Occupational Therapy Assistants in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,293
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$15,508
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,486
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
$72,800
Kept after tax
$57,293
Worth in national money
$63,486
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Montana is 17 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $72,800. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Montana, this sits in the middle: 145 of 475 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Montana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $72,800 you keep $57,293, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $63,486 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $73,590, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Montana ranks 17 of 50 for occupational therapy assistants at $72,800. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Occupational therapy assistants ranks 145 of 475 occupations in Montana by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Montana income tax, retained pay for occupational therapy assistants on $72,800 is $57,293. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $63,486 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 $73,590 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,510 |
| This salary | $72,800 |
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 | $57,293 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,045 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,696 |
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 | $68,888 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,342 |
| 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 $72,800. The published range is $59,060 up to $94,510, 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 $57,293, worked from $72,800. 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 145 of 475.
- Two cautions on $63,486, the adjusted value of that $72,800 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Montana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 145 of 475 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,060 to $94,510. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Montana take-home of $57,293, on $72,800 for work ranking 145 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 145 of 475 in the state.
- This $63,486 adjusted figure, worked from $72,800, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 145 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 145 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $59,060 at the tenth percentile, $94,510 at the ninetieth.
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 $63,486 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 $57,293 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,060 to $94,510) 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 $63,486 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 $57,293 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.