Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,987
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$9,633
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,526
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
$51,620
Kept after tax
$41,987
Worth in national money
$46,526
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Montana is 21 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $51,620. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 274 among 475 occupations Montana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $51,620 you keep $41,987 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $46,526 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $57,250, since top earners drag the number up.
- Montana ranks 21 of 51 for health technologists and technicians, all other at $51,620. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 274 of 475 in Montana places health technologists and technicians, all other 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 $41,987 after the full tax stack, from $51,620. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,526 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,250 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,810 |
| This salary | $51,620 |
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 | $41,987 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,657 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,601 |
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 | $49,542 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,936 |
| 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 health technologists and technicians, all other in Montana earn under $51,620 and half over. The published range runs $40,450 at the tenth percentile to $81,810 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $41,987, from $51,620, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 274 of 475 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Montana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,526, the adjusted value of that $51,620 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 274 of 475 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for health technologists and technicians, all other in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,450 to $81,810; 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.
- Take-home for Montana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,987 from $51,620. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 274 of 475 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Montana, so $46,526 — the adjusted value of that $51,620 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 274 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 $57,250, 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 $40,450 and the top tenth $81,810 — 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 $46,526 in national terms.
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 $41,987 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 $57,250. 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 ($40,450) and the ninetieth ($81,810) 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 $46,526 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 $41,987 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.