Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,138
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$11,612
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,342
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
$59,750
Kept after tax
$48,138
Worth in national money
$53,342
State rank
34
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Montana. The middle earner gets $59,750. That is 34 of 46 states, and about 9.84% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 475 occupations Montana reports figures for, this is number 214.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $59,750 you keep $48,138 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $53,342 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $60,620, since top earners drag the number up.
- For probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, Montana sits in the lower band at $59,750, ranking 34 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 9.84%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Montana's occupational distribution, probation officers and correctional treatment specialists sits at 214 of 475 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Montana is $48,138 after the full tax stack, from $59,750. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,342 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $60,620 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,280 |
| This salary | $59,750 |
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 | $48,138 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,189 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,693 |
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 | $57,197 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,048 |
| 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 $59,750. The published range is $48,390 up to $74,280, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $48,138, from $59,750, 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 214 of 475 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $53,342, the adjusted value of that $59,750 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 214 of 475 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,390 to $74,280. 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 $48,138 from $59,750. 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 214 of 475 locally.
- This $53,342 adjusted figure, worked from $59,750, 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 214 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 214 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,390 and the top tenth $74,280, so most people doing this work in Montana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $53,342 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $48,138 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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,390 to $74,280) 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 $53,342 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 $48,138 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.