Desktop Analyst Salary in Montana

How much does a Desktop Analyst make in Montana?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Desktop Analyst in Montana is $65,525 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $32.

However, a Desktop Analyst's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $79,499
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $58,373 to $72,840
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $51,860

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Desktop Analyst Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$72,840	$6,070	$1,401	$35
Average	$65,525	$5,460	$1,260	$32
25th Percentile	$58,373	$4,864	$1,123	$28

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Key Factors That Influence Desktop Analyst Salaries

A Desktop Analyst's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Desktop Analyst Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Desktop Analysts. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $76,845.
California: $76,554.
Massachusetts: $75,534.

District of Columbia $76,845 California $76,554 Massachusetts $75,534 Washington $75,256 New Jersey $75,228 Alaska $75,131 Connecticut $74,173 New York $73,785

Hawaii $72,542 Rhode Island $71,959 Maryland $71,564 Minnesota $71,022 Colorado $70,814 Illinois $70,745 Oregon $70,481 Delaware $70,287

New Hampshire $70,164 Virginia $69,891 Pennsylvania $69,093 Nevada $68,690 North Dakota $68,558 Michigan $68,350 Wisconsin $68,274 Vermont $68,121

Texas $67,698 Maine $67,670 Arizona $67,628 Ohio $67,580 Georgia $66,941 Indiana $66,622 Wyoming $66,560 Utah $66,462

Iowa $66,421 Kansas $66,088 Louisiana $65,990 North Carolina $65,956 Missouri $65,942 Florida $65,671 Montana $65,525 Nebraska $65,387

Kentucky $65,310 South Carolina $65,033 Tennessee $64,859 Idaho $64,790 New Mexico $64,283 Oklahoma $64,172 Alabama $63,763 South Dakota $63,075

Arkansas $62,701 West Virginia $62,499 Mississippi $61,896

Top Paying Cities for Desktop Analysts

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Absarokee: $65,126
Acton: $66,703
Ashland: $65,076

Absarokee, MT $65,126 Acton, MT $66,703 Ashland, MT $65,076 Ballantine, MT $66,601 Bearcreek, MT $65,117 Belfry, MT $65,183 Bighorn, MT $64,970 Big Timber, MT $65,072

Birney, MT $65,031 Boyd, MT $65,713 Bridger, MT $65,458 Broadview, MT $66,334 Busby, MT $65,104 Clyde Park, MT $65,084 Columbus, MT $65,619 Cooke City, MT $64,957

Crow Agency, MT $65,160 Custer, MT $65,177 Decker, MT $65,092 Edgar, MT $66,455 Emigrant, MT $65,078 Fishtail, MT $65,023 Fromberg, MT $66,193 Gardiner, MT $65,081

Garryowen, MT $65,134 Grass Range, MT $65,013 Greycliff, MT $65,076 Hardin, MT $65,701 Fort Smith, MT $65,497 Harlowton, MT $65,049 Huntley, MT $66,930 Hysham, MT $65,003

Ingomar, MT $64,879 Joliet, MT $66,201 Lame Deer, MT $65,142 Laurel, MT $66,910 Lavina, MT $65,231 Livingston, MT $65,156 Lodge Grass, MT $65,171 Mc Leod, MT $64,936

Martinsdale, MT $64,979 Melstone, MT $65,003 Melville, MT $64,954 Molt, MT $66,516 Mosby, MT $64,913 Musselshell, MT $64,981 Nye, MT $65,015 Otter, MT $65,078

Park City, MT $66,451 Pompeys Pillar, MT $66,188 Pray, MT $65,045 Pryor, MT $66,225 Rapelje, MT $65,460 Red Lodge, MT $65,131 Reed Point, MT $65,050 Roberts, MT $65,406

Roscoe, MT $65,002 Roundup, MT $65,126 Ryegate, MT $64,991 Saint Xavier, MT $65,438 Sanders, MT $65,082 Sand Springs, MT $64,920 Shawmut, MT $64,970 Shepherd, MT $66,637

Silver Gate, MT $65,132 Springdale, MT $65,035 Sumatra, MT $64,920 Teigen, MT $65,015 Two Dot, MT $64,963 Wilsall, MT $65,021 Winnett, MT $64,968 Worden, MT $66,106

Wyola, MT $65,199 Billings, MT $66,988 Baker, MT $65,303 Wolf Point, MT $65,079 Antelope, MT $65,158 Bainville, MT $65,382 Brockton, MT $65,047 Brockway, MT $64,956

Circle, MT $65,006 Crane, MT $65,428 Culbertson, MT $65,190 Dagmar, MT $65,220 Fairview, MT $65,410 Flaxville, MT $64,996 Fort Peck, MT $64,965 Frazer, MT $65,040

