Montana Salary Guide 2026: Take-Home + Professions

Montana collapsed seven progressive brackets into a clean two-bracket schedule per SB 399 of 2021, and HB 337 of the 2025 session cut the top rate to 5.65% for 2026 while widening the lower bracket sharply — the 4.7% rate now runs to $47,500 for single filers rather than $20,500. The state has no general sales tax, one of only five such states. The same 2021 reform also repealed Montana's own standard and itemized deductions and the federal income tax deduction, so Montana taxable income now starts straight from federal taxable income. 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.