Top 10 Careers
The year's hottest jobs are hiring in droves, paying well, and providing room to grow.


Registered Nurse $44,190-$95,130
Software Developer $54,360-$87,790
Pharmacist $82,090-$138,620
Medical Assistant $20,810-$40,190
Database Administrator $41,570-$115,660
Web Developer $43,190-$119,940
Computer Systems Analyst $48,360-$119,070
Physical Therapist $53,620-$107,920
Computer Programmer $40,820-$114,180
Occupational $48,920-$102,520
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A boost to manufacturing: Bay Ltd. begins hiring after landing a new contract
Bay Ltd., which has been supplying the Canadian oil sands with steel structures fabricated in Billings while also helping revitalize local manufacturing, has begun hiring workers after landing… 		Spring greening: Homeowners saving some serious cash in refinancing boom
If you refinanced your mortgage in the early 2000s, you undoubtedly felt good knowing that you had taken advantage of some of the lowest rates in years. In those days, a 5 percent, 15-year mor… 		Seminar on Affordable Care Act aims to educate business
Avitus Group will hold an educational seminar: “360 Degree View of Obamacare/Patient Protection Affordable Care Act” on May 13 at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. 		Energy, health care are among industries to be targeted in new study
The booming oil and gas sector, companies involved in health care and firms interested in locating regional headquarters and back-office operations represent the best opportunities for recruit…
Western Security Bank remodels West End location
Western Security Bank has begun a multimillion-dollar remodeling project at its bank at 24th Street West and Grand Avenue. 		Energy advocate supports gas exports, Keystone XL pipeliine
A boom in natural gas production from nontraditional sources has sent prices tumbling and has even spurred proposals to export cheap natural gas. 		SBA honors Montana businesses for Small Business Week
Bozeman auto dealer Joe Billion has been named the Montana Small Business Person of the year as part of the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Week awards. 		Study: Business startups down, but Montana still leads nation in entrepreneurship
Fewer people are starting small businesses now that the job market is looking better.
West Park makeover includes grocery store, other retailers
A grocery store and other retail outlets will anchor the longtime Billings hopping center that has been renamed West Park Promenade. 		Annexation sets stage for future commercial development
A 63-acre parcel south of Interstate 90 that was annexed into the city in late March will likely generate a lot of interest for future commercial development. 		Baucus: Top executives headline September economic summit
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, ConocoPhillips chief executive officer Ryan Lance, the president of software giant Oracle and Boeing’s chief executive are among a slate of pr… 		New Scheels store scheduled for September 2014 opening
Steel beams for the new 220,000-square-foot Scheels sporting goods store at Shiloh Crossing are reaching into the Montana sky as workers prepare for a September 2014 opening of the area’s larg…
Steel for new Scheels store reaches into the sky.
When the Billings store was announced in the fall of 2011, 		RV motoring around China
Two weeks ago in China, a country with almost no commercial campgrounds and limited cross-country highways, Shane Ott of Billings opened a third Airstream RV dealership. 		Parking the living room: Redesigning campgrounds for monster RVs
With the big-boy RVs stretching nearly 50 feet, many pulling trailers full of toys, turning and parking in campgrounds can be a problem. 		Who owns an RV?
48 -- Typical age in 2011.