Froid, MT $65,102 Glasgow, MT $65,074 Saint Marie, MT $65,351 Glentana, MT $64,965 Hinsdale, MT $64,951 Homestead, MT $65,102 Lambert, MT $65,063 Larslan, MT $64,956

Medicine Lake, MT $65,093 Nashua, MT $65,040 Opheim, MT $64,946 Outlook, MT $65,044 Peerless, MT $64,958 Plentywood, MT $65,146 Poplar, MT $65,091 Raymond, MT $65,098

Redstone, MT $64,960 Reserve, MT $65,024 Richey, MT $64,987 Richland, MT $64,951 Saco, MT $64,988 Savage, MT $65,181 Scobey, MT $65,047 Sidney, MT $65,426

Vandalia, MT $64,981 Vida, MT $65,002 Westby, MT $65,208 Whitetail, MT $64,949 Miles City, MT $65,085 Alzada, MT $65,029 Angela, MT $64,911 Alberton, MT $65,008

Arlee, MT $65,032 Bonner, MT $65,010 Charlo, MT $65,051 Clinton, MT $65,054 Condon, MT $64,938 Conner, MT $65,066 Corvallis, MT $65,152 Darby, MT $64,941

De Borgia, MT $64,806 Dixon, MT $64,993 Drummond, MT $65,029 Florence, MT $65,137 Frenchtown, MT $65,110 Grantsdale, MT $65,117 Hall, MT $65,015 Hamilton, MT $65,119

Pinesdale, MT $65,268 Haugan, MT $64,791 Helmville, MT $64,888 Heron, MT $64,815 Hot Springs, MT $64,933 Huson, MT $65,024 Lolo, MT $65,098 Lonepine, MT $64,957

Milltown, MT $65,262 Noxon, MT $64,789 Ovando, MT $64,881 Pablo, MT $65,283 Paradise, MT $65,031 Philipsburg, MT $65,015 Plains, MT $64,979 Polson, MT $65,081

Ravalli, MT $65,039 Ronan, MT $65,089 Saint Ignatius, MT $65,073 Saint Regis, MT $64,934 Saltese, MT $64,765 Seeley Lake, MT $65,047 Stevensville, MT $65,150 Sula, MT $64,918

Superior, MT $64,981 Thompson Falls, MT $64,889 Trout Creek, MT $64,829 Victor, MT $65,110 Kalispell, MT $65,137 Big Arm, MT $65,051 Bigfork, MT $65,048 Columbia Falls, MT $65,131

Coram, MT $65,047 Dayton, MT $65,060 Elmo, MT $64,983 Essex, MT $64,941 Eureka, MT $65,066 Fortine, MT $65,002 Hungry Horse, MT $65,205 Kila, MT $64,995

Lake Mc Donald, MT $65,054 Lakeside, MT $65,102 Libby, MT $64,968 Marion, MT $64,959 Martin City, MT $65,100 Olney, MT $64,949 Polebridge, MT $64,836 Proctor, MT $64,965

Rexford, MT $65,013 Rollins, MT $65,004 Somers, MT $65,094 Stryker, MT $64,938 Trego, MT $64,986 Troy, MT $64,789 West Glacier, MT $64,856 Whitefish, MT $65,098

Bloomfield, MT $65,022 Boyes, MT $65,043 Broadus, MT $65,063 Brusett, MT $64,958 Capitol, MT $64,907 Cohagen, MT $64,934 Colstrip, MT $65,199 Ekalaka, MT $65,047

Fallon, MT $65,116 Forsyth, MT $65,030 Glendive, MT $65,245 Hammond, MT $65,002 Hathaway, MT $65,074 Ismay, MT $65,022 Jordan, MT $64,972 Kinsey, MT $65,050

Lindsay, MT $64,968 Mildred, MT $65,115 Olive, MT $64,981 Plevna, MT $65,171 Powderville, MT $64,917 Rosebud, MT $64,949 Terry, MT $64,992 Volborg, MT $64,951

Wibaux, MT $65,219 Willard, MT $65,193 Great Falls, MT $62,277 Malmstrom A F B, MT $62,277 Augusta, MT $64,948 Babb, MT $64,972 Belt, MT $63,041 Black Eagle, MT $62,277

Brady, MT $64,331 Browning, MT $65,059 Buffalo, MT $65,009 Bynum, MT $65,001 Carter, MT $63,359 Cascade, MT $64,235 Choteau, MT $65,002 Coffee Creek, MT $65,007

Conrad, MT $65,061 Cut Bank, MT $65,017 Denton, MT $64,992 Dupuyer, MT $64,941 Dutton, MT $63,595 East Glacier Park, MT $64,913 Ethridge, MT $64,933 Fairfield, MT $64,489

