Social and Community Service Managers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,836
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$15,804
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,088
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
$73,640
Kept after tax
$57,836
Worth in national money
$64,088
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Montana. The middle earner gets $73,640. That is 41 of 51 states, and about 8.4% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Montana, this sits in the middle: 143 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 $73,640 you keep $57,836, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,088 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $74,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For social and community service managers, Montana sits in the lower band at $73,640, ranking 41 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 8.4%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Social and community service managers ranks 143 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 social and community service managers on $73,640 is $57,836. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,088 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 $74,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,010 |
| This salary | $73,640 |
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 | $57,836 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,636 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,690 |
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 | $69,660 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,334 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,640 as a midpoint for Montana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,590 and the ninetieth is $104,010 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Montana's $57,836, worked from $73,640. 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 143 of 475.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,088 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 143.
- The Montana median of $73,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,590 to $104,010. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Montana take-home of $57,836, on $73,640 for work ranking 143 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 143 of 475 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,088, worked from $73,640, 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 143 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,590, the highest tenth $104,010, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $64,088.
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 $57,836.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,590) and the ninetieth ($104,010) 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 $64,088 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 $57,836 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.