Physicians, All Other in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$278,732
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$160,118
36.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$308,865
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
$438,850
Kept after tax
$278,732
Worth in national money
$308,865
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physicians, all other is strong here. Montana's middle earner gets $438,850, putting the state 2 of 50 — about 65.02% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Montana this is well-paid work. Of 475 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $438,850 the take-home is $278,732; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $308,865 would nationally. The average lands at $385,010, below the middle of the range.
- For physicians, all other, Montana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $438,850, ranking 2 of 50 and running about 65.02% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Montana publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 1 of 475 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for physicians, all other in Montana, on $438,850, is $278,732 — equivalent to $308,865 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 $385,010 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $236,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $438,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $442,330 |
| This salary | $438,850 |
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 | $278,732 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $302,166 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,086 |
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 | $401,445 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,235 |
| 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 physicians, all other in Montana earn under $438,850 and half over. The published range runs $236,960 at the tenth percentile to $442,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $278,732 take-home in Montana comes from $438,850. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 1 of 475.
- Two cautions on $308,865, the adjusted value of that $438,850 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 1 of 475 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physicians, all other in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $236,960 to $442,330; 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.
- Retained pay of $278,732, from $438,850, assumes a single Montana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 1 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 50 for it.
- This $308,865 adjusted figure, worked from $438,850, 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 1 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 1 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 $385,010 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $236,960 at the tenth percentile, $442,330 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 $308,865 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Montana's own levy, $278,732 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $385,010. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($236,960 to $442,330) 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 $308,865 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 $278,732 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.