Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,658
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$26,922
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,093
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
$120,580
Kept after tax
$93,658
Worth in national money
$103,093
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Wyoming's middle earner gets $120,580, putting the state 1 of 51 — about 21.45% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, this job comes in at 19 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $120,580 you keep $93,658 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $103,093 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $118,920.
- For architects, except landscape and naval, Wyoming sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $120,580, ranking 1 of 51 and running about 21.45% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Architects, except landscape and naval ranks 19 of 433 occupations by median in Wyoming, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $93,658 after the full tax stack, from $120,580. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $103,093 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $118,920 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $179,070 |
| This salary | $120,580 |
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 | $93,658 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,658 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,712 |
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 | $120,580 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,507 |
| 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 architects, except landscape and naval in Wyoming earn under $120,580 and half over. The published range runs $74,890 at the tenth percentile to $179,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $93,658, from $120,580, 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 19 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $103,093, the adjusted value of that $120,580 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wyoming. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 19 of 433 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for architects, except landscape and naval in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $74,890 to $179,070; 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 $93,658 from $120,580. 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 19 of 433 locally.
- This $103,093 adjusted figure, worked from $120,580, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 19 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 19 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $74,890 at the bottom tenth to $179,070 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 $103,093 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $93,658 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($74,890) and the ninetieth ($179,070) 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 $103,093 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 $93,658 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.