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$66,457	$5,538	$1,278	$32
Average	$60,540	$5,045	$1,164	$29
25th Percentile	$55,857	$4,655	$1,074	$27

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Key Factors That Influence Agriculture Extension Agent Salaries

An Agriculture Extension Agent'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 Experience Level Affects Agriculture Extension Agent Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Agriculture Extension Agent's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $58,463
Early Career (1-2 years): $59,308
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $61,115
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $61,362
Expert (over 8 years): $61,773

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Agriculture Extension Agent	less than 1 year	$58,463
Early Career Level Agriculture Extension Agent	1-2 years	$59,308
Mid-Level Level Agriculture Extension Agent	2-4 years	$61,115
Senior-Level Level Agriculture Extension Agent	5-8 years	$61,362
Expert Level Agriculture Extension Agent	over 8 years	$61,773

How Do Agriculture Extension Agent 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 Agriculture Extension Agents. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $70,999.
California: $70,730.
Massachusetts: $69,787.

District of Columbia $70,999 California $70,730 Massachusetts $69,787 Washington $69,531 New Jersey $69,505 Alaska $69,415 Connecticut $68,530 New York $68,171

Hawaii $67,023 Rhode Island $66,485 Maryland $66,119 Minnesota $65,619 Colorado $65,427 Illinois $65,362 Oregon $65,119 Delaware $64,939

New Hampshire $64,826 Virginia $64,574 Pennsylvania $63,836 Nevada $63,464 North Dakota $63,342 Michigan $63,150 Wisconsin $63,080 Vermont $62,938

Texas $62,547 Maine $62,522 Arizona $62,483 Ohio $62,438 Georgia $61,848 Indiana $61,553 Wyoming $61,496 Utah $61,406

Iowa $61,367 Kansas $61,060 Louisiana $60,970 North Carolina $60,938 Missouri $60,925 Florida $60,675 Montana $60,540 Nebraska $60,412

Kentucky $60,341 South Carolina $60,085 Tennessee $59,925 Idaho $59,861 New Mexico $59,392 Oklahoma $59,290 Alabama $58,911 South Dakota $58,277

Arkansas $57,930 West Virginia $57,744 Mississippi $57,186

Top Paying Cities for Agriculture Extension Agent

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: $60,172
Acton: $61,628
Ashland: $60,125

