Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,260
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$4,570
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,098
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
$30,830
Kept after tax
$26,260
Worth in national money
$29,098
State rank
33
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Montana pays baggage porters and bellhops a middle wage of $30,830, 33 of 48 states and about 16.86% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Montana this is lower-paid work. Of 475 occupations the state publishes figures for, baggage porters and bellhops ranks 463. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $30,830 you keep $26,260 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $29,098 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $30,380.
- Montana's $30,830 median for baggage porters and bellhops places it 33 of 48 states, about 16.86% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Montana reports, baggage porters and bellhops ranks 463 of 475, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Montana is $26,260 after the full tax stack, from $30,830. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $29,098 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $30,380 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $40,740 |
| This salary | $30,830 |
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 | $26,260 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,952 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,363 |
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 | $29,968 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,648 |
| 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 baggage porters and bellhops in Montana earn under $30,830 and half over. The published range runs $21,940 at the tenth percentile to $40,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $26,260 take-home in Montana comes from $30,830. 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 463 of 475.
- One number stands for prices across all of Montana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,098, the adjusted value of that $30,830 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 463 of 475 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $21,940 to $40,740; 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 $26,260, from $30,830, 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 463 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Montana, so $29,098 — the adjusted value of that $30,830 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 463 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $21,940 at the bottom tenth to $40,740 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Montana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $29,098 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $26,260.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 ($21,940 to $40,740) 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 $29,098 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 $26,260 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.