First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,029
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$17,001
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,519
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
$77,030
Kept after tax
$60,029
Worth in national money
$66,519
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Montana. The middle earner gets $77,030. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 11.99% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 120 among 475 occupations Montana publishes pay for.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $77,030 the take-home is $60,029; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,519 would nationally. The average comes to $83,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers, Montana sits in the lower band at $77,030, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 11.99%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 120 of 475 in Montana places first-line supervisors of non-retail sales 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 non-retail sales workers in Montana, on $77,030, is $60,029 — equivalent to $66,519 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 $83,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,850 |
| This salary | $77,030 |
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 | $60,029 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,021 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,666 |
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 | $72,778 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,302 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,030 as a midpoint for Montana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,150 and the ninetieth is $128,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $60,029 take-home in Montana comes from $77,030. 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 120 of 475.
- Two cautions on $66,519, the adjusted value of that $77,030 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 120 of 475 locally.
- The Montana median of $77,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,150 to $128,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $60,029, from $77,030, 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 120 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 51 for it.
- This $66,519 adjusted figure, worked from $77,030, 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 120 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 120 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 $83,150, 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 $50,150 and the top tenth $128,850 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $66,519 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Montana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $60,029 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $83,150. 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 ($50,150) and the ninetieth ($128,850) 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 $66,519 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 $60,029 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.