Floweree, MT $62,408 Forest Grove, MT $64,982 Fort Benton, MT $64,534 Fort Shaw, MT $63,130 Galata, MT $64,951 Geraldine, MT $64,979 Geyser, MT $64,511 Heart Butte, MT $65,058

Highwood, MT $63,132 Hilger, MT $65,008 Hobson, MT $65,017 Judith Gap, MT $65,004 Kevin, MT $64,993 Ledger, MT $64,965 Lewistown, MT $65,122 Loma, MT $64,978

Lothair, MT $64,972 Moccasin, MT $65,021 Monarch, MT $64,301 Moore, MT $65,056 Neihart, MT $64,781 Oilmont, MT $64,960 Pendroy, MT $64,941 Power, MT $62,885

Raynesford, MT $64,226 Roy, MT $64,948 Sand Coulee, MT $62,277 Shelby, MT $65,063 Simms, MT $63,621 Stanford, MT $65,013 Stockett, MT $62,919 Sunburst, MT $65,017

Sun River, MT $62,803 Sweet Grass, MT $64,976 Biddle, MT $65,085 Ulm, MT $62,307 Valier, MT $65,007 Vaughn, MT $62,535 Winifred, MT $64,984 Havre, MT $65,107

Big Sandy, MT $64,997 Box Elder, MT $65,126 Chester, MT $65,006 Chinook, MT $65,018 Dodson, MT $64,994 Gildford, MT $64,983 Harlem, MT $65,072 Hays, MT $65,099

Hingham, MT $64,983 Hogeland, MT $64,972 Inverness, MT $64,967 Joplin, MT $64,983 Kremlin, MT $64,981 Lloyd, MT $64,886 Loring, MT $64,947 Malta, MT $65,029

Rudyard, MT $64,998 Turner, MT $64,988 Whitewater, MT $64,959 Whitlash, MT $64,914 Zortman, MT $65,035 Zurich, MT $64,946 Helena, MT $62,097 Basin, MT $63,454

Boulder, MT $64,148 Canyon Creek, MT $62,789 Clancy, MT $62,202 East Helena, MT $62,055 Fort Harrison, MT $62,055 Jefferson City, MT $62,649 Lincoln, MT $64,999 Marysville, MT $62,713

Radersburg, MT $64,251 Ringling, MT $64,926 Toston, MT $64,498 Townsend, MT $63,542 White Sulphur Springs, MT $64,736 Winston, MT $62,778 Wolf Creek, MT $64,102 Butte, MT $64,997

Alder, MT $64,974 Anaconda, MT $65,140 Avon, MT $63,408 Belgrade, MT $65,218 Bozeman, MT $65,260 Big Sky, MT $65,211 Cameron, MT $64,931 Cardwell, MT $65,072

Deer Lodge, MT $64,602 Dell, MT $64,754 Dillon, MT $65,024 Divide, MT $65,006 Elliston, MT $62,880 Ennis, MT $65,112 Gallatin Gateway, MT $65,074 Garrison, MT $64,282

Glen, MT $65,004 Gold Creek, MT $64,711 Harrison, MT $65,090 Jackson, MT $64,837 Lima, MT $64,800 Mc Allister, MT $65,099 Manhattan, MT $65,199 Melrose, MT $65,011

Norris, MT $65,010 Polaris, MT $64,932 Pony, MT $65,104 Ramsay, MT $65,138 Sheridan, MT $65,126 Silver Star, MT $65,125 Three Forks, MT $65,148 Twin Bridges, MT $65,071

Virginia City, MT $65,094 Warm Springs, MT $65,131 West Yellowstone, MT $65,058 Whitehall, MT $65,139 Willow Creek, MT $65,119 Wisdom, MT $64,853 Wise River, MT $64,967 Missoula, MT $65,361

Desktop Analyst Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Desktop Analyst roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 50% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Biotechnology and Internet sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 25% above the average. In contrast, Desktop Analyst positions in Transportation or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Desktop Analyst as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Desktop Analyst

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology	$81,907	$39.0	25%
Internet	$78,631	$38.0	20%
Energy & Utilities	$75,354	$36.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$72,078	$35.0	10%
Insurance	$72,078	$35.0	10%

Desktop Analyst Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Desktop Analyst's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$58,373

Average $65,525/year

$72,840

$4,864

Average $5,460/month

$6,070

$1,123

Average $1,260/week

$1,401

$28

Average $32/hour

$35

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$72,840	$6,070	$1,401	$35
Average	$65,525	$5,460	$1,260	$32
25th Percentile	$58,373	$4,864	$1,123	$28

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