Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $60K, rent takes 28.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,129/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new industrial engineering technologists and technicians typically earn — is $50K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,008/month. At HUD’s $1,129/month FMR, rent would take 38% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $60K locally vs. $66K nationally, a 9% difference.

Montana pays $60K median vs. the U.S. average of $66K — that’s -9%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 97), the purchasing-power equivalent is $62K — below the national median.

The median is $60,330 a year, that works out to about $29 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $50,140, and experienced industrial engineering technologists and technicians can clear $119,640. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,005/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,129/month, which eats 28.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Montana has a Regional Price Parity of 97 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median industrial engineering technologists and technicians salary is worth about $62,196 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.