Absarokee, MT $60,172

Acton, MT $61,628

Ashland, MT $60,125

Ballantine, MT $61,534

Bearcreek, MT $60,163

Belfry, MT $60,224

Bighorn, MT $60,027

Big Timber, MT $60,121

Birney, MT $60,083

Boyd, MT $60,713

Bridger, MT $60,478

Broadview, MT $61,287

Busby, MT $60,151

Clyde Park, MT $60,132

Columbus, MT $60,627

Cooke City, MT $60,015

Crow Agency, MT $60,202

Custer, MT $60,218

Decker, MT $60,140

Edgar, MT $61,399

Emigrant, MT $60,127

Fishtail, MT $60,076

Fromberg, MT $61,157

Gardiner, MT $60,129

Garryowen, MT $60,179

Grass Range, MT $60,067

Greycliff, MT $60,125

Hardin, MT $60,702

Fort Smith, MT $60,514

Harlowton, MT $60,100

Huntley, MT $61,837

Hysham, MT $60,057

Ingomar, MT $59,943

Joliet, MT $61,164

Lame Deer, MT $60,186

Laurel, MT $61,820

Lavina, MT $60,268

Livingston, MT $60,199

Lodge Grass, MT $60,213

Mc Leod, MT $59,996

Martinsdale, MT $60,035

Melstone, MT $60,057

Melville, MT $60,012

Molt, MT $61,455

Mosby, MT $59,975

Musselshell, MT $60,037

Nye, MT $60,069

Otter, MT $60,127

Park City, MT $61,395

Pompeys Pillar, MT $61,152

Pray, MT $60,096

Pryor, MT $61,187

Rapelje, MT $60,479

Red Lodge, MT $60,176

Reed Point, MT $60,101

Roberts, MT $60,430

Roscoe, MT $60,057

Roundup, MT $60,171

Ryegate, MT $60,046

Saint Xavier, MT $60,459

Sanders, MT $60,130

Sand Springs, MT $59,981

Shawmut, MT $60,027

Shepherd, MT $61,567

Silver Gate, MT $60,177

Springdale, MT $60,088

Sumatra, MT $59,981

Teigen, MT $60,068

Two Dot, MT $60,021

Wilsall, MT $60,074

Winnett, MT $60,025

Worden, MT $61,076

Wyola, MT $60,239

Billings, MT $61,891

Baker, MT $60,334

Wolf Point, MT $60,128

Antelope, MT $60,201

Bainville, MT $60,408

Brockton, MT $60,098

Brockway, MT $60,014

Circle, MT $60,060

Crane, MT $60,450

Culbertson, MT $60,230

Dagmar, MT $60,258

Fairview, MT $60,433

Flaxville, MT $60,051

Fort Peck, MT $60,022

Frazer, MT $60,091

Froid, MT $60,149

Glasgow, MT $60,123

Saint Marie, MT $60,379

Glentana, MT $60,023

Hinsdale, MT $60,009

Homestead, MT $60,149

Lambert, MT $60,113

Larslan, MT $60,014

Medicine Lake, MT $60,141

Nashua, MT $60,092

Opheim, MT $60,005

Outlook, MT $60,095

Peerless, MT $60,016

Plentywood, MT $60,190

Poplar, MT $60,139

Raymond, MT $60,145

Redstone, MT $60,018

Reserve, MT $60,077

Richey, MT $60,043

Richland, MT $60,009

Saco, MT $60,044

Savage, MT $60,222

Scobey, MT $60,098

Sidney, MT $60,448

Vandalia, MT $60,037

Vida, MT $60,057

Westby, MT $60,247

Whitetail, MT $60,008

Miles City, MT $60,133

Alzada, MT $60,081

Angela, MT $59,973

Alberton, MT $60,062

Arlee, MT $60,084

Bonner, MT $60,064

Charlo, MT $60,102

Clinton, MT $60,105

Condon, MT $59,997

Conner, MT $60,116

Corvallis, MT $60,195

Darby, MT $60,000

De Borgia, MT $59,876

Dixon, MT $60,048

Drummond, MT $60,081

Florence, MT $60,181

Frenchtown, MT $60,157

Grantsdale, MT $60,163

Hall, MT $60,069

Hamilton, MT $60,164

Pinesdale, MT $60,302

Haugan, MT $59,862

Helmville, MT $59,952

Heron, MT $59,884

Hot Springs, MT $59,993

Huson, MT $60,077

Lolo, MT $60,145

Lonepine, MT $60,015

Milltown, MT $60,297

Noxon, MT $59,860

Ovando, MT $59,945

Pablo, MT $60,316

Paradise, MT $60,083

Philipsburg, MT $60,069

Plains, MT $60,035

Polson, MT $60,129

Ravalli, MT $60,091

Ronan, MT $60,137

Saint Ignatius, MT $60,122

Saint Regis, MT $59,994

Saltese, MT $59,837

Seeley Lake, MT $60,098

Stevensville, MT $60,193

Sula, MT $59,979

Superior, MT $60,037

Thompson Falls, MT $59,952

Trout Creek, MT $59,896

Victor, MT $60,156

Kalispell, MT $60,181

Big Arm, MT $60,102

Bigfork, MT $60,099

Columbia Falls, MT $60,175

Coram, MT $60,098

Dayton, MT $60,110

Elmo, MT $60,039

Essex, MT $60,000

Eureka, MT $60,116

Fortine, MT $60,057

Hungry Horse, MT $60,245

Kila, MT $60,050

Lake Mc Donald, MT $60,105

Lakeside, MT $60,149

Libby, MT $60,025

Marion, MT $60,017

Martin City, MT $60,147

Olney, MT $60,008

Polebridge, MT $59,903

Proctor, MT $60,022

Rexford, MT $60,067

Rollins, MT $60,059

Somers, MT $60,141

Stryker, MT $59,997

Trego, MT $60,042

Troy, MT $59,860

West Glacier, MT $59,921

Whitefish, MT $60,145

Bloomfield, MT $60,075

