Audiologists in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,473
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$20,517
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,660
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
$86,990
Kept after tax
$66,473
Worth in national money
$73,660
State rank
38
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Montana is among the lower-paying states for audiologists. The middle earner takes $86,990, ranking 38 of 49 states — about 9.18% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Montana. It ranks 74 out of 475 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Montana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $86,990 you keep $66,473, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $73,660 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $86,830, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Montana ranks 38 of 49 for audiologists, with a median of $86,990 — about 9.18% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Montana, audiologists ranks 74 of 475 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Montana income tax, retained pay for audiologists on $86,990 is $66,473. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $73,660 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $86,830 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,110 |
| This salary | $86,990 |
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 | $66,473 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,027 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,596 |
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 | $81,938 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,205 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of audiologists in Montana earn under $86,990 and half over. The published range runs $61,250 at the tenth percentile to $104,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $66,473 take-home in Montana comes from $86,990. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 74 of 475.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,660 uses one figure for the whole of Montana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 475 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 74.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiologists in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,250 to $104,110; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $66,473, from $86,990, assumes a single Montana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 74 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,660, worked from $86,990, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Montana address, on work sitting at 74 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $61,250 at the tenth percentile, $104,110 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Montana is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $73,660 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Montana's own levy, $66,473 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,250 to $104,110) 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 $73,660 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 $66,473 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.