Data Entry Keyers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,967
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$7,373
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,747
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
$42,340
Kept after tax
$34,967
Worth in national money
$38,747
State rank
22
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Montana is 22 of 49 states for data entry keyers, with a middle wage of $42,340. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Montana this is lower-paid work. Of 475 occupations the state publishes figures for, data entry keyers ranks 382. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $42,340 the take-home is $34,967; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $38,747 would nationally. The average comes to $43,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Montana ranks 22 of 49 for data entry keyers at $42,340. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Montana reports, data entry keyers ranks 382 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.
- Post-tax income for data entry keyers in Montana, on $42,340, is $34,967 — equivalent to $38,747 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $43,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,140 |
| This salary | $42,340 |
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 | $34,967 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,200 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,495 |
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 | $40,805 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,807 |
| 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 data entry keyers in Montana earn under $42,340 and half over. The published range runs $34,510 at the tenth percentile to $51,140 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $34,967, from $42,340, 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 382 of 475 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $38,747, the adjusted value of that $42,340 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 382 of 475 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for data entry keyers in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,510 to $51,140; 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.
- Take-home for Montana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $34,967 from $42,340. 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 382 of 475 locally.
- This $38,747 adjusted figure, worked from $42,340, 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 382 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 382 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,510 at the tenth percentile, $51,140 at the ninetieth.
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 $38,747 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $34,967 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 ($34,510 to $51,140) 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 $38,747 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 $34,967 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.