Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,869
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$8,951
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,179
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
$48,820
Kept after tax
$39,869
Worth in national money
$44,179
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Montana sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $48,820, ranking 21 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Montana, this sits in the middle: 299 of 475 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,820 you keep $39,869 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,179 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,180, since top earners drag the number up.
- Montana occupies the middle band for computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers: a median of $48,820, ranking 21 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ranks 299 of 475 occupations in Montana by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Montana is $39,869 after the full tax stack, from $48,820. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,179 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,180 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,730 |
| This salary | $48,820 |
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 | $39,869 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,407 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,569 |
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 | $46,906 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,897 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,820 as a midpoint for Montana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,140 and the ninetieth is $62,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $39,869, from $48,820, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 299 of 475 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $44,179, the adjusted value of that $48,820 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 299 of 475 locally.
- The Montana median of $48,820 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,140 to $62,730. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Montana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,869 from $48,820. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 299 of 475 locally.
- This $44,179 adjusted figure, worked from $48,820, 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 299 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 299 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,140 and the top tenth $62,730, so most people doing this work in Montana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,179.
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, $39,869 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 ($34,140 to $62,730) 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 $44,179 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 $39,869 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.