Biological Scientists, All Other in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,242
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$18,318
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,621
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
$91,560
Kept after tax
$73,242
Worth in national money
$80,621
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wyoming pays biological scientists, all other around $91,560 at the midpoint, 22 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wyoming. It ranks 65 out of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $91,560 the take-home is $73,242; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $80,621 would nationally. The average lands at $87,900, below the middle of the range.
- For biological scientists, all other the Wyoming median is $91,560, ranking 22 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Wyoming, biological scientists, all other ranks 65 of 433 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for biological scientists, all other in Wyoming, on $91,560, is $73,242 — equivalent to $80,621 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $87,900 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Biological Scientists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,300 |
| This salary | $91,560 |
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 | $73,242 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,242 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,249 |
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 | $91,560 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,251 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $91,560 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $63,130 and the ninetieth is $109,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $73,242, from $91,560, 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 65 of 433 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,621 uses one figure for the whole of Wyoming. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 433 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 65.
- The Wyoming median of $91,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $63,130 to $109,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $73,242 from $91,560. 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 65 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,621, worked from $91,560, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wyoming address, on work sitting at 65 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 $87,900 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $63,130 at the bottom tenth to $109,300 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $80,621.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $73,242 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 $87,900. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($63,130 to $109,300) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wyoming rather than a national figure.
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 $80,621 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 $73,242 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.