Nurse Practitioners in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,658
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$38,552
28.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$109,323
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
$137,210
Kept after tax
$98,658
Worth in national money
$109,323
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nurse practitioners is strong here. Montana's middle earner gets $137,210, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 3.71% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 475 occupations Montana reports, nurse practitioners comes in at 10 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Montana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $137,210 you keep $98,658, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $109,323 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $135,290, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For nurse practitioners, Montana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $137,210, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 3.71% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Nurse practitioners ranks 10 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 nurse practitioners on $137,210 is $98,658. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $109,323 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 $135,290 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $105,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $137,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,940 |
| This salary | $137,210 |
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 | $98,658 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,049 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,220 |
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 | $127,859 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,735 |
| 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 $137,210. The published range is $105,110 up to $166,940, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $98,658, from $137,210, 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 10 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 $109,323, the adjusted value of that $137,210 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 10 of 475 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for nurse practitioners in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $105,110 to $166,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Montana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $98,658 from $137,210. 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 10 of 475 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Montana, so $109,323 — the adjusted value of that $137,210 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 10 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $105,110 at the bottom tenth to $166,940 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $109,323 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 $98,658 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($105,110 to $166,940) 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 $109,323 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 $98,658 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.