Montana Salary Guide 2026: Take-Home + Professions

Montana collapsed seven progressive brackets into a clean two-bracket schedule topping at 5.9% per SB 399 of 2021 (effective tax year 2024). The state has no general sales tax — one of only five no-sales-tax states — and the federal income tax is deductible on the state return, a benefit available in only five states (AL, IA, LA, MO, MT). Bozeman has been one of the fastest-growing US small cities post-2020. The hard part is housing appreciation that nobody anticipated. — this guide covers pay ranges by profession, take-home after federal + state + FICA, and where Montana's highest salaries cluster geographically.