Public Relations Managers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,884
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$25,106
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,980
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
$99,990
Kept after tax
$74,884
Worth in national money
$82,980
State rank
42
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for public relations managers is on the low side in Montana. The middle earner gets $99,990. That is 42 of 48 states, and about 31.94% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Montana this is well-paid work. Of 475 occupations with published figures in the state, public relations managers ranks 46 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,990 the take-home is $74,884; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $82,980 would nationally. The average comes to $111,870, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For public relations managers, Montana sits in the lower band at $99,990, ranking 42 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 31.94%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Montana publishes a median for, public relations managers sits 46 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 public relations managers in Montana, on $99,990, is $74,884 — equivalent to $82,980 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 $111,870 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $147,470 |
| This salary | $99,990 |
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 | $74,884 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,173 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,505 |
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 | $93,894 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,079 |
| 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 public relations managers in Montana earn under $99,990 and half over. The published range runs $72,980 at the tenth percentile to $147,470 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $74,884 take-home in Montana comes from $99,990. 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 46 of 475.
- Two cautions on $82,980, the adjusted value of that $99,990 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 46 of 475 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for public relations managers in Montana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $72,980 to $147,470; 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 $74,884, from $99,990, 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 46 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 48 for it.
- This $82,980 adjusted figure, worked from $99,990, 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 46 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 46 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $111,870, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $72,980 and the top tenth $147,470 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $82,980.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Montana then takes its own share, leaving $74,884.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $111,870. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($72,980) and the ninetieth ($147,470) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $82,980 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 $74,884 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.