Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch
Hiring organization · Based in Billings, MT
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
What stands out
Experienced nurses
You assess youth, give medications, carry out treatment plans, and handle Special Treatment Procedures and Suicide Precaution.
Experienced nurses
Per diem RN start pay is $31.69-$35.67 an hour on steps 1-5 of the 11-step schedule, set by education and experience.
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
New graduates
New hires are placed on steps 1-5 of an 11-step pay schedule from education and relevant experience.
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
Moving here
The Billings 59106 base puts you in school, community, and home settings plus telehealth, and the employer also posts clinical roles in Hays, Montana.
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
More about working here
Travel nurses
You work per diem, scheduled to meet ranch needs, which can include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
Experienced nurses
You sit on an interdisciplinary team for youth with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric challenges.
New graduates
Per diem LPN start pay is $23.02-$25.91 an hour on the same 11-step schedule.
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Per diem nurses scheduled to meet YBGR needs; may include evenings, weekends, and holidays
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
- Pay and benefits
- Per Diem Montana LPN (posted as LNP), steps 1-5 of 11-step schedule; start set by education and experience: $23.02-$25.91/hr
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
- Pay and benefits
- Per Diem Montana RN, steps 1-5 of 11-step schedule; start set by education and experience: $31.69-$35.67/hr
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
- Pay and benefits
- Org-wide 11-step pay schedule; posted starting rates are steps 1-5, placed by education and relevant experience
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
- Pay and benefits
- Program Therapist, Montana SWLC/PCLC/MFLC: $2,087.70-$2,349.72 biweekly (steps 1-5)
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
- Pay and benefits
- Program Therapist, Montana LCSW/LCPC/MLFT: $2,374.53-$2,672.55 biweekly (steps 1-5)
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
Starting out and growing here
- Career development
- 11-step pay schedule; new hires placed on steps 1-5 from education and relevant experience
As of 2026Source: us.trabajo.org
The city
Living in Billings, MT
Billings, Montana's largest city, sits along the Yellowstone River beneath the dramatic Rimrocks—sandstone cliffs that rim the city's north edge. A regional medical hub for the Northern Plains, it blends outdoor access, frontier heritage, and urban conveniences that appeal to RNs seeking big-sky living without sacrificing professional opportunity.
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- Metro price level · Billings area
- 6% below the national average
- BEA index 93.5 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,138/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $73,712/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You walk into a youth residential program in Billings, not a med-surg floor. The kids you see carry emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric challenges.
More about Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch
Your day is assessments, medications, treatment plans, and — when it comes up — Special Treatment Procedures and Suicide Precaution. You also leave campus: school, community, and home visits, plus telehealth with youth and families. If you are a per diem LPN, start pay is $23.02-$25.91 an hour; if you are a per diem RN, $31.69-$35.67. Both sit on steps 1-5 of an 11-step schedule, and they place you by education and relevant experience. The calendar is not yours to set. Shifts are scheduled to meet ranch needs and can land on evenings, weekends, and holidays. Glassdoor reviewers put pay and benefits at 3.1 out of 5. One review is titled "Great mission." The employer also posts clinical roles in Hays, Montana, besides this Billings 59106 base.
Interdisciplinary work with youth who have emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric challenges. A Glassdoor review is titled "Great mission."
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Compensation and benefits rating
- Glassdoor reviewers put pay and benefits at 3.1 out of 5.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
What to weigh
Glassdoor reviewers put pay and benefits at 3.1 out of 5.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
The reality check
Before you decide
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A closer look at the units
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Youth residential behavioral/psychiatric
Program Therapists are on an interdisciplinary team for youth with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric challenges.
Source location unconfirmedSource: us.trabajo.org
Youth medical/psychiatric nursing
Per diem RNs/LPNs assess youth, give meds, carry out treatment plans, and handle Special Treatment Procedures and Suicide Precaution.
Source location unconfirmedSource: us.trabajo.org
Open roles
Roles from Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch
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- RN
- Per diem
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