Aircraft Service Attendants in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,970
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$8,340
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,075
Montana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Montana — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$46,310
Kept after tax
$37,970
Worth in national money
$42,075
State rank
9
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Montana pays aircraft service attendants a middle wage of $46,310, ranking 9 of 46 states and sitting about 14.49% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 475 occupations Montana reports figures for, this is number 345.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,310 you keep $37,970 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,075 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,420, since top earners drag the number up.
- Montana's median for aircraft service attendants is $46,310, about 14.49% above the national figure and 9 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Montana's occupational distribution, aircraft service attendants sits at 345 of 475 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Montana is $37,970 after the full tax stack, from $46,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,075 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,420 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,780 |
| This salary | $46,310 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Montana | $37,970 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,390 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,540 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $44,543 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,862 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,310 as a midpoint for Montana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,150 and the ninetieth is $57,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $37,970, from $46,310, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 345 of 475 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,075, the adjusted value of that $46,310 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Montana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 345 of 475 locally.
- The Montana median of $46,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,150 to $57,780. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Montana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,970 from $46,310. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 345 of 475 locally.
- This $42,075 adjusted figure, worked from $46,310, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 345 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 345 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $48,420, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,150 at the bottom tenth to $57,780 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $42,075.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Montana then takes its own share, leaving $37,970.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Montana is $48,420. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,150 to $57,780) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Montana rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Montana's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $42,075 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $37,970 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Montana income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.