Mechanical Door Repairers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,798
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$9,572
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,317
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
$51,370
Kept after tax
$41,798
Worth in national money
$46,317
State rank
27
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Montana is 27 of 45 states for mechanical door repairers, with a middle wage of $51,370. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Mechanical door repairers ranks 276 among 475 occupations Montana publishes pay for.
- Here is where Montana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,370 you keep $41,798, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $46,317 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $50,360, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Montana ranks 27 of 45 for mechanical door repairers at $51,370. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 276 of 475 in Montana places mechanical door repairers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Montana income tax, retained pay for mechanical door repairers on $51,370 is $41,798. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $46,317 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 $50,360 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Mechanical Door Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,220 |
| This salary | $51,370 |
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 | $41,798 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,456 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,598 |
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 | $49,307 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,932 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Montana earn less than $51,370. The published range is $36,460 up to $62,220, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Montana's $41,798, worked from $51,370. 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 276 of 475.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,317 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 276.
- Reported values are medians; for mechanical door repairers in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,460 to $62,220. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Montana take-home of $41,798, on $51,370 for work ranking 276 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 276 of 475 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,317, worked from $51,370, 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 276 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,460 at the tenth percentile, $62,220 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 $46,317.
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 $41,798 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 ($36,460 to $62,220) 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 $46,317 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 $41,798 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.