Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,008
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$11,892
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,306
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
$60,900
Kept after tax
$49,008
Worth in national money
$54,306
State rank
10
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Montana pays this job a middle wage of $60,900, ranking 10 of 45 states and sitting about 15.78% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 203 among 475 occupations Montana publishes pay for.
- Here is where Montana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,900 you keep $49,008, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $54,306 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $62,260, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Montana's median for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers is $60,900, about 15.78% above the national figure and 10 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 203 of 475 in Montana places audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Montana income tax, retained pay for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers on $60,900 is $49,008. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $54,306 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 $62,260 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,390 |
| This salary | $60,900 |
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 | $49,008 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,113 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,707 |
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 | $58,279 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,064 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Montana earn less than $60,900. The published range is $46,840 up to $75,390, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Montana's $49,008, worked from $60,900. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 203 of 475.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,306 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 203.
- Reported values are medians; for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,840 to $75,390. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Montana take-home of $49,008, on $60,900 for work ranking 203 of 475 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 203 of 475 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,306, worked from $60,900, 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 203 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,840 and the top tenth $75,390, so most people doing this work in Montana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $54,306 in national terms.
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 $49,008.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,840 to $75,390) 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 $54,306 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 $49,008 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.