Management Analysts in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,254
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$24,216
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,173
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
$97,470
Kept after tax
$73,254
Worth in national money
$81,173
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Montana is 29 of 51 states for management analysts, with a middle wage of $97,470. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 475 occupations Montana reports, management analysts comes in at 53 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Montana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $97,470 you keep $73,254, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $81,173 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $93,910, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Montana ranks 29 of 51 for management analysts at $97,470. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Management analysts ranks 53 of 475 occupations by median in Montana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Montana income tax, retained pay for management analysts on $97,470 is $73,254. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $81,173 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 $93,910 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Management Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $145,660 |
| This salary | $97,470 |
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 | $73,254 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,400 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,523 |
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 | $91,576 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,104 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,470 as a midpoint for Montana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,300 and the ninetieth is $145,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $73,254, from $97,470, 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 53 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 $81,173, the adjusted value of that $97,470 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 53 of 475 in the state.
- The Montana median of $97,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,300 to $145,660. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Montana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $73,254 from $97,470. 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 53 of 475 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Montana, so $81,173 — the adjusted value of that $97,470 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 53 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $93,910 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,300, the highest tenth $145,660, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $81,173 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 $73,254 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 $93,910. 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 ($37,300) and the ninetieth ($145,660) 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 $81,173 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 $73,254 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.