Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,183
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$27,997
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,852
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
$108,180
Kept after tax
$80,183
Worth in national money
$88,852
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Montana is 19 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $108,180. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Montana this is well-paid work. Of 475 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 25 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $108,180 you keep $80,183 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $88,852 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $110,830, since top earners drag the number up.
- Montana ranks 19 of 51 for transportation, storage, and distribution managers at $108,180. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Montana publishes a median for, transportation, storage, and distribution managers sits 25 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.
- Retained pay in Montana is $80,183 after the full tax stack, from $108,180. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $88,852 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $110,830 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $146,570 |
| This salary | $108,180 |
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 | $80,183 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,935 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,448 |
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 | $101,426 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,000 |
| 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 $108,180. The published range is $66,300 up to $146,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Montana's $80,183, worked from $108,180. 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 25 of 475.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $88,852 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 25.
- Reported values are medians; for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,300 to $146,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Montana take-home of $80,183, on $108,180 for work ranking 25 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 25 of 475 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $88,852, worked from $108,180, 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 25 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $66,300 and the top tenth $146,570 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $88,852 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, $80,183 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,300) and the ninetieth ($146,570) 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 $88,852 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 $80,183 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.