Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,743
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$11,807
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,012
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
$60,550
Kept after tax
$48,743
Worth in national money
$54,012
State rank
12
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Montana is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,550, which ranks 12 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 9.91% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 475 occupations Montana reports figures for, this is number 206.
- Here is where Montana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,550 you keep $48,743, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $54,012 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,570, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Montana ranks 12 of 49 states publishing a median for environmental science and protection technicians, including health, at $60,550 — about 9.91% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Montana's occupational distribution, environmental science and protection technicians, including health sits at 206 of 475 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Montana income tax, retained pay for environmental science and protection technicians, including health on $60,550 is $48,743. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $54,012 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $61,570 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,730 |
| This salary | $60,550 |
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 | $48,743 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,832 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,703 |
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 | $57,950 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,059 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Montana earn less than $60,550. The published range is $45,700 up to $80,730, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,743 take-home in Montana comes from $60,550. 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 206 of 475.
- One number stands for prices across all of Montana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,012, the adjusted value of that $60,550 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 206 of 475 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for environmental science and protection technicians, including health in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,700 to $80,730. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,743, from $60,550, 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 206 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Montana, so $54,012 — the adjusted value of that $60,550 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 206 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,700 at the tenth percentile, $80,730 at the ninetieth.
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 $54,012.
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 $48,743.
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 ($45,700 to $80,730) 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 $54,012 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 $48,743 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.