Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,143
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$16,517
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,537
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
$75,660
Kept after tax
$59,143
Worth in national money
$65,537
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Montana pays this job around $75,660 at the midpoint, 23 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 131 among 475 occupations Montana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $75,660 you keep $59,143 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $65,537 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $79,760, since top earners drag the number up.
- For electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment the Montana median is $75,660, ranking 23 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 131 of 475 in Montana places electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Montana is $59,143 after the full tax stack, from $75,660. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $65,537 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $79,760 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,500 |
| This salary | $75,660 |
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 | $59,143 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,057 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,676 |
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 | $71,518 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,315 |
| 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 electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in Montana earn under $75,660 and half over. The published range runs $43,470 at the tenth percentile to $132,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Montana's $59,143, worked from $75,660. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 131 of 475.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $65,537 uses one figure for the whole of Montana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 475 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 131.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,470 to $132,500; 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.
- The Montana take-home of $59,143, on $75,660 for work ranking 131 of 475 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 131 of 475 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $65,537, worked from $75,660, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Montana address, on work sitting at 131 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 $79,760, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $43,470 and the top tenth $132,500 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,537 in national terms.
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 $59,143.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $79,760. 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 ($43,470) and the ninetieth ($132,500) 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 $65,537 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 $59,143 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.