Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,722
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$8,958
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,530
Wyoming costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wyoming — 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
$56,680
Kept after tax
$47,722
Worth in national money
$52,530
State rank
49
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wyoming pays this job a middle wage of $56,680, 49 of 50 states and about 29.03% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 229.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $56,680 you keep $47,722 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,530 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $62,540, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming's $56,680 median for aircraft mechanics and service technicians places it 49 of 50 states, about 29.03% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, aircraft mechanics and service technicians sits at 229 of 433 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $47,722 after the full tax stack, from $56,680. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,530 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $62,540 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,540 |
| This salary | $56,680 |
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 Wyoming | $47,722 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,722 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,420 |
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 | $56,680 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,136 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Wyoming earn under $56,680 and half over. The published range runs $35,460 at the tenth percentile to $99,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $47,722, from $56,680, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 229 of 433 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,530, the adjusted value of that $56,680 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 229 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,460 to $99,540; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,722 from $56,680. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 229 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $52,530 — the adjusted value of that $56,680 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 229 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $62,540 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,460 at the bottom tenth to $99,540 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wyoming sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $52,530 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $47,722 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Wyoming is $62,540. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,460) and the ninetieth ($99,540) 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?
Wyoming'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 $52,530 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Wyoming levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $47,722 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.