Sales Managers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,142
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$31,248
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,455
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
$117,390
Kept after tax
$86,142
Worth in national money
$95,455
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for sales managers is on the low side in Montana. The middle earner gets $117,390. That is 41 of 50 states, and about 20.83% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 475 occupations Montana reports, sales managers comes in at 18 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $117,390 the take-home is $86,142; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $95,455 would nationally. The average comes to $133,700, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For sales managers, Montana sits in the lower band at $117,390, ranking 41 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 20.83%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Sales managers ranks 18 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.
- Post-tax income for sales managers in Montana, on $117,390, is $86,142 — equivalent to $95,455 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 $133,700 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $205,760 |
| This salary | $117,390 |
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 | $86,142 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,414 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,383 |
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 | $109,897 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,911 |
| 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 $117,390. The published range is $81,030 up to $205,760, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $86,142, from $117,390, 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 18 of 475 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $95,455 uses one figure for the whole of Montana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 475 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 18.
- Reported values are medians; for sales managers in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $81,030 to $205,760. 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 $86,142 from $117,390. 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 18 of 475 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $95,455, worked from $117,390, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Montana address, on work sitting at 18 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 $133,700 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $81,030, the highest tenth $205,760, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $95,455 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, $86,142 remains.
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.
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 $133,700. 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 ($81,030) and the ninetieth ($205,760) 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 $95,455 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 $86,142 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.