Billing and Posting Clerks in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,288
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$8,442
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,427
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
$46,730
Kept after tax
$38,288
Worth in national money
$42,427
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Montana is 32 of 51 states for billing and posting clerks, with a middle wage of $46,730. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 475 occupations Montana reports figures for, this is number 336.
- Here is where Montana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,730 you keep $38,288, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,427 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,910, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Montana ranks 32 of 51 for billing and posting clerks at $46,730. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Montana's occupational distribution, billing and posting clerks sits at 336 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.
- After federal, FICA and Montana income tax, retained pay for billing and posting clerks on $46,730 is $38,288. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,427 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 $47,910 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Billing and Posting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,270 |
| This salary | $46,730 |
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 | $38,288 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,728 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,545 |
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 | $44,938 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,868 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,730 as a midpoint for Montana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,650 and the ninetieth is $59,270 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,288 take-home in Montana comes from $46,730. 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 336 of 475.
- One number stands for prices across all of Montana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,427, the adjusted value of that $46,730 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 336 of 475 in the state.
- The Montana median of $46,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,650 to $59,270. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,288, from $46,730, 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 336 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Montana, so $42,427 — the adjusted value of that $46,730 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 336 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,650 at the bottom tenth to $59,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,427 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Montana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,288 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,650 to $59,270) 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 $42,427 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 $38,288 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.