Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,647
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$5,983
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,960
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
$36,630
Kept after tax
$30,647
Worth in national money
$33,960
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Montana is 20 of 51 states for home health and personal care aides, with a middle wage of $36,630. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Montana this is lower-paid work. Of 475 occupations the state publishes figures for, home health and personal care aides ranks 435. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,630 the take-home is $30,647; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,960 would nationally. The average comes to $36,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Montana ranks 20 of 51 for home health and personal care aides at $36,630. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Montana reports, home health and personal care aides ranks 435 of 475, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for home health and personal care aides in Montana, on $36,630, is $30,647 — equivalent to $33,960 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 $36,770 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,740 |
| This salary | $36,630 |
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 | $30,647 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,612 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,429 |
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 | $35,429 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,729 |
| 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 home health and personal care aides in Montana earn under $36,630 and half over. The published range runs $29,370 at the tenth percentile to $44,740 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 $30,647, worked from $36,630. 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 435 of 475.
- One number stands for prices across all of Montana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,960, the adjusted value of that $36,630 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 435 of 475 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for home health and personal care aides in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,370 to $44,740; 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 $30,647, on $36,630 for work ranking 435 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 435 of 475 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Montana, so $33,960 — the adjusted value of that $36,630 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 435 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,370 at the tenth percentile, $44,740 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 $33,960.
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 $30,647.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,370 to $44,740) 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 $33,960 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 $30,647 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.