Boyes, MT $60,095

Broadus, MT $60,113

Brusett, MT $60,016

Capitol, MT $59,969

Cohagen, MT $59,994

Colstrip, MT $60,238

Ekalaka, MT $60,098

Fallon, MT $60,162

Forsyth, MT $60,082

Glendive, MT $60,281

Hammond, MT $60,057

Hathaway, MT $60,123

Ismay, MT $60,075

Jordan, MT $60,029

Kinsey, MT $60,101

Lindsay, MT $60,025

Mildred, MT $60,161

Olive, MT $60,037

Plevna, MT $60,213

Powderville, MT $59,978

Rosebud, MT $60,008

Terry, MT $60,048

Volborg, MT $60,009

Wibaux, MT $60,257

Willard, MT $60,233

Great Falls, MT $57,539

Malmstrom A F B, MT $57,539

Augusta, MT $60,007

Babb, MT $60,029

Belt, MT $58,245

Black Eagle, MT $57,539

Brady, MT $59,437

Browning, MT $60,109

Buffalo, MT $60,063

Bynum, MT $60,055

Carter, MT $58,538

Cascade, MT $59,348

Choteau, MT $60,057

Coffee Creek, MT $60,061

Conrad, MT $60,111

Cut Bank, MT $60,071

Denton, MT $60,047

Dupuyer, MT $60,000

Dutton, MT $58,756

East Glacier Park, MT $59,975

Ethridge, MT $59,993

Fairfield, MT $59,583

Floweree, MT $57,660

Forest Grove, MT $60,038

Fort Benton, MT $59,625

Fort Shaw, MT $58,327

Galata, MT $60,009

Geraldine, MT $60,035

Geyser, MT $59,603

Heart Butte, MT $60,108

Highwood, MT $58,329

Hilger, MT $60,062

Hobson, MT $60,070

Judith Gap, MT $60,059

Kevin, MT $60,048

Ledger, MT $60,022

Lewistown, MT $60,168

Loma, MT $60,034

Lothair, MT $60,029

Moccasin, MT $60,074

Monarch, MT $59,409

Moore, MT $60,107

Neihart, MT $59,852

Oilmont, MT $60,018

Pendroy, MT $60,000

Power, MT $58,101

Raynesford, MT $59,340

Roy, MT $60,007

Sand Coulee, MT $57,539

Shelby, MT $60,113

Simms, MT $58,781

Stanford, MT $60,067

Stockett, MT $58,132

Sunburst, MT $60,070

Sun River, MT $58,025

Sweet Grass, MT $60,033

Biddle, MT $60,134

Ulm, MT $57,567

Valier, MT $60,061

Vaughn, MT $57,777

Winifred, MT $60,040

Havre, MT $60,154

Big Sandy, MT $60,052

Box Elder, MT $60,172

Chester, MT $60,061

Chinook, MT $60,071

Dodson, MT $60,049

Gildford, MT $60,039

Harlem, MT $60,121

Hays, MT $60,146

Hingham, MT $60,039

Hogeland, MT $60,029

Inverness, MT $60,025

Joplin, MT $60,039

Kremlin, MT $60,037

Lloyd, MT $59,950

Loring, MT $60,006

Malta, MT $60,081

Rudyard, MT $60,053

Turner, MT $60,043

Whitewater, MT $60,017

Whitlash, MT $59,975

Zortman, MT $60,087

Zurich, MT $60,005

Helena, MT $57,372

Basin, MT $58,626

Boulder, MT $59,268

Canyon Creek, MT $58,012

Clancy, MT $57,470

East Helena, MT $57,334

Fort Harrison, MT $57,334

Jefferson City, MT $57,882

Lincoln, MT $60,054

Marysville, MT $57,942

Radersburg, MT $59,363

Ringling, MT $59,987

Toston, MT $59,591

Townsend, MT $58,708

White Sulphur Springs, MT $59,811

Winston, MT $58,002

Wolf Creek, MT $59,225

Butte, MT $60,052

Alder, MT $60,031

Anaconda, MT $60,184

Avon, MT $58,584

Belgrade, MT $60,256

Bozeman, MT $60,295

Big Sky, MT $60,250

Cameron, MT $59,991

Cardwell, MT $60,121

Deer Lodge, MT $59,687

Dell, MT $59,827

Dillon, MT $60,077

Divide, MT $60,061

Elliston, MT $58,096

Ennis, MT $60,158

Gallatin Gateway, MT $60,123

Garrison, MT $59,392

Glen, MT $60,058

Gold Creek, MT $59,788

Harrison, MT $60,138

Jackson, MT $59,904

Lima, MT $59,870

Mc Allister, MT $60,146

Manhattan, MT $60,239

Melrose, MT $60,065

Norris, MT $60,064

Polaris, MT $59,992

Pony, MT $60,151

Ramsay, MT $60,182

Sheridan, MT $60,172

Silver Star, MT $60,170

Three Forks, MT $60,191

Twin Bridges, MT $60,120

Virginia City, MT $60,141

Warm Springs, MT $60,176

West Yellowstone, MT $60,108

Whitehall, MT $60,183

Willow Creek, MT $60,165

Wisdom, MT $59,919

Wise River, MT $60,024

Missoula, MT $60,388

Agriculture Extension Agent Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Agriculture Extension Agent'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.

$55,857

Average $60,540/year

$66,457

$4,655

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$1,074

Average $1,164/week

$1,278

$27

Average $29/hour

$32

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$66,457	$5,538	$1,278	$32
Average	$60,540	$5,045	$1,164	$29
25th Percentile	$55,857	$4,655	$1,074	$27

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