Computer and Information Systems Managers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,930
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$36,930
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$106,301
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
$132,860
Kept after tax
$95,930
Worth in national money
$106,301
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Montana. The middle earner gets $132,860. That is 47 of 51 states, and about 24.14% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Montana. It ranks 11 out of 475 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $132,860 you keep $95,930 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $106,301 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $146,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer and information systems managers, Montana sits in the lower band at $132,860, ranking 47 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 24.14%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Montana, computer and information systems managers ranks 11 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.
- Retained pay in Montana is $95,930 after the full tax stack, from $132,860. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $106,301 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $146,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer and Information Systems Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $92,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $132,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $215,800 |
| This salary | $132,860 |
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 | $95,930 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $102,076 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,258 |
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 | $123,869 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,788 |
| 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 computer and information systems managers in Montana earn under $132,860 and half over. The published range runs $92,820 at the tenth percentile to $215,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $95,930 take-home in Montana comes from $132,860. 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 11 of 475.
- Two cautions on $106,301, the adjusted value of that $132,860 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 11 of 475 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer and information systems managers in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $92,820 to $215,800; 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 $95,930, from $132,860, 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 11 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 51 for it.
- This $106,301 adjusted figure, worked from $132,860, 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 11 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 11 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $146,100 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $92,820, the highest tenth $215,800, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $106,301.
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, $95,930 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $146,100. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($92,820) and the ninetieth ($215,800) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $106,301 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 $95,930 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.