First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,088
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$12,902
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,720
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
$64,990
Kept after tax
$52,088
Worth in national money
$57,720
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Montana's middle earner gets $64,990, putting the state 11 of 48 — about 9.56% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 166 among 475 occupations Montana publishes pay for.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,990 the take-home is $52,088; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,720 would nationally. The average lands at $63,480, below the middle of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers, Montana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $64,990, ranking 11 of 48 and running about 9.56% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 166 of 475 in Montana places first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 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.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Montana, on $64,990, is $52,088 — equivalent to $57,720 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 $63,480 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,460 |
| This salary | $64,990 |
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 | $52,088 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,399 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,739 |
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 | $62,114 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,187 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,990 as a midpoint for Montana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,470 and the ninetieth is $84,460 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Montana's $52,088, worked from $64,990. 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 166 of 475.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,720 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 166.
- The Montana median of $64,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,470 to $84,460. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Montana take-home of $52,088, on $64,990 for work ranking 166 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 166 of 475 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,720, worked from $64,990, 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 166 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,470 and the top tenth $84,460, so most people doing this work in Montana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $57,720 in national terms.
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, $52,088 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,470 to $84,460) 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 $57,720 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 $52,088 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.