Database Administrators in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,970
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$19,150
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,885
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
$83,120
Kept after tax
$63,970
Worth in national money
$70,885
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Montana is among the lower-paying states for database administrators. The middle earner takes $83,120, ranking 45 of 51 states — about 20.55% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 475 occupations Montana reports, database administrators comes in at 80 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $83,120 the take-home is $63,970; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $70,885 would nationally. The average comes to $87,100, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Montana ranks 45 of 51 for database administrators, with a median of $83,120 — about 20.55% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Database administrators ranks 80 of 475 occupations by median in Montana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for database administrators in Montana, on $83,120, is $63,970 — equivalent to $70,885 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 $87,100 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,300 |
| This salary | $83,120 |
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 | $63,970 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,305 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,624 |
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 | $78,379 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,243 |
| 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 database administrators in Montana earn under $83,120 and half over. The published range runs $71,740 at the tenth percentile to $104,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,970 take-home in Montana comes from $83,120. 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 80 of 475.
- Two cautions on $70,885, the adjusted value of that $83,120 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 80 of 475 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for database administrators in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $71,740 to $104,300; 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 $63,970, from $83,120, 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 80 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- This $70,885 adjusted figure, worked from $83,120, 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 80 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 80 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $87,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $71,740 and the top tenth $104,300, 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 $70,885.
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 $63,970.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $87,100. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($71,740 to $104,300) 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 $70,885 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 $63,970 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.